Judge William Priest
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Judge William Priest is a fictional, folksy Southern judge created by Irvin S. Cobb, best known from a series of humorous short stories and film adaptations set in post–Civil War Kentucky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judge William Priest canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Judge Priest film series
ⓘ
short stories by Irvin S. Cobb ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise | Judge Priest stories by Irvin S. Cobb ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reconstruction-era Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | amalgam of small-town Southern judges (unspecified) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
folksy
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humorous ⓘ kindly ⓘ shrewd ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Irvin S. Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Jim Crow era representations of the South ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalNationality | American ⓘ |
| fictionalProfession | county judge ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | non-historical ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern fiction
ⓘ
humor ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Judge Priest (1934 film)
NERFINISHED
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The Sun Shines Bright (1953 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Irvin S. Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | post–Civil War Southern culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryDebutForm | short story ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | regional fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early 20th-century American popular fiction ⓘ |
| mediaAdaptation |
film
ⓘ
radio (dramatizations of Cobb stories) ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
comic
ⓘ
sentimental ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Southern dialect
ⓘ
folksy courtroom humor ⓘ |
| occupation | judge ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Charles Winninger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Will Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium | American cinema ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| theme |
nostalgia
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postwar reconciliation ⓘ race relations in the American South ⓘ small-town life ⓘ |
| workType | character cycle in interconnected stories ⓘ |
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