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Gentlemen of the Press is a american film of genre Drama directed by Millard Webb released in USA on 4 may 1929 with Walter Huston

Gentlemen of the Press (1929)

Gentlemen of the Press
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Released in USA 4 may 1929
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating65% 3.2747953.2747953.2747953.2747953.274795

Gentlemen of the Press is a 1929 all-talking film starring Walter Huston in his first feature film role and Kay Francis in her first film role. The film still survives. This film's copyright has expired and is now in the public domain. It survives in a copy sold to MCA for television distribution.

The film is based on Ward Morehouse's 1928 Broadway play Gentlemen of the Press.

Actors

Walter Huston

(Wickland Snell)Kay Francis

(Myra May)Charles Ruggles

(Charlie Haven)Norman Foster

(Ted Hanley)Betty Lawford

(Dorothy Snell Hanley)
And :
Brian Donlevy
Victor Kilian
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