The Power of the Press

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The Power of the Press (1914)

Drama · 40m

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.

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Cast

Lionel Barrymore Steve Carson William Russell Turner Morgan Vivian Prescott Annie Hosford Carson Betty Gray Mary Hosford
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Mrs. A.C. Marston Mrs. Harold Norwood aka Julia Seymour
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Charles E. Graham Joe Hawes Hector V. Sarno Harold Norwood Alan Hale Sam Freeborn William Jefferson Antsey - Cub Reporter
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Mrs. Lawrence Marston
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W.C. Robinson Policeman Sidney D'Albrook

Details

Release date
1914-10-01
Runtime
40m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Klaw & Erlanger, American Mutoscope & Biograph