On Your Back (1930)

Directors

Guthrie McClintic

Cast

Irene Rich

The story

Putting a son through college, Julianne, owner of a Fifth Avenue dress shop in New York City, is persuaded to supplement her income by providing loans to struggling showgirls. The plan backfires when her son Harvey falls for her business partner's lover Jeanne Burke, who blackmails Julianne. One contemporary review provided both a detailed synopsis and documentation of the screenplay's source: "Irene Rich is seen as a brilliant Fifth Avenue modiste who tells the lovely ladies she meets to wear their brains on their backs.

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