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Star in the Night

1945 film by Don Siegel
Movie short_film Q2598149
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Summary

Star in the Night is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[3]
  • Director: Don Siegel[4]
  • Screenwriter: Saul Elkins[5]
  • Composer: William Lava[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7], Christmas film[8]
  • Cast member: J. Carrol Naish[9], Donald Woods[10], Richard Erdman[11]
  • Producer: Gordon Hollingshead[12]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures[13]
  • Director of photography: Robert Burks[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Color: black-and-white[16]
  • Country of origin: United States[17]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1945[18]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[19]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[20]
  • Title: Star in the Night[21]
  • Duration: 22 minutes[22]
  • Set during recurring event: Christmas and holiday season[23]
  • P14449: 232747[24]
  • P14724: 6809932[25], 7893167[26]
  • P14821: 38115[27]

Why It Matters

Star in the Night has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Star in the Night receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[3].

Related Entities

Don Siegel United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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.
  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.

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Edit History

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. 22h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'de', 'en', 'eu', 'fr', 'pt', 'tr']
    Ampas collections film id → W073335
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W073335, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 38115
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 38115, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  3. 8w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 6809932, 7893167
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 6809932, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301765540|Star in the Night (#301765540)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item "
  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 232747
    Producer → Gordon Hollingshead
    Publication date → +1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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