Why Be Good?

1929 film by William A. Seiter
Movie film Q7997723
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Why Be Good?

Summary

Why Be Good? is a film[1]. Why Be Good? ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Be Good?'s instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Why Be Good? was directed by William A. Seiter[4].
  • Paul Perez wrote the screenplay for Why Be Good?[5].
  • Why Be Good?'s genre is silent film[6].
  • Why Be Good?'s genre is romantic comedy[7].
  • A cast member of Why Be Good? was Colleen Moore[8].
  • A cast member of Why Be Good? was Neil Hamilton[9].
  • A cast member of Why Be Good? was Bodil Rosing[10].
  • A cast member of Why Be Good? was John St. Polis[11].
  • A cast member of Why Be Good? was Edward Martindel[12].
  • Why Be Good? was produced by John McCormick[13].
  • Why Be Good?'s production company is recorded as First National Pictures[14].
  • The original language of Why Be Good? was English[15].
  • Why Be Good?'s Commons category is recorded as Why Be Good? (1929)[16].
  • Why Be Good?'s color is recorded as black-and-white[17].
  • Why Be Good?'s country of origin is recorded as United States[18].
  • Why Be Good? was released on +1929-01-01T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Why Be Good?'s distributed by is recorded as Warner Bros. Entertainment[20].
  • Why Be Good?'s narrative location is recorded as New York City[21].
  • Why Be Good?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Why Be Good?'}[22].
  • Why Be Good?'s duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+84'}[23].

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Authorship and Creation

Why Be Good? was produced by John McCormick[13]. Why Be Good? was directed by William A. Seiter[4]. Paul Perez wrote the screenplay for Why Be Good?[5]. Cast members include Colleen Moore[8], Neil Hamilton[9], Bodil Rosing[10], John St. Polis[11], and Edward Martindel[12].

Publication

Why Be Good? was published on +1929-01-01T00:00:00Z[19]. The original language of Why Be Good? was English[15]. Genres include silent film[6] and romantic comedy[7].

Why It Matters

Why Be Good? ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] Why Be Good? has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . 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. 13d ago · ~2026-27389-82 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Screenwriter Paul Perez
    Narrative location New York City
    Color black-and-white
    Genre
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