The Mad Genius (1931 film)
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The Mad Genius (1931 film) is a pre-Code American drama starring John Barrymore as a ruthless ballet impresario who manipulates a young dancer’s career and love life.
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| The Mad Genius (1931 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10090765 — 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)
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Target entity: The Mad Genius (1931 film) Context triple: [Marian Marsh, starredIn, The Mad Genius (1931 film)]
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Mad Love (1935 film)
Mad Love (1935 film) is a 1935 horror thriller directed by Karl Freund, noted for Peter Lorre’s chilling performance as an obsessed surgeon whose unrequited love drives him to macabre experiments.
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B.
Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, celebrated for its innovative special effects and inventive, self-referential storytelling about a projectionist who dreams himself into a movie.
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C.
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) is an early sound-era British-American adventure thriller in which Ronald Colman stars as a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement who becomes entangled in crime and romance.
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D.
M (1931 film)
M (1931 film) is a landmark German thriller directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its pioneering use of sound and its chilling portrayal of a child murderer hunted by both police and criminals.
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E.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
- 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 Mad Genius (1931 film) Target entity description: The Mad Genius (1931 film) is a pre-Code American drama starring John Barrymore as a ruthless ballet impresario who manipulates a young dancer’s career and love life.
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A.
Mad Love (1935 film)
Mad Love (1935 film) is a 1935 horror thriller directed by Karl Freund, noted for Peter Lorre’s chilling performance as an obsessed surgeon whose unrequited love drives him to macabre experiments.
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B.
Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, celebrated for its innovative special effects and inventive, self-referential storytelling about a projectionist who dreams himself into a movie.
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C.
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) is an early sound-era British-American adventure thriller in which Ronald Colman stars as a bored ex-soldier seeking excitement who becomes entangled in crime and romance.
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D.
M (1931 film)
M (1931 film) is a landmark German thriller directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its pioneering use of sound and its chilling portrayal of a child murderer hunted by both police and criminals.
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E.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Idol (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Martin Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Aileen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fedor Ivanoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Tsarakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Barney McGill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | George Amy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ |
| hasBalletTheme | true ⓘ |
| hasPreCodeContent | true ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | John Barrymore as Ivan Tsarakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bernhard Kaun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | John Barrymore’s portrayal of a tyrannical ballet impresario ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A crippled former puppeteer becomes a ruthless ballet impresario who controls a young dancer’s career and love life. ⓘ |
| producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hal B. Wallis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1931-11-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 81 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Harvey F. Thew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julius J. Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Boris Karloff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Butterworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ John Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis Alberni NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ballet
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manipulation ⓘ obsession ⓘ romantic jealousy ⓘ |
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Instruction
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