Do Detectives Think?

1927 film by Fred Guiol
Movie short_film Q1083347
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Do Detectives Think?

Summary

Do Detectives Think? is a short film[1]. Do Detectives Think? ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Do Detectives Think?'s video is recorded as Do Detectives Think (1927).webm[3].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s instance of is recorded as short film[4].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s director is recorded as Fred Guiol[5].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s screenwriter is recorded as Hal Roach[6].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s screenwriter is recorded as H. M. Walker[7].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s genre is recorded as comedy film[8].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s genre is recorded as buddy film[9].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s genre is recorded as silent film[10].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s cast member is recorded as Stan Laurel[11].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s cast member is recorded as Oliver Hardy[12].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s cast member is recorded as Jimmy Finlayson[13].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s cast member is recorded as Noah Young[14].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s cast member is recorded as Frank Brownlee[15].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s producer is recorded as Hal Roach[16].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s IMDb ID is recorded as tt0017813[17].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s Commons category is recorded as Do Detectives Think?[18].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s color is recorded as black-and-white[19].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 729458[20].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s publication date is recorded as +1927-11-20T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cm4jr[23].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s distributed by is recorded as Pathé Exchange[24].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/do_detectives_think[25].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Do Detectives Think?'}[26].
  • Do Detectives Think?'s AllMovie title ID is recorded as v141697[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Do Detectives Think?'s producer is recorded as Hal Roach[16]. Its director is recorded as Fred Guiol[5]. Screenwriters include Hal Roach[6] and H. M. Walker[7]. Cast members include Stan Laurel[11], Oliver Hardy[12], Jimmy Finlayson[13], Noah Young[14], and Frank Brownlee[15].

Publication

Do Detectives Think?'s publication date is recorded as +1927-11-20T00:00:00Z[22]. Genres include comedy film[8], buddy film[9], and silent film[10].

Why It Matters

Do Detectives Think? ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2] Do Detectives Think? has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Do Detectives Think? is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . laurelandhardyfilms.com. laurelandhardyfilms.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . allmovie.com. allmovie.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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