The Power of the Press

For the 1943 film, see Power of the Press (1943 film).

The Power of the Press
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Frank Capra
Produced by	Jack Cohn
Written by	Sonya Levien Frederick A. Thompson
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 dates	October 31, 1928 (1928-10-31) (U.S.)
Running time	62 min.
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

The Power of the Press is a 1928 silent 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]

In 1943, Columbia used the title again for another newspaper picture, but it had a completely different plot and thus was not a remake. That movie had Lee Tracy as managing editor of a newspaper, and starred Guy Kibbee as the publisher. The title of the 1943 movie was "Power of the Press," with no "the."

Cast

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

References

↑ The Power of the Press at silentera.com

External links

The Power of the Press at the Internet Movie Database
The Power of the Press at AllMovie

Frank Capra

Filmography

Feature films directed	Fultah Fisher's Boarding House The Strong Man Long Pants For the Love of Mike That Certain Thing So This Is Love? The Matinee Idol The Way of the Strong Say It with Sables The Power of the Press Submarine The Younger Generation The Donovan Affair Flight Ladies of Leisure Rain or Shine Dirigible The Miracle Woman Platinum Blonde Forbidden American Madness The Bitter Tea of General Yen Lady for a Day It Happened One Night Broadway Bill Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Lost Horizon You Can't Take It with You Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Meet John Doe Arsenic and Old Lace It's a Wonderful Life State of the Union Riding High Here Comes the Groom A Hole in the Head Pocketful of Miracles

Why We Fight series	Prelude to War The Nazis Strike Divide and Conquer The Battle of Britain The Battle of Russia The Battle of China War Comes to America

Other works	Know Your Enemy: Japan Here Is Germany Tunisian Victory Your Job in Germany Two Down and One to Go The Negro Soldier The Army–Navy Screen Magazine The Fallbrook Story The Bell Laboratory Science Series Our Mr. Sun Hemo the Magnificent

Related	Bibliography Frank Capra Jr. (son) Frank Capra III (grandson)

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