The Blackbird (1926 film)
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The Blackbird (1926 film) is a 1926 silent crime drama directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney as a duplicitous London criminal leading a double life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Blackbird (1926 film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1027252 — 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: The Blackbird (1926 film) Context triple: [Snitz Edwards, notableWork, The Blackbird (1926 film)]
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A.
Sparrows (1926 film)
Sparrows (1926 film) is a 1926 silent drama film starring Mary Pickford, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and its story of abused orphans escaping from a grim baby farm in the Florida swamps.
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B.
Blansky's Beauties
Blansky's Beauties is a short-lived 1970s American sitcom set in Las Vegas that followed a showbiz talent agent and her troupe of showgirls, created as a spin-off from Happy Days.
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C.
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
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D.
The Dove (1927 film)
The Dove (1927 film) is a silent romantic drama notable for its lavish visual style and early Academy Award-winning art direction.
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E.
The Desert Song (1929 film)
The Desert Song (1929 film) is an early Warner Bros. musical adventure film adaptation of the operetta of the same name, notable for its use of early sound technology and romantic desert setting.
- 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: The Blackbird (1926 film) Target entity description: The Blackbird (1926 film) is a 1926 silent crime drama directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney as a duplicitous London criminal leading a double life.
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A.
Sparrows (1926 film)
Sparrows (1926 film) is a 1926 silent drama film starring Mary Pickford, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and its story of abused orphans escaping from a grim baby farm in the Florida swamps.
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B.
Blansky's Beauties
Blansky's Beauties is a short-lived 1970s American sitcom set in Las Vegas that followed a showbiz talent agent and her troupe of showgirls, created as a spin-off from Happy Days.
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C.
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
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D.
The Dove (1927 film)
The Dove (1927 film) is a silent romantic drama notable for its lavish visual style and early Academy Award-winning art direction.
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E.
The Desert Song (1929 film)
The Desert Song (1929 film) is an early Warner Bros. musical adventure film adaptation of the operetta of the same name, notable for its use of early sound technology and romantic desert setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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crime drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | Tod Browning’s recurring themes of dual identity and deformity ⓘ |
| catalogedIn | American silent feature film catalogs ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Daniels ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Tod Browning ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editor | Errol Taggart ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent era ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasDirectorStyle | expressionistic crime melodrama ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| hasFilmType | narrative feature ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
crime and redemption
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deception ⓘ dual identity ⓘ |
| hasPreservationStatus | surviving print exists ⓘ |
| hasStarCollaboration | Lon Chaney and Tod Browning ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriodDepicted | early 20th century ⓘ |
| isFollowedInCareerBy |
The Road to Mandalay
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surface form:
The Road to Mandalay (1926 film)
|
| leadActorForCharacter The Blackbird | Lon Chaney ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | The Blackbird ⓘ |
| notableFor | Lon Chaney’s dual-role performance as a London criminal leading a double life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf | Lon Chaney–Tod Browning collaborations ⓘ |
| producer |
Irving Thalberg
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surface form:
Irving G. Thalberg
|
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| productionStudioLot |
MGM
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surface form:
MGM studios, Culver City
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| releaseDate | 1926-01-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 70 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Tod Browning
ⓘ
Waldemar Young ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| starring |
Andy MacLennan
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Doris Lloyd ⓘ Lon Chaney ⓘ Owen Moore ⓘ Renée Adorée ⓘ |
| title | The Blackbird ⓘ |
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Subject: The Blackbird (1926 film) Description of subject: The Blackbird (1926 film) is a 1926 silent crime drama directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney as a duplicitous London criminal leading a double life.
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