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Vanishing Trails

1920 film directed by Leon De La Mothe
Movie silent_film Q2945588
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Vanishing Trails

Summary

Vanishing Trails is a silent film[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of silent_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vanishing Trails's instance of is recorded as silent film[3].
  • Vanishing Trails was directed by Leon De La Mothe[4].
  • William E. Wing wrote the screenplay for Vanishing Trails[5].
  • Vanishing Trails's genre is silent film[6].
  • Vanishing Trails's genre is serial film[7].
  • Vanishing Trails's genre is Western film[8].
  • A cast member of Vanishing Trails was Franklyn Farnum[9].
  • A cast member of Vanishing Trails was Mary Anderson[10].
  • Vanishing Trails was produced by William Nicholas Selig[11].
  • Vanishing Trails's production company is recorded as Canyon Pictures Corporation[12].
  • Vanishing Trails's Commons category is recorded as Vanishing Trails[13].
  • Vanishing Trails's color is recorded as black-and-white[14].
  • Vanishing Trails's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • Vanishing Trails was released on September 1920[16].
  • Vanishing Trails's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Vanishing Trails'}[17].
  • Vanishing Trails's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • Vanishing Trails's state of transmission is recorded as lost[19].

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Authorship and Creation

Vanishing Trails was produced by William Nicholas Selig[11]. It was directed by Leon De La Mothe[4]. William E. Wing wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Franklyn Farnum[9] and Mary Anderson[10].

Publication

Vanishing Trails was published on September 1920[16]. Genres include silent film[6], serial film[7], and Western film[8].

Why It Matters

Vanishing Trails ranks in the top 9% of silent_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

public domain United States

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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cast member → Franklyn Farnum, Mary Anderson
    Production company → Canyon Pictures Corporation
    Copyright status → public domain
    Screenwriter → William E. Wing
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q11424]]"
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