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This Is Heaven

1929, Movie, NR, 90 mins

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Banky is a recent arrival in the US from Hungary. Taken in by her uncle (Littlefield), she gets a job as a waitress and one day sees and falls in love with Hall, a millionaire. Banky believes him to be a chauffeur (probably because of the chauffeur's hat he is wearing) and when they are married not long afterwards, she insists that he buy a taxi and go into business for himself. Littlefield, though, gambles away the cab money and Banky is compelled to borrow money from her c... read more leave a comment
Year: 1929
Rated NR

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Cast
Vilma Banky: Eva Petrie
James Hall: James Stackpoole
Fritzi Ridgeway: Mamie Chase
Lucien Littlefield: Frank Chase
Richard Tucker: E.D. Wallace

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