Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, centered on the detective’s investigation of a murder staged within a sinister wax museum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392677 — 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: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Context triple: [Victor Sen Yung, appearedIn, Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum]
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A.
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
"Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in wartime Paris.
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B.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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C.
Charlie Chan in Reno
"Charlie Chan in Reno" is a 1939 mystery-comedy film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in Reno, Nevada.
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D.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, set during a San Francisco exposition and involving the detective’s investigation of a sinister criminal organization.
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E.
Charlie Chan in Panama
"Charlie Chan in Panama" is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous Chinese-American sleuth uncovering a spy plot in the Panama Canal Zone.
- 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: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Target entity description: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, centered on the detective’s investigation of a murder staged within a sinister wax museum.
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A.
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
"Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in wartime Paris.
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B.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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C.
Charlie Chan in Reno
"Charlie Chan in Reno" is a 1939 mystery-comedy film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in Reno, Nevada.
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D.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, set during a San Francisco exposition and involving the detective’s investigation of a sinister criminal organization.
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E.
Charlie Chan in Panama
"Charlie Chan in Panama" is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous Chinese-American sleuth uncovering a spy plot in the Panama Canal Zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Charlie Chan character
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
works by Earl Derr Biggers ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles G. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Lynn Shores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Norman Colbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Charlie Chan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGenreElement |
crime
ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Charlie Chan film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Murder Over New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | mystery ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfFranchise | Charlie Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
detective work
ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ |
| musicBy | Samuel Kaylin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Lynn Shores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Charlie Chan film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Charlie Chan investigates a murder staged inside a sinister wax museum. ⓘ |
| precededBy | Charlie Chan in Panama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Ralph Dietrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-09-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 63 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Larkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | wax museum ⓘ |
| starring |
C. Henry Gordon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joan Valerie NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ Marguerite Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Toler NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Sen Yung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to 1940s ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1940 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Description of subject: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, centered on the detective’s investigation of a murder staged within a sinister wax museum.
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