Gentlemen of the Press
“WHY WON'T THE NEWSPAPERS GIVE A MAN A LIVING CHANCE. WHY DO THEY DIG UP THE PAST WHEN HE IS TRYING TO GO STRAIGHT?”
1929•1h 20m•6.7•Released
Drama
A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.
Director
Millard Webb
Writer
Bartlett Cormack
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Walter Huston
Wickland Snell
Kay Francis
Myra May
Charles Ruggles
Charlie Haven
Betty Lawford
Dorothy Snell Hanley
Norman Foster
Ted Hanley
Duncan Penwarden
Mr. Higgenbottom
Lawrence Leslie
Red
Lee Harry
Copy-desk Editor
Brian Donlevy
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
McPhee - Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Copy Boy (uncredited)
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