---
title: 'The Power of the Press (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Capra'
released: '1928-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 62
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-power-of-the-press-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019290/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Power of the Press (1928)

1928 · 62 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Power of the Press is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as an aspiring newspaper reporter and Jobyna Ralston as a young woman suspected of murder.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Capra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-capra)
- **Screenplay:** [Sonya Levien](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonya-levien)
- **Producer:** [Harry Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ted Tetzlaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-tetzlaff)
- **Editor:** [Arthur Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-roberts-2)

## Cast

- [Otto Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hoffman)
- [Joe Bordeaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-bordeaux)
- [Van Dyke Brooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-dyke-brooke)
- [Jobyna Ralston](https://cinepixo.com/people/jobyna-ralston)
- [Wheeler Vivian Oakman](https://cinepixo.com/people/wheeler-vivian-oakman)
- [Mildred Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-harris)
- [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks-jr)
- [Philo McCullough](https://cinepixo.com/people/philo-mccullough)
- [Maurice Costello](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-costello)
- [Spottiswoode Aitken](https://cinepixo.com/people/spottiswoode-aitken)
- [Charles Clary](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-clary)
- [Dell Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dell-henderson)
- [Robert Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-edeson)

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