An Elevator Romance Filming Locations

A wealthy, hustling young westerner comes east, and immediately calls up his boyhood chum, now a staid businessman in a New York skyscraper. The westerner is charmed by the sweet voice of the telephone girl who answers his call from the office switchboard, and determines to make her acquaintance. In fact, one of the first things he does after reaching his friend's office is to make inquiries, and he is made happy by an introduction. He soon finds that while the voice is charming, the girl's appearance and manner are much more so. But the girl, being modest and retiring does not approve of such an informal acquaintance. She practically snubs the westerner, and he sees that he has made little progress in his suit. And time is valuable for he soon must go back to his home, and he has already decided that he will take a bride with him. Love finds a way, as it usually does. The energetic suitor bribes the elevator man to let him take his place for an hour, picking out the time when he knows the girl will go to lunch. She is the only passenger in the car on that trip (although it takes energy to accomplish it), and by some mishap, the elevator gets out of order between floors. The poor girl is hungry, and the elevator man has lunch with him. It is hard to be haughty when on is hungry, and she soon realizes that the substitute elevator man is a very nice fellow indeed. So they eat and chat, regardless of the fact that the other tenants are compelled to walk up and down stairs. But then a lover is always selfish. Design has helped the westerner to get better acquainted, now accident aids the suit. The next day the building catches fire, and when the young man enters the lower hall, he finds the place in flames and a panic-stricken crowd pouring out of the elevator. He hunts for the girl in vain. Then he discovers that she has remained to send in a fire alarm over the 'phone, and that her associates in the office fled without her. The regular elevator man refuses to take his car up again. He says that the trip cannot be made. But the westerner acts as elevator man again, finds the girl unconscious, and carries her to safety. Wasn't it natural that the girl should fall in love with her breezy suitor and marry him? Naturally she felt grateful to the man who had fed her when she was hungry and saved her life when she was dying. She really could not refuse to marry him, for he was very presentable, very much in earnest and very much in love.