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6.9Hester 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.
Released: 1922-01-0890 minDir: Frank BorzageDrama
Cast
- Seena Owen as Hester Bevins
- Matt Moore as Jerry Newcombe
- J. Barney Sherry as Charles G. Wheeler
- Ethel Duray as Kitty
- Charles Craig as Speed
- Jerry Sinclair as Thomas Craig
Themes
- partially lost film
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- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 986235
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- Back pay - 1922 newspaperad.jpg
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- publication date
- 1922-01-01
- Commons category
- Back Pay (1922 film)
- title
- Back Pay
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silent film
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drama film
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William Randolph Hearst
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Frances Marion
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Frank Borzage
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Corinne Griffith
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Distinguished Service Cross
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Chemical weapons in World War I
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reel
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Matt Moore
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Seena Owen
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Categories
1922 American films1922 drama films1922 English-language films1922 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican silent drama filmsAmerican silent feature filmsEnglish-language drama filmsFilms based on American novelsFilms based on short fictionFilms based on works by Fannie HurstFilms directed by Frank BorzageFilms set in New York CityFilms with screenplays by Frances MarionParamount Pictures filmsSurviving American silent filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date