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The Doorway to Hell

1930 all-talking Pre-Code crime film directed by Archie Mayo
Movie film Q2410942
The Doorway to Hell
Warner Bros. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Doorway to Hell

Summary

The Doorway to Hell is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Doorway to Hell's video is recorded as The Doorway to Hell (1930).webm[3].
  • The Doorway to Hell's image is recorded as The Doorway To Hell 1930 Poster.jpg[4].
  • The Doorway to Hell's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • The Doorway to Hell's director is recorded as Archie Mayo[6].
  • The Doorway to Hell's screenwriter is recorded as George Rosener[7].
  • The Doorway to Hell's composer is recorded as Ernö Rapée[8].
  • The Doorway to Hell's movement is recorded as Pre-Code Hollywood[9].
  • The Doorway to Hell's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • The Doorway to Hell's genre is recorded as crime film[11].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as Lew Ayres[12].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as James Cagney[13].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as Leon Janney[14].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as Dwight Frye[15].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as Robert Elliott[16].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as Noel Madison[17].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as Tom Wilson[18].
  • The Doorway to Hell's cast member is recorded as Ward Bond[19].
  • The Doorway to Hell's producer is recorded as Darryl F. Zanuck[20].
  • The Doorway to Hell's production company is recorded as Warner Bros. Entertainment[21].
  • The Doorway to Hell's production company is recorded as Q65557474[22].
  • The Doorway to Hell's director of photography is recorded as Barney McGill[23].
  • The Doorway to Hell's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0020836[24].
  • The Doorway to Hell's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[25].
  • The Doorway to Hell's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[26].
  • The Doorway to Hell's color is recorded as black-and-white[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Doorway to Hell's producer is recorded as Darryl F. Zanuck[20]. Its director is recorded as Archie Mayo[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as George Rosener[7]. Cast members include Lew Ayres[12], James Cagney[13], Leon Janney[14], Dwight Frye[15], Robert Elliott[16], and Noel Madison[17].

Publication

The Doorway to Hell's publication date is recorded as +1930-10-18T00:00:00Z[28]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[25]. Genres include drama film[10] and crime film[11].

Subject and Themes

The Doorway to Hell's movement is recorded as Pre-Code Hollywood[9].

Why It Matters

The Doorway to Hell ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

Darryl F. Zanuck film James Cagney United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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