Biography: Clarence Darrow
Biography: Clarence Darrow
Biography of Clarence Darrow.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Archival still of several older Caucasian men sitting on a jury in a courtroom, 1910s. Archival still of public execution by hanging of Rainey Bethea, 22 yr old African-American man, on charges of rape and murder in Owensboro, KY, August 14, 1936; 20,000 spectators gaze upon the gallows, watching one of the last public executions in America. Archival stills of CLARENCE DARROW.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Opening credits and comments.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Stills of CLARENCE DARROW in his later years. Glycerine dissolve to archival still of Kinsman, Ohio. Archival stills of Darrow's mother and father. Stills of the family home (notable for it was shaped like a rectangle). Archival stills white children playing with dogs, walking w/ fishing rods along country road, swimming in creek. Archival still baseball team. Archival stills Kinsman, OH, Town Hall, debates under way; great still dog sleeping under filled hat rack. Archival stills of Allegheny College. Archival still of Darrow, approx. 1875. Still of well-dressed white men courting local lady. Archival still courthouse in Youngstown, OH. Portrait of young Darrow. Ad for Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewal tonic (snakeoil; remedy; charlatan). Archival still Darrow wearing bowler hat, walking streets of Chicago. Great still (late 1800s) urban street scene; horse-drawn carriages, trolleys, pedestrians. Archival stills European immigrants arriving in New York via boat, landing at Ellis Island. The tale of the Gray Wolves "buying of immigrant votes": still of wild-eyed white male immigrants in line; stills & illustrations of white bourgoisie; still of immigrants under arrest, being hauled into paddy wagon; stills of young Darrow; stills of JOHN PETER ALTGELD; stills of the "Gray Wolves". Archival still of Chicago & North Western Railway office in Chicago.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Archival stills of locomotive trains spewing huge puffs of black smoke. Archival still railroad tycoon GEORGE PULLMAN. Stills of Pullman Palace Car Co. factory & factory town. Archival stills of and related to 1894 Pullman workers strike. Stills President GROVER CLEVELAND. Still of JOHN PETER ALTGELD. More stills & illustrations of the Pullman Strike. Still American Railway Union President EUGENE DEBS (Eugene V. Debs). Stills of CLARENCE DARROW. Stills of white male business executive sitting in offices. Labor, unions, strikes, leaders, management, relations.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Stills of CLARENCE DARROW. Stills of Ruby Hammerstrom, Darrow's wife. Stills of WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN running for Presidency, 1900. The 1902 Miner's Strike: still of JOHN L. MITCHELL; archival still of squalid living conditions at mining company town; stills of child laborers posing for camera, working in coal mine; stills of subsequent improvements in living conditions. Still of Clarence and Ruby Darrow. Stills of Darrow arguing labor cases; company lawyers; working class; industry barons.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: The Los Angeles Times labor fight: archival still LA Times building; still of publisher HARRISON GRAY OTIS; stills of bombed-out Times bldg, fire and rescue crew present after alleged bombing, Oct 1, 1910; still of JOHN & JAMES MCNAMARA behind bars; archival stills of Los Angeles, 1900s; stills of outdoor Socialist rally; still of the McNamara brothers; stills of trial, Darrow arguing; stills labor rally in support of the McNamaras. Labor, unions, organized, strikes, management, relations, socialism.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: America enters World War One (WWI): still of AEF soldiers (doughboys) marching in parade; still of KAISER WILHELM; still of men guilty of violating the Conspiracy and Sedition Act (prisoners in B&W striped suits). Stills of CLARENCE DARROW. Stills of temperance movement, women marching in protest, men smashing bottles & wooden kegs.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
Motion film of Clarence Darrow speaking against prohibition movement: "The last election in this country has demonstrated that the people of this nation do not believe in prohibition. No one can be temperate if he is told what to do. He must govern his own life and his own attititude. People are learning that individual liberty is the first concern of every citizen. Without it, life is not worth living."
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Still of group listening
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: The murder trial of Leopold & Loeb, 1924. Stills of CLARENCE DARROW, NATHAN LEOPOLD, RICHARD LOEB. Still of victim BOBBY FRANKS. Still of group of newspaper boys. Still of crowd standing beneath hangman's noose (vigilante justice). Stills of trial: court room, Clarence Darrow arguing for the defense, prosecution, press reporters, Leopold & Loeb, judge, Darrow making closing argument (summation). Crime, death penalty, justice.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 (the teaching of Darwinian evolution over creationism in public schools). Archival still of road in Dayton, Tennessee. Archival still of crowd gathered at Dayton train station. Still of WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN getting off train. Still of CLARENCE DARROW. Still of Mr. Darrow and Mr. Bryan.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 (the teaching of Darwinian evolution over creationism in public schools). MS crowd walking about outside courthouse; MS schoolteacher JOHN SCOPES outside courthouse; panning MS courtroom in session, people fanning themselves & wiping sweat away.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Still of jury being sworn in.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 (the teaching of Darwinian evolution over creationism in public schools). Excellent motion newsreel: l/a MS of banner over sidewalk-- "Darwin is Right Inside" with finger pointing to building; MS Caucasian teen girl holding a sign that says, "They can't make a monkey out of me!"; panning MS several white teen girls playing with stuffed animals (monkeys, of course) TLS of a white-haired preacher-like man hanging a banner that says, "Read Your Bible". Excellent moton footage of William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow presenting their opening & closing arguments at the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 (the teaching of Darwinian evolution over creationism in public schools). Stills of Darrow & Bryan.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 (the teaching of Darwinian evolution over creationism in public schools). Clarence Darrow in court.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Stills of Darrow & Bryan. Stills of jury.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 (the teaching of Darwinian evolution over creationism in public schools). Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan in court.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Stills of crowd gathered outside courthouse. Still of Judge with gavel. Still of John Scopes in courtroom.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Stills of Darrow working post-Scopes trial. Still of Darrow funeral, crowd gathered around hearse. Still of wife Ruby Darrow.
Biography: Clarence Darrow
DO NOT USE: Closing comments and credits.