- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 1930-06-01
- Director: William A. Seiter
- Writers: Fannie Hurst , Francis Edward Faragoh
- Language: English
- Stars: Corinne Griffith , Grant Withers , Montagu Love , Hallam Cooley
- Runtime: 63 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Back Pay (United Kingdom) , Back Pay , Back Pay (United States of America)
- Plot: Hester is bored with Gerald who loves her - bored with the Finley Department store - and bored with Demopolis. She leaves town with a traveling salesman named Bloom and the clothes on her back. They go to New York where she moves up to mistress of Mr. Wheeler and is well cared for. When the gang decides to vacation at Lake Placid, Hester is dropped off at Demopolis to see how the old town looks after four years. She sees Gerald and he thinks she is a successful career woman and he still wants to marry her. But it will never happen so Gerald joins the Army to fight in the Great War.
- IMDB:tt0020661
Back Pay Cast · · · ALL
William A. Seiter
Director
Corinne Griffith
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Grant Withers
Gerald
Montagu Love
Charles Wheeler
Hallam Cooley
Al Bloom
Vivien Oakland
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Geneva Mitchell
Babe
William Bailey
Ed
Louise Beavers
Nellie - Hester's Maid
Louise Carver
Masseuse
John Elliott
Hot Springs Hotel Baggage Clerk
Dee Loretta
Aunt Aggie Simms
James A. Marcus
Judge
Broderick O’Farrell
Doctor
Virginia Sale
Miss Flanagan - Wheeler's Secretary