Tenth Avenue (1928)

"Tenth Avenue" is a 1928 Drama movie directed by William C. de Mille and starring by Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi. Joe, a weakling gangster, and Bob, an ex-gambler, compete for Lyla Mason, a working girl who also runs a 10th Avenue rooming house in New York city. Bob's desire to show Lyla he can support her leads him back to the gambling table when past-due rent threatens her with eviction. Bob and Joe are both suspected when Fink, a bootlegger, is found murdered in his room.