True Confession
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True Confession is a 1937 screwball comedy film starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, centered on a woman whose compulsive lying leads to a chaotic murder trial.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| True Confession canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Mon Crime
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play by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Charley
NERFINISHED
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Emmett NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Bartlett NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Bartlett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ted Tetzlaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Wesley Ruggles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Chandler House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
ethics in law
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truth and deception ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasGenre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasPlotElement |
compulsive lying
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legal comedy ⓘ murder trial ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
criminal trial
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lying ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| musicBy | Boris Morros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Carole Lombard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American screwball comedies of the 1930s ⓘ |
| producer | Albert Lewin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1937-10-22 (approximate U.S. release) ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtime | 85 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Claude Binyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Carole Lombard
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Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ John Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynne Overman NERFINISHED ⓘ Porter Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Una Merkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.