The Dark Angel
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The Dark Angel is a 1935 romantic drama film best known for Merle Oberon’s acclaimed performance and its Academy Award recognition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dark Angel canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8790109 — 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 Dark Angel Context triple: [Merle Oberon, notableWork, The Dark Angel]
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A.
Dark Angel
Dark Angel is a science fiction television series set in a dystopian future, following a genetically enhanced super-soldier named Max as she navigates life in a post-apocalyptic Seattle.
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B.
Strange Angel
Strange Angel is a television drama series that explores the life of rocket engineer and occultist Jack Parsons in 1930s–40s Los Angeles.
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C.
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels is a notable work by American author Jack Frost, recognized for its dark, atmospheric storytelling centered on morally complex characters.
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D.
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels is a 1995 Hong Kong neo-noir romantic crime film directed by Wong Kar-wai, noted for its stylized visuals, fragmented storytelling, and moody portrayal of urban alienation.
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E.
The Tarnished Angels
The Tarnished Angels is a 1957 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, adapted from William Faulkner’s novel "Pylon" and noted for its striking black-and-white CinemaScope cinematography and tragic story of barnstorming pilots.
- 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 Dark Angel Target entity description: The Dark Angel is a 1935 romantic drama film best known for Merle Oberon’s acclaimed performance and its Academy Award recognition.
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A.
Dark Angel
Dark Angel is a science fiction television series set in a dystopian future, following a genetically enhanced super-soldier named Max as she navigates life in a post-apocalyptic Seattle.
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B.
Strange Angel
Strange Angel is a television drama series that explores the life of rocket engineer and occultist Jack Parsons in 1930s–40s Los Angeles.
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C.
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels is a notable work by American author Jack Frost, recognized for its dark, atmospheric storytelling centered on morally complex characters.
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D.
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels is a 1995 Hong Kong neo-noir romantic crime film directed by Wong Kar-wai, noted for its stylized visuals, fragmented storytelling, and moody portrayal of urban alienation.
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E.
The Tarnished Angels
The Tarnished Angels is a 1957 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, adapted from William Faulkner’s novel "Pylon" and noted for its striking black-and-white CinemaScope cinematography and tragic story of barnstorming pilots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwardCategoryWon | Best Writing, Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination |
Best Actress
ⓘ
Best Picture ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomineeActress | Merle Oberon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardsEdition | 8th Academy Awards ⓘ |
| award | Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Dark Angel (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor |
Guy Bolton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Margaret Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gregg Toland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Sidney A. Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmingLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alan Trent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gerald Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitty Vane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystemEra | pre-Production Code enforcement era ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
love triangle
ⓘ
war and separation ⓘ |
| notableFor | Merle Oberon’s acclaimed performance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Fredric March
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herbert Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Merle Oberon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1935-08-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Lillian Hellman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mordaunt Shairp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Fredric March
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herbert Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Merle Oberon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Dark Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dark Angel Description of subject: The Dark Angel is a 1935 romantic drama film best known for Merle Oberon’s acclaimed performance and its Academy Award recognition.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.