On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Ron Huttner wrote:
> Reminds me of the wonderful scene in the late Stanley Kubrick's film
> "Inherit The Wind", (about he Scopes monkey-trial in the 1920s), where the
> trial judge makes defence counsel (Spencer Tracey/Clarence Darrow) a
> "Temporary Honorary Colonel In The State Militia", to even things up
> between counsel, (somesuch "honour" having been bestowed upon the
> prosecutor by the governor the previous day).
"Inherit the Wind" was not directed by Stanley Kubrick. Perhaps you are
thinking of Stanley Kramer?
Fred R. Shapiro Coeditor (with Jane Garry)
Associate Librarian for Public Services TRIAL AND ERROR: AN OXFORD
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Yale Law School Oxford University Press, 1998
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