The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
Directed byWill S. Davis
Written byJesse J. Goldburg (scenario)
Based onPlay
by Victor Mapes and Louis Forest
Production
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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]

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]

Cast

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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