Editing Clarence Darrow (section)

==Legacy==
Today, Clarence Darrow is remembered for his reputation as a fierce trial attorney who, in many cases, championed the cause of the underdog; because of this, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest criminal defense lawyers in American history.
[[Image:Inherit the wind trailer (3) Spencer Tracy.jpg|thumb|250px|Henry Drummond (left), a fictionalized version of Clarence Darrow, as portrayed by [[Spencer Tracy]] in ''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'']]{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

According to legend, before he died, Darrow declared that if there was an [[afterlife]], he would return on the small bridge (now known as the Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge) located just south of the [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]] in [[Hyde Park, Chicago]] on the date of his death. Darrow was skeptical of a belief in life after death (he is reported to have said: "Every man knows when his life began... If I did not exist in the past, why should I, or could I, exist in the future?") but he made this promise to dissuade [[mediums]] from charging people money to "talk" to his spirit. People still gather on the bridge in the hope of seeing his ghost.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kogan|first1=Rick|title=Clarence Darrow's Words, if Not His Ghost, Still Linger in Jackson Park|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-clarence-darrow-bridge-chicago-ae-0306-20160303-column.html|access-date=November 16, 2016|date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

===Plays===
* ''Compulsion'', 1957 play based on [[Meyer Levin]]'s [[Compulsion (Levin novel)|novel of the same name]]. The basis for the [[Compulsion (1959 film)|1959 film adaptation]], with [[Dean Stockwell]] reprising his role from the Broadway production opposite [[Bradford Dillman]] and [[Orson Welles]].
* ''[[Clarence Darrow (film)|Darrow]]'', a full-length one-man play created after his death, featuring Darrow's reminiscences about his career. Originated by [[Henry Fonda]], many actors (including [[Leslie Nielsen]] and [[David Canary]]) have since taken on the role of Darrow in this play, which was adapted as ''Darrow'', a film starring [[Kevin Spacey]] and released by American Playhouse in 1991.
* ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]'', a play (later adapted to the screen) that is a broadly fictionalized account of the Scopes Trial. Though the authors noted that the 1925 trial was "clearly the genesis" of their play, they insisted the characters had a "life and language of their own." They also mention that the issues raised in the play "have acquired new dimension and meaning", a possible reference to the political controversies of the 1950s. Still, they finished their foreword by inviting a more universal reading of the play: "It might have been yesterday. It could be tomorrow."<ref>Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. ''Inherit the Wind''. Bantam, 1955.</ref> [[Spencer Tracy]] played the Darrow character ("Henry Drummond") in the film, and Jason Robards played him in a TV remake in 1988.
* ''Malice Aforethought: The Sweet Trials'' is a play written by Arthur Beer, based on the trials of [[Ossian Sweet|Ossian]] and Henry Sweet, and derived from [[Kevin Boyle (historian)|Kevin Boyle]]'s ''[[Arc of Justice]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sweettrials.udmercy.edu/sweet_trial_play.htm |title=Sweet Trials Project |publisher=[[University of Detroit Mercy]] |access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref>
* ''My Name is Ossian Sweet'', a docudrama written by Gordon C. Bennett, based on the Sweet trials in which the black family was defended by Darrow against a charge of murder in Detroit 1925. Published (2011) at HeartlandPlays.com.
* ''Clarence Darrow'' by David W. Rintels, where Kevin Spacey again portrayed Darrow in this one-man performance in 2014<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2014/clarence-darrow/ | title= ''Clarence Darrow'' (2014)| website= OldVicTheatre.com}}</ref> and 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2015/clarence-darrow-2/ | title= ''Clarence Darrow'' (2015)| website= OldVicTheatre.com | quote= Kevin Spacey returns to The Old Vic stage in Clarence Darrow for a limited run of 6 weeks only following his sell-out and critically acclaimed run of 22 performances in 2014.}}</ref>
* ''Clarence Darrow Tonight!'' written and performed by [[Laurence Luckinbill]], debuted at The Ensemble Theater in NYC and performed throughout the country, including at President [[Bill Clinton]]'s second inaugural in 1996. Winner of the 1996 [[Silver Gavel Award]] for Theater, given by the [[American Bar Association]].
* During an interrogation at the police station in the 1949 movie ''[[Holiday Affair]]'', the character Connie Ennis (Janet Leigh) said to the lieutenant (Harry Morgan), "Your honor, I think I can clear this all up." The lieutenant said, "Go ahead, if Clarence Darrow here doesn't have any objections." He was referring to her fiancé in the movie Carl Davis, played by [[Wendell Corey]].

