Algiers (1938 film)
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Algiers (1938 film) is a romantic drama and crime film set in the Casbah of Algiers, best known for its atmospheric noir style and for helping launch Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Algiers (1938 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5139761 — 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: Algiers (1938 film) Context triple: [Hedy Lamarr, notableWork, Algiers (1938 film)]
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A.
Camille (1936)
Camille (1936) is a classic romantic drama film starring Greta Garbo, renowned for its tragic love story and considered one of the high points of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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B.
The Garden of Allah (1927 film)
The Garden of Allah (1927 film) is a silent romantic drama set in the North African desert, notable for its exotic atmosphere and early Technicolor sequences.
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C.
Camille (1926 film)
Camille (1926 film) is a 1926 American silent romantic drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," starring Norma Talmadge.
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D.
Camille (1921 film)
Camille (1921 film) is a silent drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel "La Dame aux Camélias," notable for its early 20th-century cinematic portrayal of the tragic romance between a courtesan and her lover.
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E.
Barbary Shore
Barbary Shore is a 1951 novel by Norman Mailer that explores postwar American disillusionment and political paranoia through the story of an amnesiac veteran living in a Brooklyn boarding house.
- 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: Algiers (1938 film) Target entity description: Algiers (1938 film) is a romantic drama and crime film set in the Casbah of Algiers, best known for its atmospheric noir style and for helping launch Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood career.
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A.
Camille (1936)
Camille (1936) is a classic romantic drama film starring Greta Garbo, renowned for its tragic love story and considered one of the high points of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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B.
The Garden of Allah (1927 film)
The Garden of Allah (1927 film) is a silent romantic drama set in the North African desert, notable for its exotic atmosphere and early Technicolor sequences.
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C.
Camille (1926 film)
Camille (1926 film) is a 1926 American silent romantic drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," starring Norma Talmadge.
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D.
Camille (1921 film)
Camille (1921 film) is a silent drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel "La Dame aux Camélias," notable for its early 20th-century cinematic portrayal of the tragic romance between a courtesan and her lover.
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E.
Barbary Shore
Barbary Shore is a 1951 novel by Norman Mailer that explores postwar American disillusionment and political paranoia through the story of an amnesiac veteran living in a Brooklyn boarding house.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionAwardNominee | Alexander Toluboff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Pépé le Moko (1937 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pépé le Moko (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyAwardNominee | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySetting | French Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | John Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | William H. Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmingLocation | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Casablanca (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter Pépé le Moko | Charles Boyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorNominee | Charles Boyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActressForCharacter Gaby | Hedy Lamarr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Pépé le Moko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric noir style
ⓘ
helping launch Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood career ⓘ |
| notableQuoteAssociated | Come with me to the Casbah ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Wanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walter Wanger Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | August 5, 1938 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| remakeOf | Pépé le Moko (1937 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtime | 99 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Howard Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Algiers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Casbah of Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Hale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Boyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Hedy Lamarr NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Calleia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigrid Gurie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActorNominee | Gene Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Algiers (1938 film) Description of subject: Algiers (1938 film) is a romantic drama and crime film set in the Casbah of Algiers, best known for its atmospheric noir style and for helping launch Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood career.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hedy Lamarr