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Swords and Hearts

1911 film by D. W. Griffith
Movie short_film Q3978981
Swords and Hearts
David Wark Griffith · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Swords and Hearts is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: D. W. Griffith[3]
  • Screenwriter: Emmett C. Hall[4]
  • Genre: silent film[5], drama film[6], war film[7]
  • Cast member: Wilfred Lucas[8], Claire McDowell[9], Dorothy West[10], William J. Butler[11], Charles West[12], Francis J. Grandon[13], Verner Clarges[14], Kate Bruce[15], Donald Crisp[16], Frank Evans[17], Guy Hedlund[18], Florence La Badie[19], Charles Hill Mailes[20], W. Chrystie Miller[21]
  • Production company: Biograph Company[22]
  • Director of photography: Billy Bitzer[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Commons category: Swords and Hearts[25]
  • Color: black-and-white[26]
  • Country of origin: United States[27]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1911[28]
  • Title: Swords and Hearts[29]
  • Duration: 17 minutes[30]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[31]
  • Copyright status: public domain[32]
  • P14724: 21003133[33]

Why It Matters

Swords and Hearts has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

Related Entities

Donald Crisp D. W. Griffith public domain United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production company → Biograph Company
    Publication date → +1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Production company → —
    Country of origin → United States
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