Back Pay (1922 film)

Back Pay

Newspaper advertisement
Directed by Frank Borzage
Produced by William Randolph Hearst (for Cosmopolitan Productions)
Written by Frances Marion
Based on Back Pay 
by Fannie Hurst
Starring Seena Owen
Matt Moore
Cinematography Chester Lyons
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • January 8, 1922
Running time
70 minutes; 7 reels (6,460 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Back Pay is an extant 1922 silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage, produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a novel by Fannie Hurst, Back Pay, and stars Seena Owen.[1][2]

It was remade in 1930 as Back Pay for star Corinne Griffith.

Cast

Preservation

The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[3][4]

References

  1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Back Pay at silentera.com
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Back Pay
  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.10 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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