The Power of the Press

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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
Editing by Frank Atkinson
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of United States October 31, 1928
Running time 62 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language Silent film
English intertitles
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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.

The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.