Back to the Primitive

1911 film by Francis Boggs, Otis Turner
Movie short_film Q3632639
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Summary

Back to the Primitive is a short film[1].

Key Facts

  • Back to the Primitive's instance of is recorded as short film[2].
  • Back to the Primitive was directed by Francis Boggs[3].
  • Back to the Primitive was directed by Otis Turner[4].
  • Otis Turner wrote the screenplay for Back to the Primitive[5].
  • Back to the Primitive's genre is silent film[6].
  • A cast member of Back to the Primitive was Kathlyn Williams[7].
  • A cast member of Back to the Primitive was Charles Clary[8].
  • A cast member of Back to the Primitive was Tom Mix[9].
  • A cast member of Back to the Primitive was Joseph W. Girard[10].
  • A cast member of Back to the Primitive was Tom Santschi[11].
  • A cast member of Back to the Primitive was William V. Mong[12].
  • Back to the Primitive was produced by William Nicholas Selig[13].
  • Back to the Primitive's production company is recorded as Selig Polyscope Company[14].
  • Back to the Primitive's Commons category is recorded as Back to the Primitive[15].
  • Back to the Primitive's color is recorded as black-and-white[16].
  • Back to the Primitive's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • Back to the Primitive was released on January 1, 1911[18].
  • Back to the Primitive's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[19].
  • Back to the Primitive's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].

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Authorship and Creation

Back to the Primitive was produced by William Nicholas Selig[13]. Directors include Francis Boggs[3] and Otis Turner[4]. Otis Turner wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Kathlyn Williams[7], Charles Clary[8], Tom Mix[9], Joseph W. Girard[10], Tom Santschi[11], and William V. Mong[12].

Publication

Back to the Primitive was published on January 1, 1911[18]. Its genre is silent film[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 143617
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 143617, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269268|batch #269268]]"
  2. 14w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → silent film
    Production company → Selig Polyscope Company
    Wikidata description → 1911 film by Francis Boggs, Otis Turner
    Tmdb movie id → 384929
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40266|batch #40266]]: large set of tvdb movie ids"
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