Back Pay
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6460 feet
Directed by Frank Borzage
Cast: Seena Owen [Hester Bevins], Matt Moore [Jerry Newcombe], J. Barney Sherry [Charles G. Wheeler], Ethel Duray [Kitty], Charles Craig [‘Speed’]; Jerry Sinclair [Thomas Craig], [?] ? [Elmira Simmons], [?] ? [Undertaker Skerritt], [?] ? [the inquisative boarder], [?] ? [Hester’s maid]
Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by International Film Service Company, Incorporated, through Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Cosmopolitan Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Frances Marion, from the short story “Back Pay” by Fannie Hurst. Set design by Joseph Urban. Photographed (cinematography) by Chester Lyons. Art titles (intertitles artwork) by Grace Waller. Presented by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. / © 8 January 1922 by Cosmopolitan Productions (International Film Service Company, Incorporated) [LP17459]. Released 8 January 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as Back Pay (1930).
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 March 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : LoC-Copy-1922 p. 93; Screenland-192204 p. 8 : Website-AFI, Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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