Cecil B. DeMille Productions
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Cecil B. DeMille Productions was the independent film production company founded by legendary Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille, responsible for several major studio-era epics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecil B. DeMille Pictures | 2 |
| Cecil B. DeMille Pictures Corporation | 1 |
| Cecil B. DeMille Productions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T984142 — 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)
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Target entity: Cecil B. DeMille Productions Context triple: [Samson and Delilah (1949 film), productionCompany, Cecil B. DeMille Productions]
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A.
Selznick International Pictures
Selznick International Pictures was an American film production company founded by producer David O. Selznick, best known for creating lavish, high-profile Hollywood epics in the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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C.
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
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D.
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures was an early 20th-century American film production company that became one of the key predecessors to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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E.
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company best known for its low-budget B-movies, serials, and Westerns during Hollywood’s studio era.
- 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: Cecil B. DeMille Productions Target entity description: Cecil B. DeMille Productions was the independent film production company founded by legendary Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille, responsible for several major studio-era epics.
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A.
Selznick International Pictures
Selznick International Pictures was an American film production company founded by producer David O. Selznick, best known for creating lavish, high-profile Hollywood epics in the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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C.
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Samuel Goldwyn Company is an American film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing a wide range of independent and mainstream movies.
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D.
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures was an early 20th-century American film production company that became one of the key predecessors to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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E.
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company best known for its low-budget B-movies, serials, and Westerns during Hollywood’s studio era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film production company
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independent film company ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th-century American cinema ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hollywood studio system
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Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field | motion pictures ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
| founder | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
adventure films
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biblical epics ⓘ historical epics ⓘ |
| hasFocus | production of major motion pictures ⓘ |
| hasFounder | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMarket | theatrical film distribution ⓘ |
| hasType | privately held company ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Hollywood
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with director Cecil B. DeMille
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producing large-scale epic motion pictures ⓘ |
| operatedIn | studio era of Hollywood ⓘ |
| ownerOf | film rights to certain Cecil B. DeMille productions ⓘ |
| partOf | American film industry ⓘ |
| product |
epic films
ⓘ
feature films ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cecil B. DeMille Productions Description of subject: Cecil B. DeMille Productions was the independent film production company founded by legendary Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille, responsible for several major studio-era epics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cecil B. DeMille Pictures
this entity surface form:
Cecil B. DeMille Pictures Corporation
this entity surface form:
Cecil B. DeMille Pictures