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Number, Please?

1920 film by Hal Roach, Fred C. Newmeyer
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Number, Please?

Summary

Number, Please? is a short film[1]. Number, Please? ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Number, Please?'s instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Number, Please? was directed by Hal Roach[4].
  • Number, Please? was directed by Fred C. Newmeyer[5].
  • H. M. Walker wrote the screenplay for Number, Please?[6].
  • Number, Please?'s genre is comedy film[7].
  • Number, Please?'s genre is silent film[8].
  • A cast member of Number, Please? was Harold Lloyd[9].
  • A cast member of Number, Please? was Mildred Davis[10].
  • A cast member of Number, Please? was Hal Roach[11].
  • A cast member of Number, Please? was Sammy Brooks[12].
  • A cast member of Number, Please? was Charles Stevenson[13].
  • Number, Please? was produced by Hal Roach[14].
  • Number, Please?'s Commons category is recorded as Number, Please?[15].
  • Number, Please?'s color is recorded as black-and-white[16].
  • Number, Please?'s country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • Number, Please? was released on January 1, 1920[18].
  • Number, Please?'s distributed by is recorded as Pathé Exchange[19].
  • Number, Please?'s filming location is recorded as Los Angeles[20].
  • Number, Please?'s title is recorded as Number, Please?[21].
  • Number, Please?'s duration is recorded as {'amount': '+23'}[22].
  • Number, Please?'s copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • Number, Please?'s P14449 is recorded as 132236[24].
  • Number, Please?'s P14821 is recorded as 11521[25].

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Authorship and Creation

Number, Please? was produced by Hal Roach[14]. Directors include Hal Roach[4] and Fred C. Newmeyer[5]. H. M. Walker wrote the screenplay for Number, Please?[6]. Cast members include Harold Lloyd[9], Mildred Davis[10], Hal Roach[11], Sammy Brooks[12], and Charles Stevenson[13].

Publication

Number, Please? was released on January 1, 1920[18]. Genres include comedy film[7] and silent film[8].

Why It Matters

Number, Please? ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2] Number, Please? has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Number, Please? is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Hal Roach Harold Lloyd Los Angeles public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 11521
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 11521, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  2. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 163060
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 163060, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 132236
    Producer → Hal Roach
    Publication date → +1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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