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 byRoy Del Ruth
Written byJoseph Jackson (adaptation)
Robert Lord(writer)
Jack Jarmuth(titles)
Based onstory by Jerome Kingston
StarringIrene Rich
CinematographyFrank Kesson
Edited byOwen Marks
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 10, 1928 (1928-03-10)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUS
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)

Plot

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The 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

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Preservation status

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This is now a lost film.[4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Powder My Back
  2. ^ Powder My Back at silentera.com
  3. ^ Powder My Back, retrieved August 20, 2018
  4. ^ Powder My Back at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1928
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Powder My Back
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