The Musketeers of Pig Alley
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley is a 1912 American silent short film often cited as one of the first gangster movies, directed by pioneering filmmaker D. W. Griffith.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Musketeers of Pig Alley canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T450226 — 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 Musketeers of Pig Alley Context triple: [D. W. Griffith, notableWork, The Musketeers of Pig Alley]
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A.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers is a classic 1844 adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that follows d'Artagnan and three musketeers in a swashbuckling tale of honor, friendship, and political intrigue in 17th-century France.
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B.
Musketeers of the Guard
The Musketeers of the Guard were an elite corps of light cavalry and guardsmen serving the French kings, famed for their dashing image and association with Alexandre Dumas’s swashbuckling heroes.
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C.
Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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D.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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E.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
- 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 Musketeers of Pig Alley Target entity description: The Musketeers of Pig Alley is a 1912 American silent short film often cited as one of the first gangster movies, directed by pioneering filmmaker D. W. Griffith.
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A.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers is a classic 1844 adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that follows d'Artagnan and three musketeers in a swashbuckling tale of honor, friendship, and political intrigue in 17th-century France.
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B.
Musketeers of the Guard
The Musketeers of the Guard were an elite corps of light cavalry and guardsmen serving the French kings, famed for their dashing image and association with Alexandre Dumas’s swashbuckling heroes.
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C.
Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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D.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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E.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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gangster film ⓘ short film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | G. W. Bitzer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | D. W. Griffith ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Company ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
gangster
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street musician ⓘ young wife ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique |
cross-cutting
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location shooting ⓘ tracking shots ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
gangster film ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
gang rivalry
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protection of the innocent ⓘ urban crime ⓘ |
| includedIn |
National Film Registry
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surface form:
United States National Film Registry
|
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest gangster films
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early use of complex editing in crime narrative ⓘ early use of location shooting ⓘ influencing later gangster genre conventions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| partOf | early American cinema ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | preserved ⓘ |
| producer | Biograph Company ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Biograph Company ⓘ |
| releaseDate | October 31, 1912 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 17 minutes ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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urban slum ⓘ |
| starred |
Alfred Paget
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Clara T. Bracy ⓘ Elmer Booth ⓘ Harry Carey ⓘ Kate Bruce ⓘ Lillian Gish ⓘ Lionel Barrymore ⓘ Walter Miller ⓘ |
| writer | D. W. Griffith ⓘ |
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Subject: The Musketeers of Pig Alley Description of subject: The Musketeers of Pig Alley is a 1912 American silent short film often cited as one of the first gangster movies, directed by pioneering filmmaker D. W. Griffith.
Referenced by (6)
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