The Black Cat
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The Black Cat is a 1934 American horror film, loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, known for pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in a stylish tale of psychological terror and the occult.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Black Cat canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7600283 — 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 Black Cat Context triple: [Murray Kinnell, notableWork, The Black Cat]
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A.
The Black Cat
"The Black Cat" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores themes of guilt, madness, and the supernatural through a narrator’s violent obsession with his pet.
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B.
The Case of the Black Cat
The Case of the Black Cat is a 1934 American mystery film, part of the Perry Mason series, directed by William C. McGann and produced by Bryan Foy.
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C.
The Tell-Tale Heart
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
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D.
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a chilling tale of calculated revenge and murder set in the catacombs beneath an Italian city.
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E.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 American horror film loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, notable for its early use of mad-scientist themes and for starring Bela Lugosi.
- 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 Black Cat Target entity description: The Black Cat is a 1934 American horror film, loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, known for pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in a stylish tale of psychological terror and the occult.
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A.
The Black Cat
"The Black Cat" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores themes of guilt, madness, and the supernatural through a narrator’s violent obsession with his pet.
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B.
The Case of the Black Cat
The Case of the Black Cat is a 1934 American mystery film, part of the Perry Mason series, directed by William C. McGann and produced by Bryan Foy.
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C.
The Tell-Tale Heart
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
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D.
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a chilling tale of calculated revenge and murder set in the catacombs beneath an Italian city.
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E.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 American horror film loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, notable for its early use of mad-scientist themes and for starring Bela Lugosi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Charles D. Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | works of Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| certificate | Pre-Code Hollywood film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John J. Mescall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ |
| director | Edgar G. Ulmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Universal Pictures
ⓘ
Universal Pictures Company, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ray Curtiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | studio sets ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Universal Classic Monsters cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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occult film ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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imprisonment ⓘ revenge ⓘ satanism ⓘ war trauma ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hjalmar Poelzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | not rated (pre-MPAA rating system) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Heinz Roemheld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Universal's early horror talkies
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expressionist production design ⓘ occult and satanic rituals ⓘ pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi ⓘ themes of psychological terror ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Universal horror films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Bela Lugosi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Carl Laemmle Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | May 7, 1934 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 65 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Peter Ruric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| setting | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bela Lugosi
NERFINISHED
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Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ David Manners NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Black Cat Description of subject: The Black Cat is a 1934 American horror film, loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, known for pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in a stylish tale of psychological terror and the occult.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.