Legally Dead

1923 film

July 30, 1923 (1923-07-30)

Running time

60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Legally Dead is a 1923 American drama film directed by William Parke and written by Harvey Gates. The film stars Milton Sills, Margaret Campbell, Claire Adams, Eddie Sturgis, Faye O'Neill, and Charles A. Stevenson. The film was released on July 30, 1923, by Universal Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

A reporter Will Campbell gets himself arrested to get material for a story. He later gets a job as a bank teller but is hounded by a detective who knows Campbell is an ex-con. The detective is found murdered and Campbell is sentenced to death for the crime. He is hung just before he found innocent but a doctor revives him by giving him a shot of adrenaline.^[4]

Cast

Milton Sills as Will Campbell
Margaret Campbell as Mrs. Mazie Campbell
Claire Adams as Minnie O'Reilly
Eddie Sturgis as Jake Dorr
Faye O'Neill as Jake's Sweetheart
Charles A. Stevenson as Malcolm Steel
Joseph W. Girard as District Attorney
Albert Prisco as The Anarchist
Herbert Fortier as The Judge
Charles Wellesley as The Governor
Robert Homans as Detective Powell
Brandon Hurst as Dr. Gelzer

Preservation

With no prints of Legally Dead located in any film archives.^[5] it is a lost film.

References

^ "Legally Dead (1923) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
^ Janiss Garza. "Legally Dead (1923) - William Parke". AllMovie. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
^ "Legally Dead". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
^ https://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/legally-dead-m100007996 Legally Dead (1923), Movie Review Query Engine, mrqe.com
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Legally Dead