The Power of the Press

1928 film

  • October 31, 1928 (1928-10-31) (U.S.)
Running time
62 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Power of the Press is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as an aspiring newspaper reporter and Jobyna Ralston as a young woman suspected of murder.

In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1][2][3]

In 1943, Columbia Pictures reused the title, without the leading The, for another newspaper picture, but it had a completely different plot and was not a remake.

Cast

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Clem Rogers
  • Jobyna Ralston as Jane Atwill
  • Mildred Harris as Marie Weston
  • Philo McCullough as Robert Blake
  • Wheeler Oakman as Van
  • Robert Edeson as City Editor
  • Edward Davis as Mr. John Atwill
  • Dell Henderson as Bill Johnson
  • Charles Clary as District Attorney Nye
  • Spottiswoode Aitken as Sports Writer
  • Frank Manning as Detective

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Power of the Press at silentera.com
  2. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

External links

  • The Power of the Press at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Power of the Press is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
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