Big Business
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Big Business is a classic 1929 silent short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy, renowned for its escalating slapstick chaos as the duo sell Christmas trees door-to-door.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Business canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Big Business Context triple: [Laurel and Hardy, notableWork, Big Business]
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A.
The Big Money
The Big Money is a 1936 novel by John Dos Passos, best known as the third volume of his U.S.A. trilogy, which critiques American capitalism and society in the early 20th century through experimental narrative techniques.
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B.
1 Wall Street
1 Wall Street is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City's Financial District, historically serving as a major banking headquarters and now converted into luxury residences.
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C.
The Millionaire
The Millionaire is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss as a retired businessman who secretly returns to work, produced by Warner Bros. and associated with filmmaker Bryan Foy.
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D.
The Control of Industry
"The Control of Industry" is an influential economic and political treatise by British Labour politician and economist Hugh Dalton examining how industrial production should be organized and regulated in a modern state.
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E.
L’Industrie
L’Industrie is a major work by early socialist thinker Henri de Saint-Simon that outlines his vision of an industrially organized society led by productive classes such as scientists, engineers, and industrialists.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Big Business Target entity description: Big Business is a classic 1929 silent short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy, renowned for its escalating slapstick chaos as the duo sell Christmas trees door-to-door.
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A.
The Big Money
The Big Money is a 1936 novel by John Dos Passos, best known as the third volume of his U.S.A. trilogy, which critiques American capitalism and society in the early 20th century through experimental narrative techniques.
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B.
1 Wall Street
1 Wall Street is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City's Financial District, historically serving as a major banking headquarters and now converted into luxury residences.
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C.
The Millionaire
The Millionaire is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss as a retired businessman who secretly returns to work, produced by Warner Bros. and associated with filmmaker Bryan Foy.
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D.
The Control of Industry
"The Control of Industry" is an influential economic and political treatise by British Labour politician and economist Hugh Dalton examining how industrial production should be organized and regulated in a modern state.
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E.
L’Industrie
L’Industrie is a major work by early socialist thinker Henri de Saint-Simon that outlines his vision of an industrially organized society led by productive classes such as scientists, engineers, and industrialists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| archivalStatus | extant ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | James W. Horne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard C. Currier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late silent era ⓘ |
| featuredIn | lists of greatest comedy shorts ⓘ |
| featuresActor | James Finlayson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Hardy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmStarDuo | Laurel and Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 2-reel short ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | critically acclaimed classic ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
comedy
ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ |
| hasIntertitles | English intertitles ⓘ |
| hasMusicType | accompanied by non-diegetic music in exhibition ⓘ |
| hasSlapstickSetPiece | progressive destruction of house and car ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict escalation
ⓘ
domestic destruction ⓘ |
| mainCharactersOccupation | door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen ⓘ |
| notableFor | escalating slapstick destruction gag ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Laurel and Hardy films ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Laurel and Hardy sell Christmas trees door-to-door, leading to escalating destructive chaos with a homeowner. ⓘ |
| producer | Hal Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of Laurel and Hardy’s best short films ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1929-04-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 19 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Oliver Hardy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stan Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1920s suburban America ⓘ |
| title | Big Business NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | H. M. Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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