The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)
E625946
The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) is a silent American horror-comedy directed by Paul Leni, celebrated as an early classic of the “old dark house” genre blending suspense and dark humor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) canonical | 9 |
| The Cat Creeps (1930 film) | 1 |
| The Cat and the Canary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6884258 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) Context triple: [Tully Marshall, notableWork, The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)]
-
A.
The Cat and the Canary (1939 film)
The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) is a comedic mystery thriller and remake of the 1927 silent film, notable for blending spooky mansion horror elements with lighthearted humor.
-
B.
The Raven (1935 film)
The Raven (1935 film) is a 1935 American horror movie loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, best known for pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in a tale of madness, torture, and revenge.
-
C.
The Black Cat (1934 film)
The Black Cat (1934 film) is a 1934 horror movie best known for pairing genre icons Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in a dark, psychologically driven tale loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.
-
D.
The Lodger (1932)
The Lodger (1932) is a British thriller film adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel about a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer, directed by Maurice Elvey.
-
E.
The Fallen Idol (1923)
The Fallen Idol (1923) is a British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey, recognized as one of his early notable works in the silent era.
- 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 Cat and the Canary (1927 film) Target entity description: The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) is a silent American horror-comedy directed by Paul Leni, celebrated as an early classic of the “old dark house” genre blending suspense and dark humor.
-
A.
The Cat and the Canary (1939 film)
The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) is a comedic mystery thriller and remake of the 1927 silent film, notable for blending spooky mansion horror elements with lighthearted humor.
-
B.
The Raven (1935 film)
The Raven (1935 film) is a 1935 American horror movie loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, best known for pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in a tale of madness, torture, and revenge.
-
C.
The Black Cat (1934 film)
The Black Cat (1934 film) is a 1934 horror movie best known for pairing genre icons Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in a dark, psychologically driven tale loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.
-
D.
The Lodger (1932)
The Lodger (1932) is a British thriller film adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel about a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer, directed by Maurice Elvey.
-
E.
The Fallen Idol (1923)
The Fallen Idol (1923) is a British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey, recognized as one of his early notable works in the silent era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Charles D. Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Cat and the Canary (play)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
stage play by John Willard ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gilbert Warrenton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception |
praised for atmosphere and visual design
ⓘ
regarded as an early classic of American horror cinema ⓘ |
| director | Paul Leni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | Martin G. Cohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ horror-comedy ⓘ mystery ⓘ old dark house film ⓘ |
| hasRemake |
The Cat and the Canary (1930 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cat and the Canary (1978 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
The Old Dark House (1932 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
subsequent haunted house mystery films ⓘ |
| musicForReleasesBy | various later composers for reissue scores ⓘ |
| narrativeElement | escaped lunatic ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
family inheritance dispute
ⓘ
reading of a will ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of suspense and dark humor
ⓘ
expressionist visual style ⓘ influence on old dark house genre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| producer | Carl Laemmle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | September 9, 1927 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 82 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Alfred A. Cohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Hudson River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
a secluded mansion ⓘ |
| stars |
Arthur Edmund Carewe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Creighton Hale NERFINISHED ⓘ Forrest Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ George Siegmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura La Plante NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucien Littlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Mattox NERFINISHED ⓘ Tully Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) Description of subject: The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) is a silent American horror-comedy directed by Paul Leni, celebrated as an early classic of the “old dark house” genre blending suspense and dark humor.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Paulette Goddard
this entity surface form:
The Cat and the Canary
this entity surface form:
The Cat Creeps (1930 film)