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Gentlemen Of The Press

1929, Movie, NR, 75 mins

Gentlemen Of The Press: Review

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Huston is a hard-bitten newspaperman in this weak adaptation of newspaperman Ward Morehouse's play. It never quite works as we see Huston miss all of the events a man wants to be at due to the pressure of his business. His daughter is born and he is off on assignment; she gets married and he is somewhere else, and he doesn't even make it to her side when she dies in childbirth. Unremittingly depressing, this movie is enough to talk anyone out of being in the news business. The final scene has Huston at his desk as a Yale graduate interviews him about what it's like to be in the newspaper game. Huston tells the youngster to get out of it before it poisons him. The only comedy is provided by Ruggles as a sot reporter. He has all the funny lines and does well with them. It's authentic in many ways, but the authors have striven to add even more drama to what is already a dramatic vocation, and it smacks of overkill. Look for Donlevy in one of his first movie roles. leave a comment
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