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The Christmas Burglars

1908 American silent short drama film
Movie short_film Q3520273
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Summary

The Christmas Burglars is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: D. W. Griffith[3]
  • Screenwriter: D. W. Griffith[4]
  • Genre: drama film[5], Christmas film[6], silent film[7]
  • Cast member: Florence Lawrence[8], Adele DeGarde[9], Charles Inslee[10], George M. Gebhardt[11], Arthur V. Johnson[12], Marion Leonard[13], Jeanie MacPherson[14], Tom Moore[15], Mack Sennett[16], Harry Solter[17], Charles West[18], Gladys Egan[19], John R. Cumpson[20]
  • Production company: Biograph Company[21]
  • Director of photography: Billy Bitzer[22]
  • Color: black-and-white[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1908[25]
  • Title: The Christmas Burglars[26]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[27]
  • Copyright status: public domain[28]
  • Set during recurring event: Christmas and holiday season[29]
  • P14724: 55734011[30]

Why It Matters

The Christmas Burglars has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Related Entities

D. W. Griffith Florence Lawrence Mack Sennett public domain United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['da', 'en', 'eu', 'fr', 'ht', 'id', 'it', 'ms', 'no', 'pt', 'simple', 'uz']
    P14724 → 55734011
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14724: 55734011, Garance ID - Films with/by D.W. Griffith ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/34b473193ea|details]])"
  2. 14w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Genre → drama film, Christmas film, silent film
    Production company → Biograph Company
    Country of origin → —
    + 16 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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