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Back Pay (1930)

TV_G 56 min  -   1 June 1930 (USA)
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Hester is bored with Gerald who loves her - bored with the Finley Department store - and bored with Demopolis... See full summary »

Writers:

Fannie Hurst (story), Francis Edward Faragoh (screen version)

Stars:

Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers and Montagu Love
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Corinne Griffith ...
Hester Bevins
Grant Withers Grant Withers ...
Gerald Smith
Montagu Love Montagu Love ...
Charles G. Wheeler
Hallam Cooley Hallam Cooley ...
Al Bloom
Vivien Oakland Vivien Oakland ...
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Geneva Mitchell Geneva Mitchell ...
Babe
William Bailey William Bailey ...
Ed
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Storyline

Hester is bored with Gerald who loves her - bored with the Finley Department store - and bored with Demopolis. She leaves town with a traveling salesman named Bloom and the clothes on her back. They go to New York where she moves up to mistress of Mr. Wheeler and is well cared for. When the gang decides to vacation at Lake Placid, Hester is dropped off at Demopolis to see how the old town looks after four years. She sees Gerald and he thinks she is a successful career woman and he still wants to marry her. But it will never happen so Gerald joins the Army to fight in the Great War. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Department Store | Businessman | Mistress | Traveling Salesman | Maid  | See more »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Company Credits

Production Co:

First National Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: (Turner library print)  | (copyright length)

Sound Mix:

Vitaphone (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3886, Corinne Griffith tells the audience about the picture. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: Although ostensibly taking place in the 1914-1918 period, all of the women's hairstyles and fashions are from the 1930s, and the featured automobiles are also of a late-1920s vintage. See more »

Connections

Remake of Back Pay (1922) See more »

Soundtracks

"Silver Threads Among the Gold"
(1873) (uncredited)
Music by H.P. Danks
Lyrics by Eben E. Rexford
Sung a cappella by Montagu Love See more »