Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 romantic screwball comedy film starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper, noted for its witty dialogue and sophisticated style.
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| Bluebeard's Eighth Wife canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Context triple: [Ernst Lubitsch, directed, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife]
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A.
La Dama
La Dama is a small village on the island of La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its rural character and coastal banana plantations.
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B.
The Stolen Bride
The Stolen Bride is a silent-era film best known for featuring popular 1920s American actress Billie Dove in a leading role.
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C.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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D.
The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Gene Wilder that is especially known for its soundtrack featuring Stevie Wonder’s hit song “I Just Called to Say I Love You.”
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E.
The Wives of the Dead
"The Wives of the Dead" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that blends melancholy, ambiguity, and the supernatural as it follows two women who receive conflicting news about their supposedly deceased husbands.
- 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: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Target entity description: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 romantic screwball comedy film starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper, noted for its witty dialogue and sophisticated style.
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A.
La Dama
La Dama is a small village on the island of La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its rural character and coastal banana plantations.
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B.
The Stolen Bride
The Stolen Bride is a silent-era film best known for featuring popular 1920s American actress Billie Dove in a leading role.
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C.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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D.
The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Gene Wilder that is especially known for its soundtrack featuring Stevie Wonder’s hit song “I Just Called to Say I Love You.”
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E.
The Wives of the Dead
"The Wives of the Dead" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that blends melancholy, ambiguity, and the supernatural as it follows two women who receive conflicting news about their supposedly deceased husbands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| artDirector |
Ernst Fegté
NERFINISHED
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Hans Dreier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (French play by Alfred Savoir)
NERFINISHED
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Leo Tover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | Travis Banton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Ernst Lubitsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | William Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic comedy
ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Franklin Pangborn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herman Bing NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren Hymer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
independence of women
ⓘ
marriage ⓘ wealth and class differences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Michael Brandon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicole de Loiselle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frederick Hollander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | battle of the sexes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
sophisticated style
ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Hollywood Golden Age screwball comedies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wealthy American businessman with multiple previous marriages weds a Frenchwoman who schemes to reform him and assert her independence. ⓘ |
| producer | Ernst Lubitsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-03-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenplayStyle | rapid-fire dialogue ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Billy Wilder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Brackett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | French Riviera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Claudette Colbert
NERFINISHED
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David Niven NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Everett Horton NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1930s ⓘ |
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