Things to Come
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Things to Come is a 1936 British science fiction film, scripted by H. G. Wells, that presents a sweeping futuristic vision of war, societal collapse, and eventual utopian reconstruction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Things to Come canonical | 9 |
| H. G. Wells' Things to Come | 1 |
| Things to Come (1936 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T871501 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Things to Come Context triple: [The Shape of Things to Come, filmAdaptationTitle, Things to Come]
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A.
The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
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B.
The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
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C.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
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D.
A Hundred Years Hence
"A Hundred Years Hence" is a song featured within the collection known as Harrow Songs.
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E.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
- 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: Things to Come Target entity description: Things to Come is a 1936 British science fiction film, scripted by H. G. Wells, that presents a sweeping futuristic vision of war, societal collapse, and eventual utopian reconstruction.
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A.
The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
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B.
The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
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C.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
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D.
A Hundred Years Hence
"A Hundred Years Hence" is a song featured within the collection known as Harrow Songs.
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E.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
Things to Come
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surface form:
H. G. Wells' Things to Come
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| artDirector | Vincent Korda ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork |
Herbert George Wells
ⓘ
surface form:
H. G. Wells
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| basedOn | The Shape of Things to Come ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Georges Périnal ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
decades-long global war
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post-war social breakdown ⓘ technocratic world state ⓘ |
| director | William Cameron Menzies ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists ⓘ |
| editingBy | Charles Crichton ⓘ |
| era | 1930s British cinema ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCity | Everytown ⓘ |
| hasFilmScore | Arthur Bliss ⓘ |
| influenced | later science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| influencedBy | interwar anxieties about war ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Arthur Bliss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early cinematic depiction of large-scale future war
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influential production design ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Alexander Korda ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Gainsborough Pictures
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surface form:
London Film Productions
|
| releaseDate | 1936-02-20 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 97 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Herbert George Wells
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surface form:
H. G. Wells
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| screenwriter |
Herbert George Wells
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surface form:
H. G. Wells
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| scriptCommissionedBy | Alexander Korda ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Everytown ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | near future (from 1930s perspective) ⓘ |
| stars |
Cedric Hardwicke
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Margaretta Scott ⓘ Ralph Richardson ⓘ Raymond Massey ⓘ |
| theme |
futurism
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pacifism ⓘ societal collapse ⓘ technological progress ⓘ utopian reconstruction ⓘ war ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Things to Come Description of subject: Things to Come is a 1936 British science fiction film, scripted by H. G. Wells, that presents a sweeping futuristic vision of war, societal collapse, and eventual utopian reconstruction.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
H. G. Wells' Things to Come
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon
this entity surface form:
Things to Come (1936 film)