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The Common Law

1916 film by Albert Capellani
Movie film Q3986370
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Summary

The Common Law is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Albert Capellani[3]
  • Screenwriter: Robert W. Chambers[4]
  • Genre: silent film[5]
  • Cast member: Clara Kimball Young[6], Conway Tearle[7], Charles Craig[8], Edmund Mortimer[9], Paul Capellani[10]
  • Producer: Clara Kimball Young[11]
  • Production company: Clara Kimball Young[12]
  • Director of photography: Hal Young[13]
  • Commons category: The Common Law (1916 film)[14]
  • Color: black-and-white[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1916[17]
  • Narrative location: New York City[18]
  • Title: The Common Law[19]
  • After a work by: Robert W. Chambers[20]
  • Different from: The Common Law[21]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[22]
  • Copyright status: public domain[23]
  • P14724: 20478038[24]

Why It Matters

The Common Law has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

film New York City 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. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 16d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 20478038
    Sitelink count → 9
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'da', 'en', 'fr', 'ht', 'id', 'it', 'no', 'uz']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 20478038, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301645406|The Common Law (#301645406)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (f"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → black-and-white
    Instance of → film
    Production company → Clara Kimball Young
    Production company → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 191465, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269268|batch #269268]]"
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