Freedom of the Press (film)

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

Plot
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
 * Boris Baronoff as Criminal
 * Morgan Thorpe as Organist
 * Evelyn Selbie as Italian Mother
 * Bernard Siegel as Italian Father
 * Wilson Benge as Butler

Production
The plot of the Peter B. Kyne story and the film are based upon the murder of Don Mellett, a newspaper editor who crusaded against corruption in Canton, Ohio. An early version of the film had a private screening at the Capitol Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 15, 1928, in connection with an Associated Press convention.

Preservation
A print of Freedom of the Press is listed in the collection of Cineteca Nazionale in Rome.