GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS (1929)Walter Huston, Kay Francis & Charles Ruggles | Drama | B&W |Retro Movie

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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.

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

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).

Synopsis

A driven newspaperman misses out on the joys and sorrows of ordinary life.

Cast & Crew

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

Directed by: Millard Webb
Written by: Ward Morehouse (play), Bartlett Cormack (screenplay)
Produced by: Monta Bell
Cinematography: George J. Folsey
Edited by: Morton Blumenstock
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: May 4, 1929
Running Time: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English