The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde

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The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
Directed by Will S. Davis
Written by Jesse J. Goldburg (scenario)
Based onPlay
by Victor Mapes and Louis Forest
Production
company
Life Photo Film Corp.
Release date
  • April 1915 (1915-04)

The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (released in 1920 as The Valley of Night) [1] is a 1915 American drama silent black and white film directed by Will S. Davis. [2] [3] It is based on the play of the same name by Victor Mapes and Louis Forest. [4] The film is lost. [5]

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This film, The Case of Becky (1915) and The Brand of Satan (1917) established a basic framework of representation which is still often utilized (the split personality). [6]

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References

  1. Soister, Nicolella & Joyce 2014, p. 67.
  2. Menefee, David W. (26 November 2012). The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era. BearManor Media. p. 1867.
  3. Liebman, Roy (7 February 2017). Broadway Actors in Films, 1894–2015. McFarland Publishing. p. 267. ISBN   9781476626154.
  4. Soister, Nicolella & Joyce 2014, p. 111.
  5. The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde.” Library of Congress, memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4536/default.html. Accessed 16 Nov. 2020.
  6. Packer, Sharon (24 May 2017). Mental Illness in Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 36. ISBN   9781440843891.

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