Powder My Back

{{Infobox film

| name = Powder My Back

| image = Lobby_Card_Powder_My_Back_1928.jpg

| caption = lobby card

| director = Roy Del Ruth

| producer =

| writer = Joseph Jackson (adaptation)
Robert Lord(writer)
Jack Jarmuth(titles)

| based_on = story by Jerome Kingston

| starring = Irene Rich

| music =

| cinematography = Frank Kesson

| editing = Owen Marks

| studio = Warner Bros.

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1928|3|10}}

| runtime = 7 reels

| country = US

| language = Sound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=11413 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Powder My Back][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PowderMyBack1928.html Powder My Back at silentera.com]

Plot

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.{{Citation|title=Powder My Back|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019287/|access-date=August 20, 2018}}

Cast

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

This is now a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnewarner.html Powder My Back at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1928][http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8359/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Powder My Back]