Waterloo Bridge (1931 film)
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Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) is a pre-Code romantic drama directed by James Whale, centered on a tragic love affair set in London during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6813275 — 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: Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) Context triple: [James Whale, directed, Waterloo Bridge (1931 film)]
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Waterloo Bridge (1940 film)
Waterloo Bridge (1940 film) is a romantic drama directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor, about a tragic love affair set in London during World War I.
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Waterloo Bridge (1940 film score)
Waterloo Bridge (1940 film score) is the romantic and dramatic orchestral film score composed by Herbert Stothart for the 1940 MGM adaptation of the wartime love story "Waterloo Bridge."
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Town Bridge
Town Bridge is a historic river crossing in Bedford, England, serving as one of the town’s principal road bridges over the River Great Ouse.
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D.
The Girls on the Bridge (1918 version)
The Girls on the Bridge (1918 version) is a silent-era film adaptation of the story "The Girls on the Bridge," representing an early cinematic interpretation of the source material.
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Alexandra Bridge
The Alexandra Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge spanning the Ottawa River, linking the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
- 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: Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) Target entity description: Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) is a pre-Code romantic drama directed by James Whale, centered on a tragic love affair set in London during World War I.
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A.
Waterloo Bridge (1940 film)
Waterloo Bridge (1940 film) is a romantic drama directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor, about a tragic love affair set in London during World War I.
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B.
Waterloo Bridge (1940 film score)
Waterloo Bridge (1940 film score) is the romantic and dramatic orchestral film score composed by Herbert Stothart for the 1940 MGM adaptation of the wartime love story "Waterloo Bridge."
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C.
Town Bridge
Town Bridge is a historic river crossing in Bedford, England, serving as one of the town’s principal road bridges over the River Great Ouse.
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D.
The Girls on the Bridge (1918 version)
The Girls on the Bridge (1918 version) is a silent-era film adaptation of the story "The Girls on the Bridge," representing an early cinematic interpretation of the source material.
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E.
Alexandra Bridge
The Alexandra Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge spanning the Ottawa River, linking the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Waterloo Bridge (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Robert E. Sherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Edeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictContext | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | James Whale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Milton Carruth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic drama
ⓘ
war drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Bette Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doris Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Enid Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ Kent Douglass NERFINISHED ⓘ Mae Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
love and sacrifice
ⓘ
social stigma ⓘ war and separation ⓘ |
| locationInTitle | Waterloo Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterGender | female ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | chorus girl ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | tragic love affair ⓘ |
| notableFor | pre-Code depiction of prostitution ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfEra | Pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | Waterloo Bridge (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 81 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Benn W. Levy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| settingTime | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
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Subject: Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) Description of subject: Waterloo Bridge (1931 film) is a pre-Code romantic drama directed by James Whale, centered on a tragic love affair set in London during World War I.
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