Jul 22, 1939
10 min
Full-HD

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed (1939)

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper.

Category

History

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Victor Kilian

John Peter Zenger (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Trooper (uncredited)

John Hubbard

Attorney John Alexander (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

Hank (uncredited)

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