Gentlemen of the Press

1929 film by Millard Webb

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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 (1929-05-04)

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

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The film

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

uncredited

* Brian Donlevy as Kelly (a reporter)

## See also

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* List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

## References

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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 September 13, 2017.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gentlemen of the Press.

* Gentlemen of the Press is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
* Gentlemen of the Press at IMDb.com
* lobby poster

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