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The Finishing Touch

1928 film
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The Finishing Touch

Summary

The Finishing Touch is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Finishing Touch's image is recorded as L&H The Finishing Touch 1928.jpg[3].
  • The Finishing Touch's instance of is recorded as short film[4].
  • The Finishing Touch's director is recorded as Clyde Bruckman[5].
  • The Finishing Touch's screenwriter is recorded as Stan Laurel[6].
  • The Finishing Touch's screenwriter is recorded as H. M. Walker[7].
  • The Finishing Touch's screenwriter is recorded as Leo McCarey[8].
  • The Finishing Touch's genre is recorded as comedy film[9].
  • The Finishing Touch's genre is recorded as buddy film[10].
  • The Finishing Touch's genre is recorded as silent film[11].
  • The Finishing Touch's cast member is recorded as Stan Laurel[12].
  • The Finishing Touch's cast member is recorded as Oliver Hardy[13].
  • The Finishing Touch's cast member is recorded as Dorothy Coburn[14].
  • The Finishing Touch's cast member is recorded as Edgar Kennedy[15].
  • The Finishing Touch's cast member is recorded as Sam Lufkin[16].
  • The Finishing Touch's producer is recorded as Hal Roach[17].
  • The Finishing Touch's director of photography is recorded as George Stevens[18].
  • The Finishing Touch's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0018890[19].
  • The Finishing Touch's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[20].
  • The Finishing Touch's Commons category is recorded as The Finishing Touch[21].
  • The Finishing Touch's color is recorded as black-and-white[22].
  • The Finishing Touch's country of origin is recorded as United States[23].
  • The Finishing Touch's publication date is recorded as +1928-01-01T00:00:00Z[24].
  • The Finishing Touch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dvs15[25].
  • The Finishing Touch's distributed by is recorded as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[26].
  • The Finishing Touch's film editor is recorded as Richard C. Currier[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Finishing Touch's producer is recorded as Hal Roach[17]. Its director is recorded as Clyde Bruckman[5]. Screenwriters include Stan Laurel[6], H. M. Walker[7], and Leo McCarey[8]. Cast members include Stan Laurel[12], Oliver Hardy[13], Dorothy Coburn[14], Edgar Kennedy[15], and Sam Lufkin[16].

Publication

The Finishing Touch's publication date is recorded as +1928-01-01T00:00:00Z[24]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[20]. Genres include comedy film[9], buddy film[10], and silent film[11].

Why It Matters

The Finishing Touch ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

George Stevens Hal Roach Leo McCarey Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Oliver Hardy public domain Stan Laurel United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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