The Circus Queen Murder
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The Circus Queen Murder is a 1933 American mystery film featuring detective Thatcher Colt as he investigates a series of crimes set against the backdrop of a traveling circus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Circus Queen Murder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8207653 — 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 Circus Queen Murder Context triple: [The Night Club Lady, hasSequel, The Circus Queen Murder]
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A.
The Cinderella Murder
The Cinderella Murder is a crime thriller novel co-written by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke that follows a television cold-case investigation into the mysterious death of a college student.
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B.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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C.
The G-String Murders
The G-String Murders is a 1941 mystery novel, often credited to burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee, that offers a noir-tinged, backstage whodunit set in the world of striptease.
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D.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
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E.
Murders in the Zoo
Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code American horror film known for its shocking violence and for featuring Lionel Atwill as a sadistic big-game hunter.
- 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 Circus Queen Murder Target entity description: The Circus Queen Murder is a 1933 American mystery film featuring detective Thatcher Colt as he investigates a series of crimes set against the backdrop of a traveling circus.
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A.
The Cinderella Murder
The Cinderella Murder is a crime thriller novel co-written by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke that follows a television cold-case investigation into the mysterious death of a college student.
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B.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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C.
The G-String Murders
The G-String Murders is a 1941 mystery novel, often credited to burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee, that offers a noir-tinged, backstage whodunit set in the world of striptease.
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D.
The Talk Show Murders
The Talk Show Murders is a mystery novel by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen that blends show-business satire with a talk-show-themed whodunit plot.
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E.
Murders in the Zoo
Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code American horror film known for its shocking violence and for featuring Lionel Atwill as a sadistic big-game hunter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Thatcher Colt novel series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
character Thatcher Colt ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Adolphe Menjou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Claude King NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ Dwight Frye NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgar Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Greta Nissen NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Bates Post NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruthelma Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Benjamin H. Kline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Roy William Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Cahoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalDetective | Thatcher Colt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| follows | The Night Club Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
circus life
ⓘ
crime solving ⓘ murder investigation ⓘ |
| leadActor | Adolphe Menjou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Thatcher Colt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | circus ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Thatcher Colt film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | William Sistrom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1933-02-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 66 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bayard Veiller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward T. Lowe Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | traveling circus ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Circus Queen Murder Description of subject: The Circus Queen Murder is a 1933 American mystery film featuring detective Thatcher Colt as he investigates a series of crimes set against the backdrop of a traveling circus.
Referenced by (1)
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