The Power of the Press
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.
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| 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 |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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
- 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.
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