===Film and television===
* ''[[Compulsion (1959 film)|Compulsion]]'', 1959 film. Fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb trial. [[Orson Welles]] played the role of the defense attorney, based on Darrow.
* ''Alleged'', starring [[Brian Dennehy]] and [[Fred Thompson]]
* The episode, "Defendant: Clarence Darrow" (January 13, 1963), with [[Tol Avery]] playing Darrow, in the [[CBS]] [[anthology series]], ''[[GE True]]'', hosted by [[Jack Webb]]. In the storyline, Darrow is charged in 1912 with attempted bribery of a juror. He is defended by [[Earl Rogers]], played by [[Robert Vaughn]]. Darrow and Rogers argue passionately over legal procedures.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/GeneralElectricTrue.htm| title= ''GE True'': "Defendant: Clarence Darrow", January 13, 1963| publisher= Classic Television Archive| access-date= March 1, 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161005085734/http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/GeneralElectricTrue.htm| archive-date= October 5, 2016| url-status= dead| df= mdy-all}}</ref>

===Publications===
====Non-fiction====
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?300828-1/clarence-darrow-attorney-damned Presentation by John Farrell on ''Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned'', July 14, 2011], [[C-SPAN]]| video2 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?308236-4/clarence-darrow-attorney-damned Presentation by Farrell on ''Clarence Darrow'', September 23, 2012], [[C-SPAN]]}} 
* "Attorney for the Damned" (Arthur Weinberg, ed), published by University of Chicago Press in 2012; Simon and Schuster in 1957; provides Darrow's most influential summations and includes scene-setting explanations and comprehensive notes; on NYT best seller list 19 weeks. 
* ''Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned'' by [http://www.jafarrell.com John A. Farrell], published by Doubleday in June 2011; includes new material opened to the public in June 2010 by the University of Minnesota Law Library through the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120419091140/http://darrow.law.umn.edu/ Clarence Darrow Digital Collection]
* ''Arc of Justice'' (Owl Books, 2004) by Kevin Boyle; in-depth look at the Ossian Sweet trial
* ''Clarence Darrow for the Defense'', a biography by historical novelist [[Irving Stone]]
* ''The People v. Clarence Darrow'' ({{ISBN|978-0-8129-2179-3}}) by Geoffrey Cowan; the history of the California criminal case against Darrow for attempting to bribe a juror while defending the McNamara brothers, two labor organizers accused of planting a bomb which destroyed the printing plant of the ''Los Angeles Times'' and killed 21 workers.
* "Is Religion Necessary" (Haldeman-Julius Publications); a transcript of the debate between Clarence Darrow and Rev. Robert MacGovern, 1931.

====Fiction====
* ''Compulsion'', a 1956 novel by [[Meyer Levin]], is a dramatic retelling of the Leopold and Loeb case in which Darrow served as the basis for the character of Jonathan Wilk. The novel was adapted as a [[Compulsion (1959 film)|film of the same name]] in 1959 starring [[Orson Welles]] as Wilk. Welles, whose plea to the judge for mercy for his clients was the longest [[monologue]] ever committed to film at the time, shared the Best Actor award with co-stars [[Bradford Dillman]] and [[Dean Stockwell]] at that year's [[Cannes Film Festival]].
*  ''Damned in Paradise'', a 1996 Nate Heller novel by [[Max Allan Collins]], renders a fictionalized account of the Massie Trial.
* ''[[The Angel of Darkness]]'', a 1997 novel by [[Caleb Carr]], features Darrow in a supporting role.

===Other===
*The Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge is located in [[Chicago]], just south of the [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science & Industry]]. The [https://darrowbridge.wordpress.com/ Clarence Darrow Commemorative Committee] holds an annual event to honor Darrow's life and work.
* The complete collection of Clarence Darrow's personal papers is housed at the [[University of Minnesota Libraries]].
* Darrow is mentioned in "[[The Gift (The Velvet Underground song)|The Gift]]", a 1967 song by [[Lou Reed]] as performed by [[The Velvet Underground]] on their 1968 album ''[[White Light/White Heat]]''.
* The chapter of [[Phi Alpha Delta]] law fraternity located at the [[University of Maryland School of Law|University of Maryland Carey School of Law]] is named the Clarence Darrow Chapter.
* A statue of Darrow stands outside the [[Rhea County Courthouse]] in [[Dayton, Tennessee|Dayton]], Tennessee, site of the 1925 Scopes Trial. The statue was erected on July 14, 2017, and stands just a few feet away from a statue of Darrow's Scopes Trial opponent, [[William Jennings Bryan]], erected in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/us/darrow-bryan-dayton-tennessee-scopes-statues.html |title=At Site of Scopes Trial, Darrow Statue Belatedly Joins Bryan's |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=July 15, 2017|last1=Fausset |first1=Richard }}</ref>
* Darrow was reported to have distracted juries during the closing arguments of his opponents with a cigar trick. He allegedly inserted a thin piano wire into his cigar, which he lit up in the courtroom, to prevent the cigar ash from falling. The jury was reportedly distracted by the fact that the ashes, held together by the wire, never fell from Darrow's cigar.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-03-31-0403310174-story.html |title=Renowned attorney trying to bring some L.A. into law |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 31, 2004 |access-date=March 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Andrus | first = R. Blain | title = Lawyer: A Brief 5,000-year History | publisher = American Bar Association | year = 2009 | pages = 406 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=gksFtlfiaPYC&q=clarence+darrow+cigar+wire&pg=PA406 | isbn= 9781604425987}}</ref>
Darrow was briefly mentioned in an episode of the award-winning drama series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.