Flesh and the Devil (1926)
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Flesh and the Devil (1926) is a silent romantic drama film best known for starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert and helping to cement their status as major Hollywood icons.
All labels observed (1)
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| Flesh and the Devil (1926) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2887027 — 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: Flesh and the Devil (1926) Context triple: [Irving Thalberg, notableWork, Flesh and the Devil (1926)]
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Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street is a 1945 American film noir drama directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its dark psychological themes and tragic exploration of obsession and deceit.
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B.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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C.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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D.
Friend of the Devil
"Friend of the Devil" is a folk-rock song by the Grateful Dead, known for its acoustic sound, storytelling lyrics, and enduring popularity in the band’s live performances.
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E.
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man is a classic 1941 Universal horror film about a man cursed to become a werewolf, widely regarded as one of the defining works of the werewolf genre.
- 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: Flesh and the Devil (1926) Target entity description: Flesh and the Devil (1926) is a silent romantic drama film best known for starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert and helping to cement their status as major Hollywood icons.
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A.
Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street is a 1945 American film noir drama directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its dark psychological themes and tragic exploration of obsession and deceit.
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B.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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C.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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D.
Friend of the Devil
"Friend of the Devil" is a folk-rock song by the Grateful Dead, known for its acoustic sound, storytelling lyrics, and enduring popularity in the band’s live performances.
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E.
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man is a classic 1941 Universal horror film about a man cursed to become a werewolf, widely regarded as one of the defining works of the werewolf genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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feature film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hermann Sudermann
ⓘ
The Undying Past ⓘ |
| character |
Felicitas
ⓘ
Leo von Harden ⓘ Ulrich von Eltz ⓘ |
| cinematographer | William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Clarence Brown ⓘ |
| distributor |
Loew's Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Loew's Inc. (U.S. theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editor | Lloyd Nosler ⓘ |
| filmEditingStyle | continuity editing ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ⓘ
surface form:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, Culver City
|
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | tinted prints (some releases) ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| hasGretaGarboBreakthroughRole | true ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| musicForReleases | various compiled scores for later screenings ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
dueling and honor
ⓘ
friendship and betrayal ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping establish Greta Garbo as a major Hollywood star
ⓘ
helping establish John Gilbert as a major Hollywood star ⓘ on-screen chemistry between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greta Garbo filmography
ⓘ
John Gilbert filmography ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | extant ⓘ |
| producer |
Irving Thalberg
ⓘ
surface form:
Irving G. Thalberg
|
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1926-12-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 112 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Benjamin Glazer ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Barbara Kent
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George Fawcett ⓘ Greta Garbo ⓘ John Gilbert ⓘ Lars Hanson ⓘ William Orlamond ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Flesh and the Devil (1926) Description of subject: Flesh and the Devil (1926) is a silent romantic drama film best known for starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert and helping to cement their status as major Hollywood icons.
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