The Adventures of Dollie
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The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, often cited as his directorial debut and an early example of narrative cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Adventures of Dollie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5246666 — 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)
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Target entity: The Adventures of Dollie Context triple: [Linda Arvidson, notableWork, The Adventures of Dollie]
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A.
The Gingham Girl
The Gingham Girl is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film starring Australian actress Lotus Thompson.
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B.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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C.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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D.
The Girl with the Curls
The Girl with the Curls is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, who was renowned for her youthful roles and distinctive ringlet hairstyle.
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E.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend is a 2002 novel by Donna Tartt that follows a young girl in Mississippi who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind her brother’s long-unsolved murder.
- 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 Adventures of Dollie Target entity description: The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, often cited as his directorial debut and an early example of narrative cinema.
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A.
The Gingham Girl
The Gingham Girl is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film starring Australian actress Lotus Thompson.
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B.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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C.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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D.
The Girl with the Curls
The Girl with the Curls is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, who was renowned for her youthful roles and distinctive ringlet hairstyle.
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E.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend is a 2002 novel by Donna Tartt that follows a young girl in Mississippi who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind her brother’s long-unsolved murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1900s film
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silent short film ⓘ |
| cinematographer | G. W. Bitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | D. W. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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silent film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Alfred Paget
NERFINISHED
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Anthony O'Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur V. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Billy Bitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Gorman NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Inslee NERFINISHED ⓘ Clara T. Bracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy West NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Florence Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ George Gebhardt NERFINISHED ⓘ George Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ George Siegmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladys Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Solter NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Yost NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeanie MacPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ John R. Cumpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Linda Arvidson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mack Sennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Sunshine NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Harron NERFINISHED ⓘ W. Chrystie Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfred Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
being an early directorial work of D. W. Griffith
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being an early example of narrative cinema ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dollie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (no spoken dialogue) ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young girl named Dollie is kidnapped by gypsies and placed in a barrel that is accidentally set adrift in a river before she is eventually rescued. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1908-07-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 12 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Stanner E. V. Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Adventures of Dollie Description of subject: The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, often cited as his directorial debut and an early example of narrative cinema.
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