Powder My Back is a 1928 synchronized sound film comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Irene Rich. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.[1][2]
| Powder My Back | |
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| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Written by | Joseph Jackson (adaptation) Robert Lord(writer) Jack Jarmuth(titles) |
| Based on | story by Jerome Kingston |
| Starring | Irene Rich |
| Cinematography | Frank Kesson |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | US |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Plot
editThe actress of the comedy "powder My back", Fritzi Foy, was angry with Rex Hale, the mayor who closes the comedy. With the help of Fritzi's press agent, Claude, she succeeds to enter the mayor's home by performing a fake accident and tells him that she need to leave until her fully recovered. This action infuriated Hale, however, his son Jack falls in love with Fritzi. When Fritzi figures out that her action has brought misfortune to Jack, she persuade him to go back to his fiancé, Ruth Stevens.[3]
Cast
edit- Irene Rich as Fritzi Foy
- Audrey Ferris as Ruth Stevens
- George Beranger as Claude
- Anders Randolf as Rex Hale
- Carroll Nye as Jack Hale
Preservation status
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