leave but is confronted by Tim. Martha and Alfred dine together in the kitchen, which reminds them of when they were young and poor. They page through old photographs, reminiscing about their life together. Katherine announces that she has married Mike, who has decided to quit and open a repair shop. Martha is aghast, but Alfred reminds her that they had started their own marriage in a similar fashion, and she grudgingly accepts her new son-in-law. When Mary and Tim enter, Alfred feigns rage, but Mary can no longer continue with the charade and tearfully confesses the truth about her arrangement with Alfred. When she leaves, Tim chases her and carries her back into the mansion. When a policeman tries to interfere, Mary tells him to mind his own business. Cast Ginger Rogers as Mary Grey Walter Connolly as Alfred Borden Verree Teasdale as Martha Borden James Ellison as Mike Tim Holt as Tim Borden Kathryn Adams as Katherine Borden Franklin Pangborn as Higgins, the butler Ferike Boros as Olga, a maid Louis Calhern as Dr. Hugo Kessler Theodore von Eltz as Terwilliger Alexander D'Arcy as Maitre D' Cast notes: Jack Carson has a small part as a sailor singing to his girl in Central Park. Production Production on Fifth Avenue Girl took place from May 20 to June 28, 1939. Retakes took place on August 9, 1939. Principal photography was completed 12 days earlier than scheduled. Working titles for the film were My Fifth Avenue Girl and The Other Half. Louis Calhern, who plays Dr. Kessler, was originally slated to play the role of Tommy Hopkins that was taken by Cornelius Keefe. The film as presented to preview audiences included a different, unhappy ending with Mary leaving the house and walking down Fifth Avenue. According to Ginger Rogers' autobiography Ginger: My Story, Rogers vacationed in Honolulu after the filming of Fifth Avenue Girl. A new ending was shot when she returned. Reception The New York Times critic Frank Nugent described the film as "cheerful and cheerfully unimportant. It may not be a strikingly good comedy, but then it isn't militantly bad either." The film was a box-office hit and earned a profit of $314,000. Radio adaptations Fifth Avenue Girl was presented on Lux Radio Theater in 1940, starring Ginger Rogers and Edward Arnold. Another version was presented on Hollywood Players on January 1, 1947, with Paulette Goddard playing Mary