The Idle Class

1921 film by Charlie Chaplin
Movie short_film Q1148649
The Idle Class
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The Idle Class

Summary

The Idle Class is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Idle Class's video is recorded as The Idle Class (1921).webm[3].
  • The Idle Class's image is recorded as The Idle Class.jpg[4].
  • The Idle Class's instance of is recorded as short film[5].
  • The Idle Class's director is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[6].
  • The Idle Class's screenwriter is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[7].
  • The Idle Class's genre is recorded as silent film[8].
  • The Idle Class's genre is recorded as comedy film[9].
  • The Idle Class's genre is recorded as tragicomedy[10].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[11].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as Edna Purviance[12].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as Mack Swain[13].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as Henry Bergman[14].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as Lita Grey[15].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as Al Ernest Garcia[16].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as John Rand[17].
  • The Idle Class's cast member is recorded as Harry Tenbrook[18].
  • The Idle Class's producer is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[19].
  • The Idle Class's director of photography is recorded as Roland Totheroh[20].
  • The Idle Class's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0012304[21].
  • The Idle Class's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[22].
  • The Idle Class's Commons category is recorded as The Idle Class[23].
  • The Idle Class's color is recorded as black-and-white[24].
  • The Idle Class's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 752663[25].
  • The Idle Class's country of origin is recorded as United States[26].
  • The Idle Class's publication date is recorded as +1921-09-25T00:00:00Z[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Idle Class's producer is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[19]. Its director is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[7]. Cast members include Charlie Chaplin[11], Edna Purviance[12], Mack Swain[13], Henry Bergman[14], Lita Grey[15], and Al Ernest Garcia[16].

Publication

The Idle Class's publication date is recorded as +1921-09-25T00:00:00Z[27]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[22]. Genres include silent film[8], comedy film[9], and tragicomedy[10].

Why It Matters

The Idle Class ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.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] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. 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] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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