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The Power of the Press
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Lionel Barrymore [Steve Carson], Alan Hale [Sam], William Russell [Turner Morgan], Vivian Prescott [Annie Hosford Carson], Betty Gray [Mary Hosford], A.C. Marston, Mrs. Lawrence Marston [Mrs. Norwood], Sidney D’Albrook, William Jefferson [George Hosford, Annie and Betty’s uncle], Charles Graham, W.C. Robinson [a policeman], Hector V. Sarno

[?] Biograph Company production for Klaw & Erlanger?; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated [Klaw and Erlanger Special]. / Produced by Marc Klaw and Abraham L. Erlanger. / © 22 May 1914 by Klaw & Erlanger (Protective Amusement Company, author) [LP3057]. Released October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA [?] by Biograph Company through The General Film Company, Incorporated? on 1 November 1916.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 June 2010.

References: Limbacher-Feature p. 192; Spehr-American p. 3; Tarbox-Lost p. 193 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.