The Virtuous Sin
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The Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Walter Huston and Kay Francis, adapted from a Russian play and noted as an early screenwriting credit for Robert Riskin.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Virtuous Sin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1687351 — 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: The Virtuous Sin Context triple: [Robert Riskin, notableWork, The Virtuous Sin]
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A.
Saints and Sinners
"Saints and Sinners" is a nonfiction work by journalist and author Lawrence Wright, likely exploring complex moral, religious, or social themes through investigative reporting and narrative analysis.
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B.
The Sin
The Sin is a landmark 1965 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat, renowned for its stark portrayal of rural poverty and oppression and for featuring one of Faten Hamama’s most powerful performances.
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C.
Day of the Vow
Day of the Vow is a South African Afrikaner religious and historical holiday commemorating the Voortrekkers’ victory over the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
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D.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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E.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and historical fiction to explore forbidden love, superstition, and colonial power in 18th-century Latin America.
- 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 Virtuous Sin Target entity description: The Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Walter Huston and Kay Francis, adapted from a Russian play and noted as an early screenwriting credit for Robert Riskin.
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A.
Saints and Sinners
"Saints and Sinners" is a nonfiction work by journalist and author Lawrence Wright, likely exploring complex moral, religious, or social themes through investigative reporting and narrative analysis.
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B.
The Sin
The Sin is a landmark 1965 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat, renowned for its stark portrayal of rural poverty and oppression and for featuring one of Faten Hamama’s most powerful performances.
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C.
Day of the Vow
Day of the Vow is a South African Afrikaner religious and historical holiday commemorating the Voortrekkers’ victory over the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
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D.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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E.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and historical fiction to explore forbidden love, superstition, and colonial power in 18th-century Latin America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ pre-Code film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Russian play ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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romance film ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Kay Francis
ⓘ
Kenneth MacKenna ⓘ Lewis Stone ⓘ Nance O'Neil ⓘ Oskar Homolka ⓘ Sidney Toler ⓘ Walter Huston ⓘ |
| hasCinematographer | Victor Milner ⓘ |
| hasDirector |
George Cukor
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Louis J. Gasnier ⓘ |
| hasEditor | Jane Loring ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | Karl Hajos ⓘ |
| hasProducer | B. P. Schulberg ⓘ |
| hasRuntimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| hasScreenwriter |
Edith Fitzgerald
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Robert Riskin ⓘ |
| notableFor | early screenwriting credit for Robert Riskin ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCodeEra | pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| setting | Russia ⓘ |
| stars |
Kay Francis
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Kenneth MacKenna ⓘ Lewis Stone ⓘ Nance O'Neil ⓘ Oskar Homolka ⓘ Sidney Toler ⓘ Walter Huston ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Virtuous Sin Description of subject: The Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Walter Huston and Kay Francis, adapted from a Russian play and noted as an early screenwriting credit for Robert Riskin.
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