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outoftowninac · 2 years

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BACK PAY

1921

Back Pay is a play in three acts and an epilogue by Fannie Hurst, based on her 1919 short story of the same name which was published in Cosmopolitan Magazine. The play was originally produced by A.H. Woods and staged by Elwood F. Bostwick, who also appeared in the cast billed as E.F. Bostwick. It starred Helen MacKellar as Hester Bevins.

The cast also included Lucille LaVerne, who later provided the voice of the Queen / Witch in Walt Disney's 1937 animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

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.

Hurst’s short stories inspired several successful plays and films: Humoresque (1920 & 1946), Imitation of Life (1934 & 1959), and Back Street (1932 & 1941), to name a few. Her total publications over her nearly six-decade career include 19 novels, over 300 short stories, 4 plays produced on Broadway, and screenplays for several films.

Back Pay premiered in Atlantic City at Woods Theatre (owned an operated by the producer) on the Boardwalk on August 14, 1921. The theatre was later known as the Savoy. The same night that Back Pay opened in Atlantic City, A.H. Woods also opened another play, The Pink Slip, in Asbury Park, about an hour away. After its AC engagement, Back Pay replaced The Pink Slip in AP. The Pink Slip was given a pink slip and never made it to Broadway. Not so for Back Pay. In the meantime, Back Pay moved from AP to LB (Long Branch) on its flight path to Broadway.

Back Pay opened on Broadway at Eltinge’s 42nd Street Theatre On August 30, 1921. It ran 79 performances.

Back Pay was filmed in 1921 starring Seena Owen as Hester. In Atlantic City, it played at the Criterion Theatre on the Boardwalk in late July 1922. Scenes were filmed in New Jersey at the Delaware Water Gap.

“The screen version contains milk and water, where the stage play contained warm blood. Obviously the play has been contorted to meet the demands of censorship. This has emasculated it.” ~ JAMES W. DEAN

Back Pay was filmed again (this time with sound) in 1930 starring Corinne Griffith as Hester. It was first screened in Atlantic City at the Stanley Theatre (later known as the Roxy) on the Boardwalk in mid-June 1930.

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officialindiedotcom · 1 year

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rrrecordzbaby · 5 years

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daniismusicobsessed · 9 years

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