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The Last Edition

192577 minUnited States
Drama
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
77:07
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Emory Johnson · Public domain

Synopsis

Veteran newspaper pressman Tom McDonald learns that the next edition will accuse his son of bribery. Convinced the charge is false, he tries to stop the presses. A fire and a second accusation leave a reporter and Tom's daughter racing to uncover the truth.

Cast

DirectorsEmory Johnson

Behind the scenes

Emory Johnson filmed around the San Francisco Chronicle's old headquarters. A surviving Dutch print found in 2011 made the later restoration possible, with its intertitles translated back into English.

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