The Common Cause

1919 film by J. Stuart Blackton
Movie film Q20649580
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The Common Cause

Summary

The Common Cause is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Common Cause's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Common Cause was directed by J. Stuart Blackton[4].
  • The Common Cause's genre is silent film[5].
  • A cast member of The Common Cause was Effie Shannon[6].
  • The Common Cause's Commons category is recorded as The Common Cause[7].
  • The Common Cause's color is recorded as black-and-white[8].
  • The Common Cause's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Common Cause was published on January 5, 1919[10].
  • The Common Cause's distributed by is recorded as Vitagraph Studios[11].
  • The Common Cause's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Common Cause'}[12].
  • The Common Cause's state of transmission is recorded as lost[13].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Common Cause was directed by J. Stuart Blackton[4]. A cast member of it was Effie Shannon[6].

Publication

The Common Cause was released on January 5, 1919[10]. Its genre is silent film[5].

Why It Matters

The Common Cause ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color black-and-white
    Instance of film
    Genre silent film
    State of transmission lost
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 189108, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269271|batch #269271]]"
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