The Power of the Press

The Power of the Press
The Power of the Press
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Frank Capra
Written by	Sonya Levien; Frederick A. Thompson
Produced by	Jack Cohn
Starring	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; Jobyna Ralston; Mildred Harris; Philo McCullough; Wheeler Oakman
Cinematography	Chester A. Lyons; Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 31, 1928 (U.S.);
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (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.^[1]

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

Preservation

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".^[2]^[3]

References

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

External links

Media related to The Power of the Press at Wikimedia Commons
The full text of The Power of the Press (film) at Wikisource
The Power of the Press at IMDb
The Power of the Press is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[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.

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