Freedom of the Press is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by George Melford and starring Lewis Stone, Marceline Day, and Malcolm McGregor.

[1][2] When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations.

The plot of the Peter B. Kyne story and the film are based upon the murder of Don Mellett, a newspaper editor who crusaded against corruption in Canton, Ohio.

[3] An early version of the film had a private screening at the Capitol Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 15, 1928, in connection with an Associated Press convention.

[3] A print of Freedom of the Press is listed in the collection of Cineteca Nazionale in Rome.