Gentlemen of the Press

Gentlemen of the Press
Gentlemen of the Press
Directed by	Millard Webb
Written by	Ward Morehouse (play); Bartlett Cormack (screenplay)
Produced by	Monta Bell
Starring	Walter Huston; Kay Francis
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Edited by	Morton Blumenstock
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 4, 1929;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Gentlemen of the Press is a 1929 all-talking American pre-Code film starring Walter Huston in his first feature film role, and Kay Francis and an uncredited Brian Donlevy in their film debuts. The film still survives. This film's copyright has expired, and it is now in the public domain. It survives in a copy sold to MCA for television distribution.^[1]

The film is based on Ward Morehouse's 1928 Broadway play Gentlemen of the Press.^[2]

In the 1930 silent melodrama by Yasujirō Ozu, That Night's Wife (Sono yo no tsuma), a poster of this film is prominently displayed (Ozu, who had a "passionate love of American film", according to scholar David Bordwell, often featured in his films posters of movies he liked).^[3]

Cast

Walter Huston - Wickland Snell
Charles Ruggles - Charlie Haven
Kay Francis - Myra May
Betty Lawford - Dorothy Snell Hanley
Norman Foster - Ted Hanley
Duncan Penwarden - Mr. Higgenbottom

uncredited

Brian Donlevy - Kelly (a reporter)

References

^ AFI Catalog of Feature Films , Gentlemen of the Press
^ Gentlemen of the Press as produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre, August 27, 1928-December 1928; for 128 performances, IBDb.com; accessed August 28, 2017.
^ Bordwell, David. "Ozu and the Poetics of cinema". Center for Japanese Studies Publications. The International Institute. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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[1] AFI Catalog of Feature Films , Gentlemen of the Press

[2] Gentlemen of the Press as produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre, August 27, 1928-December 1928; for 128 performances, IBDb.com; accessed August 28, 2017.

[3] Bordwell, David. "Ozu and the Poetics of cinema". Center for Japanese Studies Publications. The International Institute. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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