featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role
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The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 American silent drama film, notable as one of the earliest Technicolor features and for launching Anna May Wong as a pioneering Chinese American screen star.
All labels observed (1)
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| featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role Context triple: [The Toll of the Sea, notableFor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role]
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Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong was a pioneering Chinese American actress and international film star of the early 20th century, widely regarded as the first Asian American Hollywood movie star.
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B.
The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film, directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play, depicting a young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career against her father’s wishes.
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C.
Florence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence was a pioneering early film actress often regarded as the first movie star to be publicly named and promoted.
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D.
Clara Bow
Clara Bow was a hugely popular American silent film actress of the 1920s, famously known as the original "It Girl" and a defining sex symbol of the Jazz Age.
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E.
Fay Wray
Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress best known for her iconic role as the damsel Ann Darrow in the classic 1933 film "King Kong."
- 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: featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role Target entity description: The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 American silent drama film, notable as one of the earliest Technicolor features and for launching Anna May Wong as a pioneering Chinese American screen star.
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A.
Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong was a pioneering Chinese American actress and international film star of the early 20th century, widely regarded as the first Asian American Hollywood movie star.
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B.
The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film, directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play, depicting a young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career against her father’s wishes.
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C.
Florence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence was a pioneering early film actress often regarded as the first movie star to be publicly named and promoted.
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D.
Clara Bow
Clara Bow was a hugely popular American silent film actress of the 1920s, famously known as the original "It Girl" and a defining sex symbol of the Jazz Age.
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E.
Fay Wray
Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress best known for her iconic role as the damsel Ann Darrow in the classic 1933 film "King Kong."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| archive |
UCLA Film & Television Archive
ⓘ
linked to:
UCLA Film and Television Archive
|
| basedOn | a story by Frances Marion ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | J. Arthur Ball ⓘ |
| colorProcess |
Technicolor
ⓘ
two-color Technicolor ⓘ
linked to:
Technicolor cinematography
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Chester M. Franklin ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro Pictures ⓘ |
| era | early Technicolor era ⓘ |
| filmColor | color ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmType | silent feature ⓘ |
| genre | melodrama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Allen Carver
ⓘ
Lotus Flower ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural conflict
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motherhood ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early surviving example of narrative color cinema ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Madama Butterfly ⓘ |
| notableAspect | early use of natural outdoor locations in a color film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest Technicolor feature films
ⓘ
featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role ⓘ launching Anna May Wong as a pioneering Chinese American screen star ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| period | 1920s American cinema ⓘ |
| portrays | a tragic interracial romance ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | largely preserved ⓘ |
| producer |
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Technicolor
|
| releaseDate | 1922-11-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 54 minutes ⓘ |
| screenDebutType | first starring role for Anna May Wong ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frances Marion ⓘ |
| setting | China ⓘ |
| starring |
Anna May Wong
ⓘ
Beatrice Bentley ⓘ E. Alyn Warren ⓘ Kenneth Harlan ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role Description of subject: The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 American silent drama film, notable as one of the earliest Technicolor features and for launching Anna May Wong as a pioneering Chinese American screen star.
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featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role