Cinesound Productions
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Cinesound Productions was a prominent Australian film production company best known for its newsreels and feature films during the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cinesound Productions canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5584552 — 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: Cinesound Productions Context triple: [Damien Parer, employer, Cinesound Productions]
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A.
Academy Pictures
Academy Pictures is a film production company best known for producing the 1973 British horror film "The Legend of Hell House."
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B.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
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C.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is the fictional Hollywood film studio featured in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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D.
World Film Company
World Film Company was an early 20th-century American motion picture distribution and production company active during the silent film era.
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E.
The Zanuck Company
The Zanuck Company is a film production company founded by producer Richard D. Zanuck, known for backing major Hollywood features across various genres.
- 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: Cinesound Productions Target entity description: Cinesound Productions was a prominent Australian film production company best known for its newsreels and feature films during the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
Academy Pictures
Academy Pictures is a film production company best known for producing the 1973 British horror film "The Legend of Hell House."
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B.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
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C.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is the fictional Hollywood film studio featured in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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D.
World Film Company
World Film Company was an early 20th-century American motion picture distribution and production company active during the silent film era.
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E.
The Zanuck Company
The Zanuck Company is a film production company founded by producer Richard D. Zanuck, known for backing major Hollywood features across various genres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian company
ⓘ
film production company ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| archivalStatus | many films preserved in Australian archives ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterSeries |
Dad and Dave
ⓘ
linked to:
Dad and Dave Come to Town
|
| associatedWithPeriod | pre-television era in Australia ⓘ |
| basedIn | Sydney ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of Australian national cinema ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| distributionPartner | Greater Union ⓘ |
| era | classical era of Australian cinema ⓘ |
| focus | Australian-themed stories ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Stuart F. Doyle ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major studio of pre-war Australian film industry ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Ken G. Hall ⓘ |
| knownForFilmSeries | Cinesound Review newsreels ⓘ |
| languageOfFilms | English ⓘ |
| market | domestic Australian audience ⓘ |
| newsreelBrand | Cinesound Review ⓘ |
| notableFilm |
Dad and Dave Come to Town
ⓘ
Lovers and Luggers ⓘ On Our Selection ⓘ Smithy ⓘ The Squatter’s Daughter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
feature films
ⓘ
newsreels ⓘ |
| operationalModel | studio system ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Greater Union Theatres ⓘ |
| primaryExhibitionVenueType | cinemas ⓘ |
| producedContentType |
feature-length films
ⓘ
newsreel segments ⓘ short films ⓘ |
| producedFormat |
black-and-white films
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cinema newsreels ⓘ |
| producedGenre |
comedy films
ⓘ
drama films ⓘ war films ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Australasia
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
|
| roleOfKenGHall |
director
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producer ⓘ |
| statusBy1950s | declined ⓘ |
| style | commercial narrative features ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general public ⓘ |
| usedTechnology | optical sound-on-film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cinesound Productions Description of subject: Cinesound Productions was a prominent Australian film production company best known for its newsreels and feature films during the 1930s and 1940s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.