Now, before we get into the full breakdown of how you can watch 'The Power of the Press' right now, here are some finer points about the Klaw & Erlanger, American Mutoscope & Biograph drama flick. The Power of the Press starring Lionel Barrymore, William Russell, Vivian Prescott, Betty Gray has a NR rating, a runtime of about 40 min. The release date of the movie is October 1st, 1914.
Ready to dive into the plot? Here's the plot: "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."
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'The Power of the Press' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on October 1st, 1914
