Movie

The Power of the Press

(en)

1914

40m

The Power of the Press

Drama

Overview: 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.

Status: Released

Release date: October 1, 1914

Countries of origin: United States of America,

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Production companies
  • Klaw & Erlanger
  • American Mutoscope & Biograph

Top Cast

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

as Steve Carson

William Russell

William Russell

as Turner Morgan

Vivian Prescott

Vivian Prescott

as Annie Hosford C...

Betty Gray

Betty Gray

as Mary Hosford

Mrs. A.C. Marston

Mrs. A.C. Marston

as Mrs. Harold Nor...