# Legally Dead

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Legally_Dead
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Legally_Dead.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Dead
> Source revision: 1339492201
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{short description|1923 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Legally Dead
| image          = Legally Dead (1923) - 1.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Advertisement
| director       = William Parke 
| producer       = 
| screenplay     = [Harvey Gates](/source/Harvey_Gates)
| story          = Charles Furthman 
| starring       = [Milton Sills](/source/Milton_Sills)<br>[Margaret Campbell](/source/Margaret_Campbell_(actress))<br>[Claire Adams](/source/Claire_Adams)<br>[Eddie Sturgis](/source/Eddie_Sturgis)<br>Faye O'Neill<br>Charles A. Stevenson
| music          =  
| cinematography = [Richard Fryer](/source/Richard_Fryer_(cinematographer))
| editing        =
| studio         = [Universal Pictures](/source/Universal_Pictures)
| distributor    = Universal Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1923|7|30}}
| runtime        = 60 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget         = 
| gross          =
}}

'''''Legally Dead''''' is a 1923 American [drama film](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) directed by William Parke and written by [Harvey Gates](/source/Harvey_Gates). The film stars [Milton Sills](/source/Milton_Sills), [Margaret Campbell](/source/Margaret_Campbell_(actress)), [Claire Adams](/source/Claire_Adams), [Eddie Sturgis](/source/Eddie_Sturgis), Faye O'Neill, and Charles A. Stevenson. The film was released on July 30, 1923, by [Universal Pictures](/source/Universal_Pictures).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497737/legally-dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127175019/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497737/Legally-Dead/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2019 |title=Legally Dead (1923) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/legally-dead-v99237 |title=Legally Dead (1923) - William Parke |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=May 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/10223-LEGALLY-DEAD |title=Legally Dead |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=May 19, 2019}}</ref>

==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 hanged just before he is found innocent but a doctor revives him by giving him a shot of adrenaline.<ref>https://www.mrqe.com/movie_reviews/legally-dead-m100007996 Legally Dead (1923), Movie Review Query Engine, mrqe.com</ref>

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[Milton Sills](/source/Milton_Sills) as Will Campbell 
*[Margaret Campbell](/source/Margaret_Campbell_(actress)) as Mrs. Mazie Campbell
*[Claire Adams](/source/Claire_Adams) as Minnie O'Reilly
*[Eddie Sturgis](/source/Eddie_Sturgis) as Jake Dorr
*Faye O'Neill as Jake's Sweetheart
*Charles A. Stevenson as Malcolm Steel
*[Joseph W. Girard](/source/Joseph_W._Girard) as District Attorney
*[Albert Prisco](/source/Albert_Prisco) as The Anarchist
*[Herbert Fortier](/source/Herbert_Fortier) as The Judge
*[Charles Wellesley](/source/Charles_Wellesley) as The Governor
*[Robert Homans](/source/Robert_Homans) as Detective Powell
*[Brandon Hurst](/source/Brandon_Hurst) as Dr. Gelzer
}}

==Preservation==
With no prints of ''Legally Dead'' located in any film archives,<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6834/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Legally Dead'']</ref> it is a [lost film](/source/lost_film).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Legally Dead}}
*{{IMDb title|0014194|Legally Dead}}

Category:1923 films
Category:1923 English-language films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:1923 drama films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1923 American films
Category:English-language drama films

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Legally Dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Dead) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Dead?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.