Powder My Back

1h 10min

Comedy

Rex Hale, a reform mayor, closes the musical comedy "Powder My Back" because he feels that it is immoral. Indignant, Fritzi Foy, star of the comedy, determines to revenge herself on Hale. Gaining entrance to his home by pretending to be injured in an automobile accident, Fritzi has Claude, her press agent, masquerade as a doctor and advise that she should not be disturbed until she has completely recovered. Hale is enraged, but his son, Jack, falls in love with Fritzi though he is already engaged to Ruth Stevens, an attractive flapper. When she sees that her plan has caused unhappiness for an innocent person, Fritzi dissuades Jack, who returns to his old sweetheart; she ends up with the mayor.

Cast

Irene Rich

Irene Rich

Fritzi Foy
Audrey Ferris

Audrey Ferris

Ruth Stevens
Carroll Nye

Carroll Nye

Jack Hale

Release date

10th Mar 1928

Status

Released

Spoken languages