The Canterville Ghost (1944 film)
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The Canterville Ghost (1944 film) is a comedic fantasy movie loosely based on Oscar Wilde’s short story, featuring a cowardly ghost seeking redemption with the help of American soldiers during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Canterville Ghost (1944 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7596133 — 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: The Canterville Ghost (1944 film) Context triple: [The Canterville Ghost, hasAdaptation, The Canterville Ghost (1944 film)]
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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.
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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde that satirizes both British aristocracy and American pragmatism through the misadventures of a frustrated ghost haunting an unflappable modern family.
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The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)
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.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) is a classic mystery movie adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story, widely known for starring Basil Rathbone in one of his most iconic portrayals of the famous detective.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (film)
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 dark comedy film directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant as a man who discovers his seemingly sweet aunts are serial killers.
- 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)
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Target entity: The Canterville Ghost (1944 film) Target entity description: The Canterville Ghost (1944 film) is a comedic fantasy movie loosely based on Oscar Wilde’s short story, featuring a cowardly ghost seeking redemption with the help of American soldiers during World War II.
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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.
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B.
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde that satirizes both British aristocracy and American pragmatism through the misadventures of a frustrated ghost haunting an unflappable modern family.
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C.
The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)
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.
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D.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) is a classic mystery movie adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story, widely known for starring Basil Rathbone in one of his most iconic portrayals of the famous detective.
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E.
Arsenic and Old Lace (film)
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 dark comedy film directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant as a man who discovers his seemingly sweet aunts are serial killers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Canterville Ghost (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Oscar Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characteristic | loosely based on Oscar Wilde’s original story ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Charles B. Lang Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement | supernatural comedy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jules Dassin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Loew's Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editor | Chandler House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmingFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationSourceGenre | short story ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cowardice and bravery
ⓘ
culture clash between Americans and British ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sir Simon de Canterville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a ghost cursed for cowardice who must perform a brave act to break the curse ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | light-hearted ⓘ |
| originalWorkPublicationYear | 1887 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A cowardly ghost seeks redemption with the help of American soldiers stationed in England during World War II. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Charles Laughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Everett Riskin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | July 1944 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Edwin Blum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Everett Riskin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Charles Laughton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Margaret O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ Rags Ragland NERFINISHED ⓘ Reginald Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Young NERFINISHED ⓘ William Gargan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| title | The Canterville Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Canterville Ghost (1944 film) Description of subject: The Canterville Ghost (1944 film) is a comedic fantasy movie loosely based on Oscar Wilde’s short story, featuring a cowardly ghost seeking redemption with the help of American soldiers during World War II.
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