Gentlemen of the Press

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.^[1]

Gentlemen of the Press
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	May 4, 1929 (1929-05-04)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film is based on Ward Morehouse's 1928 Broadway play Gentlemen of the Press.^[2]

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]

Cast

The film

• 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

uncredited

• Brian Donlevy as Kelly (a reporter)

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)