The Hurricane (1937 film)
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The Hurricane (1937 film) is a 1937 American disaster drama directed by John Ford, renowned for its groundbreaking special effects depicting a devastating tropical storm in the South Pacific.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Hurricane (1937 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10809133 — 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: The Hurricane (1937 film) Context triple: [James Basevi, workedOn, The Hurricane (1937 film)]
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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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B.
Rain (1928 film)
Rain (1928 film) is a silent drama starring Joan Crawford, based on W. Somerset Maugham’s story about a troubled woman and a fanatical missionary on a South Seas island.
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C.
Moby Dick (1930 film)
Moby Dick (1930 film) is a pre-Code adventure drama adaptation of Herman Melville’s novel, starring John Barrymore as the obsessed whaling captain.
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D.
Riptide (1934)
Riptide (1934) is a pre-Code romantic drama film best known as one of producer Irving Thalberg’s polished MGM star vehicles of the early 1930s.
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E.
African Queen
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- 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 Hurricane (1937 film) Target entity description: The Hurricane (1937 film) is a 1937 American disaster drama directed by John Ford, renowned for its groundbreaking special effects depicting a devastating tropical storm in the South Pacific.
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A.
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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B.
Rain (1928 film)
Rain (1928 film) is a silent drama starring Joan Crawford, based on W. Somerset Maugham’s story about a troubled woman and a fanatical missionary on a South Seas island.
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C.
Moby Dick (1930 film)
Moby Dick (1930 film) is a pre-Code adventure drama adaptation of Herman Melville’s novel, starring John Barrymore as the obsessed whaling captain.
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D.
Riptide (1934)
Riptide (1934) is a pre-Code romantic drama film best known as one of producer Irving Thalberg’s polished MGM star vehicles of the early 1930s.
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E.
African Queen
"African Queen" is a hugely popular Nigerian love song by 2Baba (formerly 2Face Idibia) that became an Afro-pop classic across Africa and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirector |
Alexander Toluboff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Charles Nordhoff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Norman Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Hurricane (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bert Glennon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Lloyd Nosler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
disaster
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between islanders and colonial authorities
ⓘ
human struggle against natural disaster ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | French Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | groundbreaking special effects depicting a tropical cyclone ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| oscarNominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
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Academy Award for Best Assistant Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oscarNominee | Thomas Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oscarWon | Academy Award for Best Sound Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1937-09-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 110 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dudley Nichols
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oliver H.P. Garrett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Polynesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialEffectsSupervisor |
Farciot Edouart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gordon Jennings NERFINISHED ⓘ James Basevi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
C. Aubrey Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dorothy Lamour NERFINISHED ⓘ John Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Massey NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hurricane (1937 film) Description of subject: The Hurricane (1937 film) is a 1937 American disaster drama directed by John Ford, renowned for its groundbreaking special effects depicting a devastating tropical storm in the South Pacific.
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