The Toast Of New York

An entertaining, if highly fictionalized, biography of carpetbagger-turned-millionaire "Jubilee Jim" Fisk, THE TOAST OF NEW YORK gave its star, Edward Arnold, a wonderful opportunity to display his solid acting talents. The film opens in the midst of the Civil War. Arnold travels through the South, turning a nice profit as a medicine-show impresario. Helping him along are two business partners and friends: Oakie, who sets up an office in the North, and Grant, who remains down South. Taking a greater risk for greater financial gain, Arnold concocts a scheme to smuggle cotton out of the South and send it North for a magnificent profit. Years later, at the end of the ...