A Fool There Was

1914 film by Frank Griffin
Movie short_film Q2819745
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A Fool There Was

Summary

A Fool There Was is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Fool There Was's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • A Fool There Was's director is recorded as Frank Griffin[4].
  • A Fool There Was's screenwriter is recorded as Frank Griffin[5].
  • A Fool There Was's genre is recorded as silent film[6].
  • A Fool There Was's cast member is recorded as Jerold T. Hevener[7].
  • A Fool There Was's cast member is recorded as Mabel Paige[8].
  • A Fool There Was's cast member is recorded as Oliver Hardy[9].
  • A Fool There Was's cast member is recorded as Frank Griffin[10].
  • A Fool There Was's producer is recorded as Arthur Hotaling[11].
  • A Fool There Was's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0003978[12].
  • A Fool There Was's color is recorded as black-and-white[13].
  • A Fool There Was's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • A Fool There Was's publication date is recorded as +1914-01-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • A Fool There Was's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x7vzj[16].
  • A Fool There Was's distributed by is recorded as Siegmund Lubin[17].
  • A Fool There Was's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Fool There Was'}[18].
  • A Fool There Was's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 847400[19].
  • A Fool There Was's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].

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Authorship and Creation

A Fool There Was's producer is recorded as Arthur Hotaling[11]. Its director is recorded as Frank Griffin[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Frank Griffin[5]. Cast members include Jerold T. Hevener[7], Mabel Paige[8], Oliver Hardy[9], and Frank Griffin[10].

Publication

A Fool There Was's publication date is recorded as +1914-01-01T00:00:00Z[15]. Its genre is recorded as silent film[6].

Why It Matters

A Fool There Was ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_a-fool-there-was-q2819745_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{A Fool There Was}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-fool-there-was-q2819745}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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