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screwball comedy film

principally American genre of comedy film
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screwball comedy film

Summary

screwball comedy film is a film genre[1]. It draws 1,666 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre category, ranking #43 of 242).[2]

Key Facts

  • screwball comedy film's instance of is recorded as film genre[3].
  • screwball comedy film is a type of comedy film[4].
  • screwball comedy film's Commons category is recorded as Screwball comedy[5].
  • screwball comedy film's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Screwball comedy films[6].

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Definition and Type

screwball comedy film's instance of is recorded as film genre[3]. It is a type of comedy film[4].

Why It Matters

screwball comedy film draws 1,666 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre category, ranking #43 of 242).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allmovie genre id → subgenre/ag1102
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → comedy film
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556135005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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