Fanny by Gaslight
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Fanny by Gaslight is a 1944 British melodrama film, based on Michael Sadleir’s novel, that follows a young woman’s coming-of-age amid scandal and social hypocrisy in Victorian London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fanny by Gaslight canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4658003 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fanny by Gaslight Context triple: [Gainsborough Pictures, producedFilm, Fanny by Gaslight]
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Backstairs Passage
Backstairs Passage is a narrow strait in South Australia that separates Kangaroo Island from the mainland.
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B.
The Second Mrs Tanqueray
The Second Mrs Tanqueray is an 1893 drama by Arthur Wing Pinero that scandalously explored themes of social hypocrisy and a woman's past in Victorian high society.
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C.
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent that portrays the four young daughters of a wealthy American family in a strikingly unconventional, psychologically complex interior scene.
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D.
My Night at Maud’s
My Night at Maud’s is a 1969 French philosophical romantic drama film by Éric Rohmer, renowned for its talk-driven exploration of morality, chance, and desire.
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E.
The Little Fete
"The Little Fete" is a track from the 1982 jazz fusion album "China" by Vangelis, known for its atmospheric, East Asia-inspired soundscapes.
- 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: Fanny by Gaslight Target entity description: Fanny by Gaslight is a 1944 British melodrama film, based on Michael Sadleir’s novel, that follows a young woman’s coming-of-age amid scandal and social hypocrisy in Victorian London.
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A.
Backstairs Passage
Backstairs Passage is a narrow strait in South Australia that separates Kangaroo Island from the mainland.
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B.
The Second Mrs Tanqueray
The Second Mrs Tanqueray is an 1893 drama by Arthur Wing Pinero that scandalously explored themes of social hypocrisy and a woman's past in Victorian high society.
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C.
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent that portrays the four young daughters of a wealthy American family in a strikingly unconventional, psychologically complex interior scene.
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D.
My Night at Maud’s
My Night at Maud’s is a 1969 French philosophical romantic drama film by Éric Rohmer, renowned for its talk-driven exploration of morality, chance, and desire.
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E.
The Little Fete
"The Little Fete" is a track from the 1982 jazz fusion album "China" by Vangelis, known for its atmospheric, East Asia-inspired soundscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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film ⓘ melodrama film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Man of Evil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Michael Sadleir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fanny by Gaslight (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Amy Veness
NERFINISHED
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Beatrice Varley NERFINISHED ⓘ Cathleen Nesbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Dulcie Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ Elliott Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ John Laurie NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Rutherford NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Merrall NERFINISHED ⓘ O. B. Clarence NERFINISHED ⓘ Phyllis Calvert NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Lindsell NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfrid Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Crabtree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Anthony Asquith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
General Film Distributors
NERFINISHED
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Universal Pictures (US) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | R. E. Dearing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
melodrama
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| leadActor | Phyllis Calvert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadRole | Phyllis Calvert as Fanny Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Fanny Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Louis Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Gainsborough Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
D. J. Paterson
NERFINISHED
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Michael Sadleir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class differences
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coming of age ⓘ scandal ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
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