Murder by Invitation
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Murder by Invitation is a 1941 American mystery-comedy film featuring Gavin Gordon in a prominent role, centered on a group of heirs invited to a secluded mansion where they are picked off one by one.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Murder by Invitation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13016209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murder by Invitation Context triple: [Gavin Gordon, notableWork, Murder by Invitation]
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A.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
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B.
The Murder
"The Murder" is the iconic, shrieking string cue composed by Bernard Herrmann for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, most famously underscoring the film’s shower scene.
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C.
A Murder is Announced
A Murder is Announced is a classic Miss Marple detective novel by Agatha Christie, centered on a village newspaper notice that chillingly predicts the time and place of an impending murder.
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D.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
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E.
The Perfect Murder
The Perfect Murder is a 1988 Indian-English crime film directed by Zafar Hai, based on H.R.F. Keating’s Inspector Ghote novel and featuring Persis Khambatta in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murder by Invitation Target entity description: Murder by Invitation is a 1941 American mystery-comedy film featuring Gavin Gordon in a prominent role, centered on a group of heirs invited to a secluded mansion where they are picked off one by one.
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A.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
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B.
The Murder
"The Murder" is the iconic, shrieking string cue composed by Bernard Herrmann for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, most famously underscoring the film’s shower scene.
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C.
A Murder is Announced
A Murder is Announced is a classic Miss Marple detective novel by Agatha Christie, centered on a village newspaper notice that chillingly predicts the time and place of an impending murder.
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D.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
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E.
The Perfect Murder
The Perfect Murder is a 1988 Indian-English crime film directed by Zafar Hai, based on H.R.F. Keating’s Inspector Ghote novel and featuring Persis Khambatta in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
black-and-white film
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comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematography | Harry Neumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Phil Rosen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Monogram Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorType | Poverty Row studio ⓘ |
| editedBy | Carl Pierson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
detectives
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heirs ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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mystery ⓘ mystery-comedy ⓘ |
| hasProminentRole | Gavin Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Edward J. Kay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | whodunit ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wealthy aunt invites her potential heirs to her isolated mansion, where they are murdered one by one. ⓘ |
| producer | A. W. Hackel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Monogram Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | May 23, 1941 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 67 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
George Bricker
NERFINISHED
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Tim Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | secluded mansion ⓘ |
| starring |
Byron Foulger
NERFINISHED
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Charles Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Gavin Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ George Guhl NERFINISHED ⓘ John Elliott NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyle Latell NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Minerva Urecal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Padden NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFilm | 1940s American cinema ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Murder by Invitation Description of subject: Murder by Invitation is a 1941 American mystery-comedy film featuring Gavin Gordon in a prominent role, centered on a group of heirs invited to a secluded mansion where they are picked off one by one.
Referenced by (1)
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