The Power of the Press (movie)

The Power of the Press (movie)

  • Production country: United States of America
  • Production companies: Klaw & Erlanger, American Mutoscope & Biograph
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release date: 10/1/1914
  • Run time: 40 min.

Movie description

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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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Role(s): Steve Carson

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William Russell

William Russell

Role(s): Turner Morgan

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Vivian Prescott

Vivian Prescott

Role(s): Annie Hosford Carson

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Betty Gray

Betty Gray

Role(s): Mary Hosford

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Mrs. A.C. Marston

Mrs. A.C. Marston

Role(s): Mrs. Harold Norwood aka Julia Seymour

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