The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 drama film adaptation of William Inge’s play, exploring family tensions and social change in 1920s Oklahoma.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dark at the Top of the Stairs canonical | 6 |
| The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6764203 — 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 Dark at the Top of the Stairs Context triple: [Eve Arden, notableWork, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs]
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A.
Footsteps in the Dark
"Footsteps in the Dark" is a smooth, soulful R&B ballad by The Isley Brothers, best known for its mellow groove and for being heavily sampled in later hip-hop music.
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B.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
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C.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
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D.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a 1941 MGM comedy-mystery film starring Red Skelton as a radio crime-show host who becomes entangled in a real-life murder plot.
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E.
The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase is a classic 1946 psychological thriller film, directed by Robert Siodmak, about a mute woman terrorized by a serial killer in a secluded mansion.
- 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 Dark at the Top of the Stairs Target entity description: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 drama film adaptation of William Inge’s play, exploring family tensions and social change in 1920s Oklahoma.
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A.
Footsteps in the Dark
"Footsteps in the Dark" is a smooth, soulful R&B ballad by The Isley Brothers, best known for its mellow groove and for being heavily sampled in later hip-hop music.
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B.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
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C.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
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D.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a 1941 MGM comedy-mystery film starring Red Skelton as a radio crime-show host who becomes entangled in a real-life murder plot.
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E.
The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase is a classic 1946 psychological thriller film, directed by Robert Siodmak, about a mute woman terrorized by a serial killer in a secluded mansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1.85:1 ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalWork | William Inge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harry Stradling Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Delbert Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | David Bretherton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasNominee | Shirley Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family tensions
ⓘ
social change ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
domestic life
ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| period | interwar period ⓘ |
| playwrightOfSource | William Inge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Harriet Frank Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irving Ravetch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1960-09-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 124 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Harriet Frank Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irving Ravetch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| stars |
Angela Lansbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dorothy McGuire NERFINISHED ⓘ Eve Arden NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Kinsolving NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Description of subject: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 drama film adaptation of William Inge’s play, exploring family tensions and social change in 1920s Oklahoma.
Referenced by (7)
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this entity surface form:
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960 film)