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The Power of the Press

Oct 1, 1914 · 40m
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Drama

PLOT

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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CAST

Lionel Barrymore
Steve Carson
William Russell
Turner Morgan
Vivian Prescott
Annie Hosford Carson
Betty Gray
Mary Hosford
Mrs. A.C. Marston
Mrs. Harold Norwood aka Julia Seymour
Charles E. Graham
Joe Hawes
Hector V. Sarno
Harold Norwood
Alan Hale
Sam Freeborn

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Production
Klaw & Erlanger, American Mutoscope & Biograph
Country
US
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