Heredity

1911 film
Movie short_film Q5737894
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Heredity

Summary

Heredity is a short film[1]. Heredity ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heredity's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Heredity was directed by D. W. Griffith[4].
  • Heredity's genre is silent film[5].
  • Heredity's genre is drama film[6].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Harry Carey[7].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Alfred Paget[8].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Christy Cabanne[9].
  • A cast member of Heredity was George Nichols[10].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Jack Pickford[11].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Kate Bruce[12].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Kate Toncray[13].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Lionel Barrymore[14].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Madge Kirby[15].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Robert Harron[16].
  • A cast member of Heredity was Walter P. Lewis[17].
  • Heredity's production company is recorded as Biograph Company[18].
  • Heredity's director of photography is recorded as Billy Bitzer[19].
  • Heredity's color is recorded as black-and-white[20].
  • Heredity's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • Heredity was released on January 1, 1911[22].
  • Heredity was published on January 1, 1912[23].
  • Heredity's distributed by is recorded as General Film Company[24].
  • Heredity's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Heredity'}[25].
  • Heredity's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+17'}[26].
  • Heredity's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Heredity was directed by D. W. Griffith[4]. Cast members include Harry Carey[7], Alfred Paget[8], Christy Cabanne[9], George Nichols[10], Jack Pickford[11], and Kate Bruce[12].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1911[22] and January 1, 1912[23]. Genres include silent film[5] and drama film[6].

Why It Matters

Heredity ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2] Heredity has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Heredity is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3h ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production company → Biograph Company
    Publication date → +1911-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Production company → —
    Country of origin → United States
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14724]]: 10510633, Garance ID - Films with/by D.W. Griffith ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/34b473193ea|details]])"
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