The Magician
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The Magician is a 1926 silent horror film directed by Rex Ingram, noted for its early and influential depiction of occult themes and special effects in cinema.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Magician canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4307198 — 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 Magician Context triple: [Alice Terry, notableWork, The Magician]
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A.
The Magician's Apprentice
"The Magician's Apprentice" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode that opens Series 9, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and the return of the renegade Time Lady Missy in a story involving Davros and the Daleks.
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B.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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C.
El Mago
El Mago is the nickname of Argentine former professional tennis player Guillermo Coria, renowned for his exceptional clay-court skills and speed.
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D.
The Sorceress
The Sorceress is the main antagonist of Spyro: Year of the Dragon, a powerful magic-wielding villain who seeks to steal dragon eggs for her own dark purposes.
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E.
The Astrologer
The Astrologer is a mysterious prophetic figure in Alexander Pushkin’s fairy-tale poem "The Golden Cockerel," whose cryptic guidance drives the story’s tragic events.
- 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 Magician Target entity description: The Magician is a 1926 silent horror film directed by Rex Ingram, noted for its early and influential depiction of occult themes and special effects in cinema.
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A.
The Magician's Apprentice
"The Magician's Apprentice" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode that opens Series 9, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and the return of the renegade Time Lady Missy in a story involving Davros and the Daleks.
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B.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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C.
El Mago
El Mago is the nickname of Argentine former professional tennis player Guillermo Coria, renowned for his exceptional clay-court skills and speed.
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D.
The Sorceress
The Sorceress is the main antagonist of Spyro: Year of the Dragon, a powerful magic-wielding villain who seeks to steal dragon eggs for her own dark purposes.
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E.
The Astrologer
The Astrologer is a mysterious prophetic figure in Alexander Pushkin’s fairy-tale poem "The Golden Cockerel," whose cryptic guidance drives the story’s tragic events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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black-and-white film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Magician (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | W. Somerset Maugham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Arthur Burdon
NERFINISHED
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Margaret Dauncey NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Haddo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John F. Seitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Rex Ingram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredInArchive | 20th century film preservation efforts ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
France
NERFINISHED
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Nice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy film
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horror film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | yes ⓘ |
| hasDirectorSpouseInCast | Alice Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
miniature effects
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optical effects ⓘ stop-motion-like visual tricks ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| influenced | later horror films with occult themes ⓘ |
| language | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| musicForModernScreeningsBy | various contemporary accompanists ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
black magic
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mad science ⓘ occult rituals ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early cinematic depiction of occult themes
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innovative special effects for its time ⓘ |
| partOf | early MGM horror output ⓘ |
| producer | Rex Ingram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1926-09-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 80 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Rex Ingram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alice Terry
NERFINISHED
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Firmin Gémier NERFINISHED ⓘ Iván Petrovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Wegener NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Magician Description of subject: The Magician is a 1926 silent horror film directed by Rex Ingram, noted for its early and influential depiction of occult themes and special effects in cinema.
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