The Power of the Press
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mildred Harris, Wheeler Vivian Oakman
Director: Frank Capra
Writer: Sonya Levien
Producer: Harry Cohn
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. In 1943, Columbia Pictures reused the title, without the leading The, for another newspaper picture, but it had a completely different plot and was not a remake.
Previous Showings
7 Runs • 3 Festivals
2,738 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (September 30, 1943)
Original Run: September 30, 1943 (Thursday - Saturday)
All runs on record (7):
- September 30, 1943 (Thursday - Saturday)Guy Kibbee, Lee Tracy
- March 1, 1990 · 150 ticketsw/ The Way of the Strong
- September 7, 1993 · 954 ticketsw/ The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), The Rage of Paris
- June 6, 1997 · 464 ticketsw/ Dirigible
- November 2, 2007 · 260 ticketsFall 2007 The Films of Frank Capra, plus other favoritesw/ Hemo the Magnificent
- January 29 - 30, 2014 · 392 ticketsFrank Capra Festivalw/ Platinum Blonde
- January 19, 2025 · 518 ticketsThe Films of Frank Capraw/ Lady for a Day, Why We Fight (1942-44)