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.

• Lionel BarrymoreSteve Carson
• William RussellTurner Morgan
• Vivian PrescottAnnie Hosford Carson
• Betty GrayMary Hosford
• Mrs. A.C. MarstonMrs. Harold Norwood aka Julia Seymour
• Charles E. GrahamJoe Hawes
• Hector V. SarnoHarold Norwood
• Alan HaleSam Freeborn
• William JeffersonAntsey - Cub Reporter
• Mrs. Lawrence MarstonCast
• W.C. RobinsonPoliceman
• Sidney D'AlbrookCast