Scratch My Back

1920 film directed by Sidney Olcott
Movie silent_film Q17479187
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Summary

Scratch My Back is a silent film[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of silent_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scratch My Back's instance of is recorded as silent film[3].
  • Scratch My Back was directed by Sidney Olcott[4].
  • Rupert Hughes wrote the screenplay for Scratch My Back[5].
  • Edward T. Lowe, Jr. wrote the screenplay for Scratch My Back[6].
  • Scratch My Back's genre is silent film[7].
  • Scratch My Back's genre is comedy film[8].
  • A cast member of Scratch My Back was Helene Chadwick[9].
  • A cast member of Scratch My Back was T. Roy Barnes[10].
  • A cast member of Scratch My Back was Lloyd Whitlock[11].
  • A cast member of Scratch My Back was Cesare Gravina[12].
  • A cast member of Scratch My Back was Andrew Robson[13].
  • Scratch My Back's director of photography is recorded as Stephen Rounds[14].
  • Scratch My Back's Commons category is recorded as Scratch My Back (film)[15].
  • Scratch My Back's color is recorded as black-and-white[16].
  • Scratch My Back's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • Scratch My Back was published on June 12, 1920[18].
  • Scratch My Back's distributed by is recorded as Goldwyn Pictures[19].
  • Scratch My Back's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Scratch My Back'}[20].
  • Scratch My Back's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'minute', 'amount': '+60'}[21].
  • Scratch My Back's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[22].
  • Scratch My Back's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • Scratch My Back's state of transmission is recorded as lost[24].

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Authorship and Creation

Scratch My Back was directed by Sidney Olcott[4]. Screenwriters include Rupert Hughes[5] and Edward T. Lowe, Jr.[6]. Cast members include Helene Chadwick[9], T. Roy Barnes[10], Lloyd Whitlock[11], Cesare Gravina[12], and Andrew Robson[13].

Publication

Scratch My Back was released on June 12, 1920[18]. Genres include silent film[7] and comedy film[8].

Why It Matters

Scratch My Back ranks in the top 10% of silent_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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 ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → Q1860
    Filmová databáze film id → 188849
    Wikidata description → 1920 film directed by Sidney Olcott
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 188849, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269270|batch #269270]]"
  2. 22w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Publication date → +1920-06-12T00:00:00Z
    Genre → —
    State of transmission → lost
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: film"
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