The Road to Reno (1931 film)
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The Road to Reno is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film, produced by William Hawks, about the tangled romantic and legal complications surrounding quick divorces in Reno, Nevada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Road to Reno (1931 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4684205 — 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 Road to Reno (1931 film) Context triple: [William Hawks, notableWork, The Road to Reno (1931 film)]
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A.
Dodge City (1939 film)
Dodge City (1939 film) is a 1939 Technicolor Western starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland that follows a cattleman-turned-sheriff cleaning up a lawless Kansas frontier town.
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B.
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.
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C.
Thunder Road (1958 film)
Thunder Road (1958 film) is a 1958 American crime drama starring Robert Mitchum as a Korean War veteran running moonshine in the Appalachian South while battling both federal agents and criminal syndicates.
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D.
Jesse James (1939 film)
Jesse James (1939 film) is a 1939 American Western movie dramatizing the life and legend of outlaw Jesse James, noted for its Technicolor cinematography and starring performances by Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda.
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E.
The Round-Up (1920 film)
The Round-Up (1920 film) is a 1920 American silent Western drama best known for starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in a rare serious role.
- 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 Road to Reno (1931 film) Target entity description: The Road to Reno is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film, produced by William Hawks, about the tangled romantic and legal complications surrounding quick divorces in Reno, Nevada.
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A.
Dodge City (1939 film)
Dodge City (1939 film) is a 1939 Technicolor Western starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland that follows a cattleman-turned-sheriff cleaning up a lawless Kansas frontier town.
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B.
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.
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C.
Thunder Road (1958 film)
Thunder Road (1958 film) is a 1958 American crime drama starring Robert Mitchum as a Korean War veteran running moonshine in the Appalachian South while battling both federal agents and criminal syndicates.
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D.
Jesse James (1939 film)
Jesse James (1939 film) is a 1939 American Western movie dramatizing the life and legend of outlaw Jesse James, noted for its Technicolor cinematography and starring performances by Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda.
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E.
The Round-Up (1920 film)
The Round-Up (1920 film) is a 1920 American silent Western drama best known for starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in a rare serious role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ pre-Code film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leo Tover ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Richard Wallace ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasSettingFeature | quick divorces in Reno, Nevada ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
divorce
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legal complications ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
pre-Code Hollywood era
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Code Hollywood
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| producer | William Hawks ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1931-09-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 74 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Rowland Brown ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Reno, Nevada
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linked to:
Reno, Nevada, United States
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| stars |
Anita Page
ⓘ
Charles Starrett ⓘ J. Farrell MacDonald ⓘ John Miljan ⓘ Lilyan Tashman ⓘ William Collier Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
William Collier Sr.
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road to Reno (1931 film) Description of subject: The Road to Reno is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film, produced by William Hawks, about the tangled romantic and legal complications surrounding quick divorces in Reno, Nevada.
Referenced by (1)
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