The Battle of the Century (1927)
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The Battle of the Century (1927) is a silent Laurel and Hardy comedy short famous for featuring one of the largest and most elaborate pie-fight scenes in film history.
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| The Battle of the Century (1927) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Battle of the Century (1927) Context triple: [Clyde Cook, appearedIn, The Battle of the Century (1927)]
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A.
Game of the Century
The "Game of the Century" is the famous 1970 FIFA World Cup semi-final between Italy and West Germany, renowned for its dramatic extra time and status as one of the greatest football matches ever played.
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B.
"Game of the Century"
"Game of the Century" is the famous 1968 college basketball showdown at the Houston Astrodome in which the University of Houston ended UCLA’s 47-game winning streak before a then-record crowd and national TV audience.
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C.
Derby del Garda
Derby del Garda is a regional Italian football rivalry match played between clubs from the area around Lake Garda, notably involving Brescia Calcio.
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D.
Derby de l’Est
Derby de l’Est is a fiercely contested French football rivalry match between RC Strasbourg Alsace and their traditional regional opponents from eastern France.
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E.
Derby della Capitale
Derby della Capitale is the fiercely contested Rome football derby between S.S. Lazio and A.S. Roma, renowned as one of Italy’s most intense and passionate rivalries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Battle of the Century (1927) Target entity description: The Battle of the Century (1927) is a silent Laurel and Hardy comedy short famous for featuring one of the largest and most elaborate pie-fight scenes in film history.
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A.
Game of the Century
The "Game of the Century" is the famous 1970 FIFA World Cup semi-final between Italy and West Germany, renowned for its dramatic extra time and status as one of the greatest football matches ever played.
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B.
"Game of the Century"
"Game of the Century" is the famous 1968 college basketball showdown at the Houston Astrodome in which the University of Houston ended UCLA’s 47-game winning streak before a then-record crowd and national TV audience.
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C.
Derby del Garda
Derby del Garda is a regional Italian football rivalry match played between clubs from the area around Lake Garda, notably involving Brescia Calcio.
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D.
Derby de l’Est
Derby de l’Est is a fiercely contested French football rivalry match between RC Strasbourg Alsace and their traditional regional opponents from eastern France.
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E.
Derby della Capitale
Derby della Capitale is the fiercely contested Rome football derby between S.S. Lazio and A.S. Roma, renowned as one of Italy’s most intense and passionate rivalries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Laurel and Hardy film
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silent short film ⓘ |
| archivalHistory |
long considered partially lost
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second reel rediscovered in the 2010s ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Clyde Bruckman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard C. Currier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfPiesUsed | over 3,000 pies ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ollie (played by Oliver Hardy)
NERFINISHED
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Stan (played by Stan Laurel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresScene |
boxing match involving Stan Laurel's character
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massive escalating pie fight involving bystanders ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent era ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
choreographed slapstick
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physical comedy ⓘ visual gags ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
short film
ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
boxing
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insurance scam ⓘ public chaos caused by slapstick fight ⓘ |
| includedIn | restoration projects of silent comedy films ⓘ |
| influenced | later film and television pie-fight sequences ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate slapstick set pieces
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featuring one of the largest pie fights in film history ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Laurel and Hardy short subjects for Hal Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Hal Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | December 31, 1927 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 20 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn | urban street setting ⓘ |
| starring |
Dorothy Coburn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eugene Pallette NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | restored from previously lost footage ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Clyde Bruckman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hal Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesPropExtensively | cream pies ⓘ |
| workPeriod | late 1920s American cinema ⓘ |
| writer | H. M. Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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