The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1936 American romantic drama notable as one of the earliest three-strip Technicolor feature films shot outdoors, based on John Fox Jr.'s novel about feuding Appalachian families.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6168441 — 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 Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) Context triple: [Nigel Bruce, appearedIn, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)]
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A.
The Plainsman (1936 film)
The Plainsman (1936 film) is a 1936 American Western adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the lives and exploits of frontier figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
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B.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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C.
The Trail of '98 (1928 film)
The Trail of '98 is a 1928 silent adventure film dramatizing the hardships and dangers faced by fortune seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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D.
The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film) is a 1936 adventure drama adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s novel, depicting frontier conflicts during the French and Indian War.
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E.
The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
- 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 Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) Target entity description: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1936 American romantic drama notable as one of the earliest three-strip Technicolor feature films shot outdoors, based on John Fox Jr.'s novel about feuding Appalachian families.
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A.
The Plainsman (1936 film)
The Plainsman (1936 film) is a 1936 American Western adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the lives and exploits of frontier figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
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B.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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C.
The Trail of '98 (1928 film)
The Trail of '98 is a 1928 silent adventure film dramatizing the hardships and dangers faced by fortune seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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D.
The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film) is a 1936 adventure drama adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s novel, depicting frontier conflicts during the French and Indian War.
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E.
The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | John Fox Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family feud
ⓘ
romance ⓘ |
| cinematographer |
W. Howard Greene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William C. Mellor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | three-strip Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Henry Hathaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Dorothy Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmingTechnique | outdoor Technicolor cinematography ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre | romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasColor | yes ⓘ |
| hasRomanticSubplot | yes ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | no ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainConflict | feud between Appalachian families ⓘ |
| musicBy | Louis Silvers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the earliest three-strip Technicolor feature films shot outdoors ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| previousAdaptationsExist | yes ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Wanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walter Wanger Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | February 1936 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Grover Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harvey F. Thew NERFINISHED ⓘ John T. Mellette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Beulah Bondi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuzzy Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ George "Spanky" McFarland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century Appalachia ⓘ |
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Subject: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) Description of subject: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1936 American romantic drama notable as one of the earliest three-strip Technicolor feature films shot outdoors, based on John Fox Jr.'s novel about feuding Appalachian families.
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