

Gentlemen of the Press
DirectorMillard Webb
“WHY WON'T THE NEWSPAPERS GIVE A MAN A LIVING CHANCE. WHY DO THEY DIG UP THE PAST WHEN HE IS TRYING TO GO STRAIGHT?”
A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.
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Cast

Walter Huston
Wickland Snell

Kay Francis
Myra May

Charles Ruggles
Charlie Haven

Betty Lawford
Dorothy Snell Hanley

Norman Foster
Ted Hanley
Duncan Penwarden
Mr. Higgenbottom
Lawrence Leslie
Red
Lee Harry
Copy-desk Editor

Brian Donlevy
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

Victor Kilian
McPhee - Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim
Copy Boy (uncredited)
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