Gentlemen of the Press is a three-act play written by Ward Morehouse.
Producers Thomas E. Jackson and H. S. Kraft opened it on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre on August 27, 1928.
[1][2] The play is a comedy about Wick Snell, a journalist who decides to take a job as a publicist for a real estate firm.
The main character in Gentlemen of the Press was inspired by one of his co-workers who frequently complained about the difficulties of working in journalism.
[3] The characters and opening night cast from the Broadway production are given below:[4] Paramount Pictures adapted the play as a film of the same name in 1929, directed by Millard Webb.