Gentlemen of the Press
1929 film by Millard Webb
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Gentlemen of the Press is a 1929 American pre-Code film starring Walter Huston in his first feature film role, and Kay Francis and Norman Foster plus an uncredited Brian Donlevy in their film debuts.
Directed byMillard Webb
Written byWard Morehouse (play)
Bartlett Cormack (screenplay)
Bartlett Cormack (screenplay)
Produced byMonta Bell
StarringWalter Huston
Kay Francis
Kay Francis
| Gentlemen of the Press | |
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 Window card poster | |
| 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 |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film is based on Ward Morehouse's 1928 Broadway play Gentlemen of the Press.[1]
Cast
- 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
- Brian Donlevy as Kelly (a reporter) (uncredited)
Preservation
The film survives in a copy sold to MCA for television distribution.[2]
In popular culture
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]
