Powers That Prey

Powers That Prey
Still with Mary Miles Minter and Allan Forrest
Directed by	Henry King
Written by	Will M. Ritchey
Based on	Extra! Extra! by Will M. Ritchey
Starring	Mary Miles Minter
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Production company	American Film Company
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release dates	March 4, 1918 (1918-03-04) (United States)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Powers That Prey is a 1918 silent comedy-drama film directed by Henry King. The film is based on the story Extra! Extra! by Will M. Ritchey.^[1] Its survival status is classified as unknown,^[1] which suggests that it is a lost film.

Though critics were negative about the film, director King reported he enjoyed working with actress Mary Miles Minter.^[2]

Plot

Burton Grant exposes politician Jarvis McVey as a crook in a newspaper and is run out of town. He asks his daughter Sylvia to turn his job at the Daily News over to editor Frank Summers. Sylvia has inherited her father's talents and decides to fire Frank and take over the newspaper herself. Meanwhile, Frank finds out McVey is involved in a scheme concerning the city franchise. When Sylvia is informed, she publishes the news. She publishes stories about merchants who do not do business in ways that she believes are correct, which almost ruins the paper. Soon, the townspeople are after her and her father comes back to protect her against the outraged townsfolk, while Frank concerns about proving her reliability. She is successful in preventing McVey from furthering his graft policies, and becomes engaged to Frank.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Mary Miles Minter as Sylvia Grant
Allan Forrest as Frank Summers
Harvey Clark as Burton Grant
Clarence Burton as Jarvis McVey
Lucille Ward as Mrs. Brackett
Emma Kluge as Mrs. Sharon
Perry Banks as George Lake
Robert Miller as Bobs

References

1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: The Powers That Prey at silentera.com
↑ The New York Times Review
↑ Turner Classic Movies - Synopsis
↑ "Reviews: Powers That Prey". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 6 (11): 24. March 9, 1918.

External links

Powers That Prey at the Internet Movie Database
Film still at www.mary-miles-minter.com

Films directed by Henry King

Joy and the Dragon (1916)
The Climber (1917)
The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
Powers That Prey (1918)
23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
The Mistress of Shenstone (1921)
Salvage (1921)
Tol'able David (1921)
The White Sister (1923)
Romola (1924)
Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
Any Woman (1925)
Stella Dallas (1925)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
The Magic Flame (1927)
Hell Harbor (1930)
The Eyes of the World (1930)
Lightnin' (1930)
Merely Mary Ann (1931)
Over the Hill (1931)
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
State Fair (1933)
I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
Carolina (1934)
Marie Galante (1934)
One More Spring (1935)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Ramona (1936)
Lloyd's of London (1936)
In Old Chicago (1937)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Jesse James (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Little Old New York (1940)
Maryland (1940)
Chad Hanna (1940)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Remember the Day (1941)
The Black Swan (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Wilson (1944)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Margie (1946)
Captain from Castile (1947)
Deep Waters (1948)
Prince of Foxes (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Untamed (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Carousel (1956)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Bravados (1958)
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Tender Is the Night (1962)

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