The Sea Wolf (1941 film)
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The Sea Wolf (1941 film) is a 1941 American adventure drama based on Jack London’s novel, centered on a brutal sea captain and his crew aboard the sealing schooner Ghost.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Sea Wolf (1941 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8659315 — 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 Sea Wolf (1941 film) Context triple: [Flora Robson, portrayedIn, The Sea Wolf (1941 film)]
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Moby Dick (1930 film)
Moby Dick (1930 film) is a pre-Code adventure drama adaptation of Herman Melville’s novel, starring John Barrymore as the obsessed whaling captain.
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Riptide (1934)
Riptide (1934) is a pre-Code romantic drama film best known as one of producer Irving Thalberg’s polished MGM star vehicles of the early 1930s.
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The Call of the Wild (1935 film)
The Call of the Wild (1935 film) is an American adventure drama starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young, adapting Jack London’s novel about a man and a sled dog facing the harsh realities of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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D.
Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf is a powerful supernatural being in Haida mythology, often associated with the ocean, transformation, and protection.
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E.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sea Wolf (1941 film) Target entity description: The Sea Wolf (1941 film) is a 1941 American adventure drama based on Jack London’s novel, centered on a brutal sea captain and his crew aboard the sealing schooner Ghost.
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A.
Moby Dick (1930 film)
Moby Dick (1930 film) is a pre-Code adventure drama adaptation of Herman Melville’s novel, starring John Barrymore as the obsessed whaling captain.
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B.
Riptide (1934)
Riptide (1934) is a pre-Code romantic drama film best known as one of producer Irving Thalberg’s polished MGM star vehicles of the early 1930s.
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C.
The Call of the Wild (1935 film)
The Call of the Wild (1935 film) is an American adventure drama starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young, adapting Jack London’s novel about a man and a sled dog facing the harsh realities of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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D.
Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf is a powerful supernatural being in Haida mythology, often associated with the ocean, transformation, and protection.
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E.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London that explores brutality, individualism, and moral conflict through the clash between an intellectual castaway and a ruthless sea captain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Jack London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Sea-Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
George Leach – John Garfield
NERFINISHED
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Humphrey Van Weyden – Alexander Knox NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Brewster – Ida Lupino NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolf Larsen – Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sol Polito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Amy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Warner Bros. Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationOf | The Sea-Wolf (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmRatingSystemEra | pre-MPAA modern ratings ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInGenreCycle | seafaring adventure films ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Wolf Larsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Erich Wolfgang Korngold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | life aboard the Ghost ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
brutality versus morality
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survival at sea ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American black-and-white cinema ⓘ |
| portrays | brutal sea captain ⓘ |
| producer | Henry Blanke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setOn | sealing schooner Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | novel ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| stars |
Alexander Knox
NERFINISHED
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Barry Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Lupino NERFINISHED ⓘ John Garfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sea Wolf (1941 film) Description of subject: The Sea Wolf (1941 film) is a 1941 American adventure drama based on Jack London’s novel, centered on a brutal sea captain and his crew aboard the sealing schooner Ghost.
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