The Immigrant
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The Immigrant is a 1917 silent comedy short film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, depicting his humorous and poignant experiences as an immigrant arriving in America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Immigrant canonical | 6 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy film ⓘ silent short film ⓘ |
| castMember |
Albert Austin
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Charlie Chaplin ⓘ Edna Purviance ⓘ Eric Campbell ⓘ Henry Bergman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| distributor |
Mutual Film Corporation
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surface form:
Mutual Film
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| featureCharacter | The Tramp ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Artist
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Immigrant woman ⓘ Waiter ⓘ |
| follows | Easy Street ⓘ |
| format | Black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
Comedy
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Silent film ⓘ |
| hasBlackfaceContent | No ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | Widely acclaimed as one of Chaplin's best short films ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 2 reels ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
Emotions
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surface form:
Pathos
Physical comedy ⓘ Slapstick ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
New York City
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Transatlantic ship ⓘ |
| includedIn | Lists of greatest short films ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| leadActor | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| leadActress | Edna Purviance ⓘ |
| musicComposerForReissue | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| notableScene |
Dining room sequence in restaurant
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Immigrants lined up at immigration control ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| partOf | Charlie Chaplin Mutual period ⓘ |
| portrays |
Class differences in early 20th-century America
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Experiences of immigrants arriving in America ⓘ |
| precedes | The Adventurer ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Lone Star Corporation ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 25 ⓘ |
| star | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| theme |
Immigration to the United States
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Poverty ⓘ Romance ⓘ Social satire ⓘ |
| writer | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
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: The Immigrant Description of subject: The Immigrant is a 1917 silent comedy short film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, depicting his humorous and poignant experiences as an immigrant arriving in America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard Lee I