The Printer's Devil (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Printer's Devil

| image = Printer's Devil lobby card 3.jpg

| caption = Lobby card with George C. Pearce, Harry Myers, Kathryn McGuire, Wesley Barry, and Mary Halter

| director = William Beaudine

| producer =

| screenplay = Julien Josephson

| based_on = {{basedon|"Ink Slinger"|Julien Josephson}}

| starring =

| cinematography =

| editing = Clarence Kolster

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1923|8|21}}

| runtime = 6 reels

| country = United States

| budget = $80,000Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 2 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

| gross = $263,000

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

The Printer's Devil is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by William Beaudine and released by Warner Bros. It stars Wesley Barry, Harry Myers, and Kathryn McGuire.{{cite book|last=Munden|first=Kenneth White|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C&pg=PA619|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20969-5|page=619}}[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PrintersDevil1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Printer's Devil] at silentera.com

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: The Printer's Devil |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=27 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=9 February 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n764/mode/1up |accessdate=12 August 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Brick Hubbard, a printer's devil, induces Sidney Fletcher to buy the town newspaper, The Gazette. An editorial written by Sidney arouses the wrath of the town banker Ira Gates, whose daughter Vivian is whom Sidney loves. When the bank is robbed, Sidney is suspected. Though the efforts of Brick the actual criminals are arrested and Sidney wins the affection of Vivian.