Английская Википедия:Freedom of the Press (film)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Infobox film Freedom of the Press is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by George Melford and starring Lewis Stone, Marceline Day, and Malcolm McGregor.[1][2]
Plot
When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations.
Cast
- Lewis Stone as Daniel Steele
- Marceline Day as June Westcott
- Malcolm McGregor as Bill Ballard
- Henry B. Walthall as John Ballard
- Robert Emmett O'Connor as Boss Maloney
- Tom Ricketts as Wicks
- Hayden Stevenson as Callahan
- Robert Ellis as Cyrus Hazlett
- Boris Baronoff as Criminal
- Morgan Thorpe as Organist
- Evelyn Selbie as Italian Mother
- Bernard Siegel as Italian Father
- Wilson Benge as Butler
Production
The plot of the Peter B. Kyne story and the film are based upon the murder of Don Mellett, a newspaper editor who crusaded against corruption in Canton, Ohio.[3] An early version of the film had a private screening at the Capitol Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 15, 1928, in connection with an Associated Press convention.[3]
Preservation
A print of Freedom of the Press is listed in the collection of Cineteca Nazionale in Rome.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- Английская Википедия
- 1928 films
- 1928 mystery films
- English-language mystery films
- Films directed by George Melford
- American silent feature films
- 1920s English-language films
- Universal Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American mystery films
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