The Tong Man

1919 film by William Worthington
Movie film Q17478973
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The Tong Man

Summary

The Tong Man is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Tong Man's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Tong Man was directed by William Worthington[4].
  • Richard Schayer wrote the screenplay for The Tong Man[5].
  • The Tong Man's genre is crime film[6].
  • The Tong Man's genre is silent film[7].
  • A cast member of The Tong Man was Sessue Hayakawa[8].
  • The Tong Man's director of photography is recorded as Frank D. Williams[9].
  • The Tong Man's Commons category is recorded as The Tong Man[10].
  • The Tong Man's color is recorded as black-and-white[11].
  • The Tong Man's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • The Tong Man was published on 1919[13].
  • The Tong Man's distributed by is recorded as Film Booking Offices of America[14].
  • The Tong Man's narrative location is recorded as San Francisco[15].
  • The Tong Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Tong Man'}[16].
  • The Tong Man's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[17].
  • The Tong Man's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].

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Authorship and Creation

The Tong Man was directed by William Worthington[4]. Richard Schayer wrote the screenplay for it[5]. A cast member of it was Sessue Hayakawa[8].

Publication

The Tong Man was released on 1919[13]. Genres include crime film[6] and silent film[7].

Why It Matters

The Tong Man ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Publication date +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z
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