The Power of the Press
The Power of the Press – cortometraggio del 1909 diretto da Van Dyke Brooke
The Power of the Press – cortometraggio del 1914 prodotto da Biograph Company e Klaw & Erlanger
Il potere della stampa (The Power of the Press) – film del 1928 diretto da Frank Capra
Trama
An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard, strikes up a warm friendship with his cellmate, Harold Norwood, a defaulting paying teller. No less strange than their friendship is the befriending of Steve's wife, Annie, by Julia Seymour, prima donna, who is Norwood's wife. As a reward of good behavior, the men are released on Christmas morning. Annie is bewildered by the receipt of a bank book which shows that large deposits of gold have been made in her name and that of her sister, Mary, by their uncle, George Hosford, who, dying in Alaska, has entrusted the book to Joe Hawes, a fellow prospector.
Cast
| Attore | Ruolo |
|---|---|
| Lionel Barrymore | Steve Carson |
| William Russell | Turner Morgan |
| Vivian Prescott | Annie Hosford Carson |
| Betty Gray | Mary Hosford |
| Mrs. A.C. Marston | Mrs. Harold Norwood aka Julia Seymour |
| Charles E. Graham | Joe Hawes |
| Hector V. Sarno | Harold Norwood |
| Alan Hale | Sam Freeborn |
| William Jefferson | Antsey - Cub Reporter |
| Mrs. Lawrence Marston | |
| W.C. Robinson | Policeman |
| Sidney D'Albrook |