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.
The film is based on Ward Morehouse's 1928 Broadway play Gentlemen of the Press.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.
Cast
Preservation The film survives in a copy sold to MCA for television distribution.AFI Catalog of Feature Films, Gentlemen of the Press
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).
See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
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External links
Gentlemen of the Press at IMDb.com lobby poster