The Power of the Press

The Power of the Press

40 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1914

An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard, strikes up a warm friendship with his cellmate, Harold Norwood, a defaulting paying teller. No less strange than their friendship is the befriending of Steve's wife, Annie, by Julia Seymour, prima donna, who is Norwood's wife. As a reward of good behavior, the men are released on Christmas morning. Annie is bewildered by the receipt of a bank book which shows that large deposits of gold have been made in her name and that of her sister, Mary, by their uncle, George Hosford, who, dying in Alaska, has entrusted the book to Joe Hawes, a fellow prospector.

The Power of the Press

40 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1914

The Power of the Press
An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard, strikes up a warm friendship with his cellmate, Harold Norwood, a defaulting paying teller. No less strange than their friendship is the befriending of Steve's wife, Annie, by Julia Seymour, prima donna, who is Norwood's wife. As a reward of good behavior, the men are released on Christmas morning. Annie is bewildered by the receipt of a bank book which shows that large deposits of gold have been made in her name and that of her sister, Mary, by their uncle, George Hosford, who, dying in Alaska, has entrusted the book to Joe Hawes, a fellow prospector.
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph, Klaw & Erlanger
Original title The Power of the Press
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Cast

Lionel Barrymore

as Steve Carson

William Russell

as Turner Morgan

Vivian Prescott

as Annie Hosford Carson

Betty Gray

as Mary Hosford

Mrs. A.C. Marston

as Mrs. Harold Norwood aka Julia Seymour

Charles E. Graham

as Joe Hawes

Hector V. Sarno

as Harold Norwood

Alan Hale

as Sam Freeborn

William Jefferson

as Antsey - Cub Reporter

W.C. Robinson

as Policeman