The Patent Leather Kid

1927 silent film directed by Alfred Santell
Movie film Q1142900
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Summary

The Patent Leather Kid is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Alfred Santell[3]
  • Screenwriter: Adela Rogers St. Johns[4], Casey Robinson[5], Gerald Duffy[6]
  • Composer: Cecil Copping[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8], silent film[9], romance film[10], war film[11]
  • Cast member: Richard Barthelmess[12], Hank Mann[13], Matthew Betz[14], Molly O'Day[15], Nigel De Brulier[16]
  • Producer: Richard A. Rowland[17]
  • Production company: First National Pictures[18]
  • Director of photography: Arthur Edeson[19], Ralph Hammeras[20]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[21]
  • Commons category: The Patent Leather Kid[22]
  • Color: black-and-white[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1927[25]
  • Distributed by: First National Pictures[26]
  • Main subject: boxing[27]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[28]
  • Title: The Patent Leather Kid[29]
  • Duration: 150 minutes[30]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[31]
  • Box office: 1,200,000 US dollars[32]
  • Production designer: Stephen Goosson[33]
  • P14449: 87266[34]

Why It Matters

The Patent Leather Kid has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ko', 'lv', '
    Ampas collections film id → W087220
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 183558
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  3. 14w ago · Davidultra · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmaffinity film id → 223896
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Filmaffinity film id: 223896"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → boxing
    Aliases → —
    Production designer → Stephen Goosson
    P14449 → 87266
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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