The Power of the Press
1928 film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 1943 film, see Power of the Press (1943 film).
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 |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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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.