Maury Gertsman
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Maury Gertsman was an American cinematographer known for his extensive work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, particularly in the war and genre film categories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maury Gertsman canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4347087 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maury Gertsman Context triple: [To Hell and Back (1955 film), cinematography, Maury Gertsman]
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A.
Albert Maltz
Albert Maltz was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, best known as one of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his alleged communist affiliations.
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B.
Maurice Richlin
Maurice Richlin was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Pink Panther" and "Operation Petticoat."
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C.
Michael Peyser
Michael Peyser is an American film and television producer known for his work on a variety of studio and independent projects.
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D.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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E.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
- 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: Maury Gertsman Target entity description: Maury Gertsman was an American cinematographer known for his extensive work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, particularly in the war and genre film categories.
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A.
Albert Maltz
Albert Maltz was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, best known as one of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his alleged communist affiliations.
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B.
Maurice Richlin
Maurice Richlin was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing classic films such as "The Pink Panther" and "Operation Petticoat."
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C.
Michael Peyser
Michael Peyser is an American film and television producer known for his work on a variety of studio and independent projects.
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D.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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E.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Paramount Pictures
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Universal Pictures ⓘ Universal-International ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
film noir
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horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films
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work on genre films ⓘ work on war films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Son of Dracula (1943 film)
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linked to:
Son of Dracula
The Big Clock (1948 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Big Clock
The Black Castle (1952 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Black Castle
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956 film) ⓘ The Deadly Mantis (1957 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Deadly Mantis
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Glass Key (1942 film) ⓘ The Killers (1946 film) ⓘ The Leech Woman (1960 film) ⓘ The Mummy’s Curse (1944 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Mummy’s Curse
The Mummy’s Ghost (1944 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Mummy’s Ghost
The Mummy’s Tomb (1942 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Mummy's Tomb
The Strange Door (1951 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Strange Door
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| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maury Gertsman Description of subject: Maury Gertsman was an American cinematographer known for his extensive work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, particularly in the war and genre film categories.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.