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Unmarried (1920 film)

1920 film by Rex Wilson

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ7897104 ↗
Source-derived summary

Unmarried is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Gerald du Maurier, Malvina Longfellow and Edmund Gwenn. The film portrays an unmarried mother and the social workers who support her.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Unmarried (1920 film)” as 1920 film by Rex Wilson. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Unmarried, film and Wilson.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1920—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1920-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Unmarried, film and Wilson providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Unmarried (1920 film)”, the useful work is to connect “1920 film by Rex Wilson” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7897104. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1920.

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This entry incorporates text from “Unmarried (1920 film)” 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.