Back Pay (1922)
The woman pays — but what part of the reckoning does she owe?
Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to her has never failed.
- Date of release
- 1922-01-08
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Frank Borzage
Casting
- Seena Owen — Hester Bevins
- Matt Moore — Jerry Newcombe
- J. Barney Sherry — Charles G. Wheeler
- Ethel Duray — Kitty
- Charles Craig — Speed
- Jerry Sinclair — Thomas Craig
Interesting facts
Back Pay is an extant 1922 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage, produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a short story of the same name by Fannie Hurst, and stars Seena Owen.
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