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Power of the Press

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Power of the Press	label	Power of the Press
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Power of the Press	comment	Power of the Press is a 1943 American crime film directed by Lew Landers, written by Samuel Fuller (story) and Robert Hardy Andrews (screenplay), and starring Guy Kibbee, Gloria Dickson, Lee Tracy, Otto Kruger and Victor Jory.Amidst the turmoil of WWII, the publisher of the New York Gazette, an isolationist newspaper, is assassinated just as he is on the verge of switching the paper's stance to support the American war effort. To track down the perpetrators, his comrade, a patriotic editor from a small town, is recruited.Not to be confused with the 1928 Frank Capra film The Power of the Press (note the definite article).
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Power of the Press / int_26b2747	type	Alliterative Title
Power of the Press / int_26b2747	comment	Alliterative Title: Power of the Press
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Power of the Press / int_2d363f63	type	Frame-Up
Power of the Press / int_2d363f63	comment	Frame-Up: To ensure that the paper remains unchanged, Rankin has Carter assassinated, and frames Jerry Purvis, a former Gazette employee, for the crime.
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Power of the Press / int_38bf28e3	type	Engineered Public Confession
Power of the Press / int_38bf28e3	comment	Engineered Public Confession: Using a fake newspaper story to scare Rankin into thinking that Trent had made a complete confession before he died, Griff manages to wring a confession from Trent in a room full of journalists and policemen.
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Power of the Press / int_49d5f48f	type	Of Corpse He's Alive
Power of the Press / int_49d5f48f	comment	Of Corpse He's Alive: Griff manipulates Trent's dead body to make it look like he is wounded but still alive, then photographs him and uses the photograph to produce a fake newspaper front page to trick Rankin into making an Engineered Public Confession.
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Power of the Press / int_4eaa9b84	type	Author Tract
Power of the Press / int_4eaa9b84	comment	Author Tract: In this film, Samuel Fuller—who was a former journalist, and a serving soldier in the U.S. Armynote When the film was released, Fuller had already participated in the North Africa landings, and who would go on to serve in the Sicily and Normandy landings—outlines the importance of an independent and impartial press, and his opposition to American isolationism.
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Power of the Press / int_65acf9db	type	He Knows Too Much
Power of the Press / int_65acf9db	comment	He Knows Too Much: Bradford rallies to the defense of Purvis and posts a reward offer for information leading to his exoneration. A "newsie" comes forward with information that will clear Purvis, but Oscar Trent, one of Rankin's men, throws him down an elevator shaft before he can make a deposition.
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Power of the Press / int_6da4d56e	type	Conspicuously Public Assassination
Power of the Press / int_6da4d56e	comment	Conspicuously Public Assassination: Rankin has Trent shoot John Cleveland Carter while Carter is giving a speech to a press society dinner.
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Power of the Press / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Power of the Press / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Newspaper publisher Ulysses Bradford writes an editorial in his newspaper, the Starr County World, accusing John Cleveland Carter, his friend and publisher of the New York Gazette, of abusing the freedom of the press and running articles harmful to the wartime security of the United States. Carter agrees with his friend's criticisms, and decides to operate his paper in a more responsible manner. This decision gets him murdered.
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Power of the Press / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Power of the Press / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The investigation into the newsie's death eventually turns up Trent as the prime suspect, and Rankin, fearing that his conspiracy will be exposed by Trent, has him murdered.
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Power of the Press / int_977a6ec0	type	Girl Friday
Power of the Press / int_977a6ec0	comment	Girl Friday: Edwina Stephens is the personal secretary to New York Gazette publisher John Cleveland Carter, and his confidant. When Carver is shot, Edwina delivers the will granting Ulysses Bradford majority ownership to Bradford personally, and persuades him to honour Carver's wishes by taking on the position of publisher. She also pretty much keeps he paper running until Bradford gets up to speed on running a big city paper, and is the only person willing to stand up to Da Editor Griff Thompson and ensure he does what Bradford wants, rather than what he thinks is best.
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Power of the Press / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Power of the Press / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: Da Editor Griff Thompson experiences this after an unsubstantiated story he runs at Rankin's urging results in a riot that burns down a warehouse full of essential war supplies, causes a public official to suffer a fatal heart attack, and provides important information to the Nazis. Following this, Griff realizes the extent of Rankin's corruption and joins Bradford in his fight to seek justice.
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Power of the Press / int_f641252f	type	Da Editor
Power of the Press / int_f641252f	comment	Da Editor: Griff Thompson is the hard-bitten managing editor of the New York Gazette. Initially only concerned with increasing circulation, he has a My God, What Have I Done? moment after an unsubstantiated story he runs at Rankin's urging results in a riot and a man's death, and then joins Bradford in his quest to clean up the Gazette.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Power of the Press	hasFeature	Conspicuously Public Assassination / int_48376174
Power of the Press	hasFeature	Da Editor / int_48376174
Power of the Press	hasFeature	Girl Friday / int_48376174
Power of the Press	hasFeature	He Knows Too Much / int_48376174
Power of the Press	hasFeature	Make It Look Like an Accident / int_48376174
Power of the Press	hasFeature	Of Corpse He's Alive / int_48376174
Power of the Press	hasFeature	Simple Country Lawyer / int_48376174

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