Freedom of the Press (film)

Freedom of the Press
Directed by	George Melford
Written by	J. Grubb Alexander Walter Anthony Curtis Benton J.G. Hawks Peter B. Kyne
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Lewis Stone Marceline Day Malcolm McGregor
Cinematography
Edited by
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 28, 1928
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Freedom of the Press is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by George Melford and starring Lewis Stone, Marceline Day and Malcolm McGregor.^[1]

When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations.

Cast[]

• Lewis Stone as Daniel Steele
• Marceline Day as June Westcott
• Malcolm McGregor as Bill Ballard
• Henry B. Walthall as John Ballard
• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Boss Maloney
• Tom Ricketts as Wicks
• Hayden Stevenson as Callahan
• Robert Ellis as Cyrus Hazlett
• as Criminal
• Morgan Thorpe as Organist
• Evelyn Selbie as Italian Mother
• Bernard Siegel as Italian Father
• Wilson Benge as Butler

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links[]

• Freedom of the Press at IMDb

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