Drama History
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Directed by
William Dieterle
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Julius Reuter
Eddie Albert
Max Wagner
Nigel Bruce
Sir Randolph Persham
Gene Lockhart
Otto Bauer
Leonard Mudie
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Opposition Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Montagu Love
Delane
Otto Kruger
Dr. Magnus
Edward Keane
Reporter (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Board Member (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Chairman
Stuart Holmes
Coach Attendant
Harry Cording
Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Gilbert Emery
Lord Palmerston in Parliament (uncredited)
Walter Kingsford
Napoleon III
Cliff Clark
Reporter (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Laborer (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Dickie Moore
Reuter as a Boy
Robert Homans
Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Anderson
Girl with Max (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Board Member (uncredited)
Edward McWade
Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Von Konstat (uncredited)
Grace Stafford
Woman Dancing with Geller (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Albert Bassermann
Franz Geller
Herbert Heywood
News Vendor in Paris (uncredited)
David Bruce
Bruce
Frank Shannon
Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
James Stephenson
Carew
Leonard Carey
Delane's Secretary (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
Augusta in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Edna Best
Ida Magnus Reuter
Alec Craig
Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Reporter (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
French Official (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Editor Wanting Contract Voided (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
Mother in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Board Member (uncredited)
Paul Weigel
Professor Gauss (uncredited)
David Clyde
Constable (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Translator (uncredited)
Hugh Sothern
American Ambassador (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
George Ovey
Postman Delivering Pigeons (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Board Member (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Hans - Gauss' Assistant (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Louis Adlon
Clerk (uncredited)
Pat O'Hara
Reporter (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Irene Coleman
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Billy Dawson
Max Wagner as a Boy
Richard Nichols
Herbert - Age 5
Norman Ainsley
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Michael Audley
Reporter (uncredited)
Tommy Baker
Sick Boy in Aachen (uncredited)
Frank Benson
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Nina Borget
Woman (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne
Companion (uncredited)
George Cathrey
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Ray De Ravenne
Man (uncredited)
Demetris Emanuel
Reporter (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Alec Harford
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
Board Member (uncredited)
Ernst Hauessermann
Heinrich (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Ellis Irving
Parliament Speaker (uncredited)
Paul Irving
J. Bender (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Telegrapher for Reuter (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
Mr. Stein (uncredited)
Charles Knight
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Frederic Mellinger
Man (uncredited)
Thomas R. Mills
Board Member (uncredited)
Fred Murray
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Leda Nicova
French Girl in Paris (uncredited)
Lionel Pape
Stock Exchange Chairman (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Otto - Directing Carew to Bank (uncredited)
George Sorel
Reporter (uncredited)
Walter O. Stahl
Von Darnstadt (uncredited)
Hal Taylour
Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton
Clerk (uncredited)
David Thursby
Telegrapher at Reuters (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
French Telegrapher (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
Herbert's Nanny (uncredited)

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