This Is Heaven
Cast & Crew
Alfred Santell
Vilma Banky
Fritzi Ridgeway
Lucien Littlefield
Richard Tucker
Harry Akst
Film Details
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Synopsis
At Ellis Island in New York, Eva Petrie, a Hungarian immigrant, meets her uncle, Frank Chase, a subway motorman, and his daughter, Mamie, with whom she will reside in the Bronx. Mamie gets Eva a job as a cook and waitress at Child's Restaurant on Fifth Avenue, and tries, unsuccessfully, to interest her in wealthy men. Eva spots Jimmy on the subway one morning; he is wearing a chauffeur's cap, though he is actually a millionaire. Later, she is sent to preside over a griddle at a charity bazaar, where she becomes reacquainted with Jimmy--while pretending to be an exiled Russian princess. He realizes the deception and pretends to be a chauffeur. Eva and Jimmy, following a romantic courtship, are married, and she insists he go into the taxi business. Uncle Frank, however, gambles their last payment on a taxi, and Eva is forced to borrow money from Mamie's wealthy lover. Jimmy then drops the pretense, revealing his true position in life, and Eva realizes "this ees Heaven."