The Honor of the Press is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Edward J. Nugent, Rita La Roy and Dorothy Gulliver.Pitts p.329 It was produced as a second feature for release by Mayfair Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.
Plot Corrupt Roger Bradley buys a newspaper in order to promote his own shady dealings and denigrate the work of the city's police commissioner. A cub reporter on the paper discovers that Bradley and one of the other reporters are both involved in major crime.
Cast Edward J. Nugent as Daniel E. Greely, Cub Reporter Rita La Roy as Daisy Tellem, Gossip Columnist Dorothy Gulliver as June Bonner, the Girlfriend Wheeler Oakman as Roger Bradley, Crooked Newspaper Owner Russell Simpson as City Editor Dan Perkins John Ince as Police Commissioner Drake Charles K. French as Dodson (editorial writer) Reginald Simpson as Larry Grayson (reporter) Franklin Parker as Sorrell "Sorry" Simpson (photographer) Franklyn Farnum as Mr. Sampson (publisher of The Herald)
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Bibliography Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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