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In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan

1913 film by Sidney Olcott

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ18708979 ↗
Source-derived summary

In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan is a 1913 American silent film produced by Gene Gauntier Feature Players and distributed by Warner's Features. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with himself, Gene Gauntier and Jack J. Clark in the leading roles.

Cast

Gene Gauntier

Jack J. Clark

Alf Hollingsworth

Production notes

The film was shot in Jacksonville, Florida.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan” is 1913 film by Sidney Olcott. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Clutches, Klux and Klan, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1913—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1913. For this dossier, Clutches, Klux and Klan is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “1913 film by Sidney Olcott” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18708979. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1913.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.