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The Headless Horseman

1922 film
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The Headless Horseman

Summary

The Headless Horseman is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Headless Horseman's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Carl Stearns Clancy wrote the screenplay for The Headless Horseman[4].
  • The Headless Horseman's genre is horror film[5].
  • The Headless Horseman's genre is silent film[6].
  • The Headless Horseman's genre is film based on literature[7].
  • The Headless Horseman's genre is ghost film[8].
  • The Headless Horseman's based on is recorded as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow[9].
  • A cast member of The Headless Horseman was Will Rogers[10].
  • A cast member of The Headless Horseman was Lois Meredith[11].
  • A cast member of The Headless Horseman was James Sheridan[12].
  • A cast member of The Headless Horseman was Q105726781[13].
  • The Headless Horseman was produced by Carl Stearns Clancy[14].
  • The Headless Horseman's Commons category is recorded as The Headless Horseman (1922 film)[15].
  • The Headless Horseman's color is recorded as black-and-white[16].
  • The Headless Horseman's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • The Headless Horseman was released on November 5, 1922[18].
  • The Headless Horseman's distributed by is recorded as W.W. Hodkinson Distribution[19].
  • The Headless Horseman's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Headless Horseman'}[20].
  • The Headless Horseman's after a work by is recorded as Washington Irving[21].
  • The Headless Horseman's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+68'}[22].
  • The Headless Horseman's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[23].

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Authorship and Creation

The Headless Horseman was produced by Carl Stearns Clancy[14]. Carl Stearns Clancy wrote the screenplay for it[4]. Cast members include Will Rogers[10], Lois Meredith[11], James Sheridan[12], and Q105726781[13].

Publication

The Headless Horseman was released on November 5, 1922[18]. Genres include horror film[5], silent film[6], film based on literature[7], and ghost film[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Headless Horseman's after a work by is recorded as Washington Irving[21].

Why It Matters

The Headless Horseman ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow United States Washington Irving Will Rogers

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Reinheitsgebot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+68'}
    Genre → —
    Based on → The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    Country of origin → United States
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P724]]: silent-the-headless-horseman, #quickstatements; WikiFlix C3: from IA curated collection; invoked by wikiflix"
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