The Big House (1930 film)
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The Big House (1930 film) is an early American prison drama noted for its gritty realism, influential depiction of prison life, and pioneering use of sound in the genre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big House (1930 film) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6884260 — 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 Big House (1930 film) Context triple: [Tully Marshall, notableWork, The Big House (1930 film)]
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A.
Crime and Punishment (1935 film)
Crime and Punishment (1935 film) is a psychological crime drama adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, best known for featuring Peter Lorre as the tormented murderer Raskolnikov.
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B.
Scarface (1932 film)
Scarface (1932 film) is a landmark pre-Code American gangster film, loosely based on Al Capone, that helped define the crime genre with its violent, gritty portrayal of organized crime.
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C.
The House of the Seven Gables (1940 film)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940 film) is a black-and-white period drama based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, focusing on family conflict, inherited guilt, and a long-standing curse surrounding an old New England mansion.
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D.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
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E.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a novel by Sigrid Undset that forms one of the volumes in her medieval Norwegian saga "The Master of Hestviken."
- 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 Big House (1930 film) Target entity description: The Big House (1930 film) is an early American prison drama noted for its gritty realism, influential depiction of prison life, and pioneering use of sound in the genre.
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A.
Crime and Punishment (1935 film)
Crime and Punishment (1935 film) is a psychological crime drama adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, best known for featuring Peter Lorre as the tormented murderer Raskolnikov.
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B.
Scarface (1932 film)
Scarface (1932 film) is a landmark pre-Code American gangster film, loosely based on Al Capone, that helped define the crime genre with its violent, gritty portrayal of organized crime.
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C.
The House of the Seven Gables (1940 film)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940 film) is a black-and-white period drama based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, focusing on family conflict, inherited guilt, and a long-standing curse surrounding an old New England mansion.
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D.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
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E.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a novel by Sigrid Undset that forms one of the volumes in her medieval Norwegian saga "The Master of Hestviken."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| award | Academy Award for Best Writing, Achievement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedByWriter | Frances Marion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harold Wenstrom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | George W. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editor | Blanche Sewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Butch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kent Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingStyle | classical Hollywood continuity editing ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
attempted prison break
ⓘ
crime and punishment ⓘ friendship among inmates ⓘ prison life ⓘ |
| influenced | later prison dramas ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Axt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Picture
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
gritty realism
ⓘ
influential depiction of prison life ⓘ pioneering use of sound in prison drama genre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Irving Thalberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frances Marion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | state prison ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| stars |
Chester Morris
NERFINISHED
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Leila Hyams NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Beery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Big House (1930 film) Description of subject: The Big House (1930 film) is an early American prison drama noted for its gritty realism, influential depiction of prison life, and pioneering use of sound in the genre.
Referenced by (4)
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