The Medicine Man (1930 film)
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The Medicine Man (1930 film) is an early American pre-Code comedy-drama centered on a traveling quack doctor and his troupe, notable for featuring silent-era star Betty Bronson in a talking role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Medicine Man (1930 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6993653 — 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 Medicine Man (1930 film) Context triple: [Betty Bronson, performedIn, The Medicine Man (1930 film)]
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A.
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
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B.
The Plainsman (1936 film)
The Plainsman (1936 film) is a 1936 American Western adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the lives and exploits of frontier figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
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C.
The Bad Man (1941 film)
The Bad Man (1941 film) is a 1941 American Western comedy-drama featuring Wallace Beery as a notorious bandit whose antics entangle him with ranchers and bankers on the Mexican border.
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D.
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.
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E.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
- 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 Medicine Man (1930 film) Target entity description: The Medicine Man (1930 film) is an early American pre-Code comedy-drama centered on a traveling quack doctor and his troupe, notable for featuring silent-era star Betty Bronson in a talking role.
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A.
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
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B.
The Plainsman (1936 film)
The Plainsman (1936 film) is a 1936 American Western adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the lives and exploits of frontier figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
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C.
The Bad Man (1941 film)
The Bad Man (1941 film) is a 1941 American Western comedy-drama featuring Wallace Beery as a notorious bandit whose antics entangle him with ranchers and bankers on the Mexican border.
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D.
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.
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E.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Medicine Man (play) ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Elliott Lester ⓘ |
| characterFocus | traveling quack doctor ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Reed ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Scott Pembroke ⓘ |
| distributor | Tiffany Productions ⓘ |
| editedBy | Charles J. Hunt ⓘ |
| era | early sound era ⓘ |
| featuresSilentEraStarInTalkingRole | Betty Bronson ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| isPreCodeFilm | true ⓘ |
| leadActor | Jack Benny ⓘ |
| leadActress | Betty Bronson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
featuring Betty Bronson in a talking role
ⓘ
linked to:
Betty Bronson
|
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Trem Carr ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tiffany Productions ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 65 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jack Natteford ⓘ |
| setting | traveling medicine show troupe ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| stars |
Betty Bronson
ⓘ
Eva Novak ⓘ Jack Benny ⓘ James Hall ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Medicine Man (1930 film) Description of subject: The Medicine Man (1930 film) is an early American pre-Code comedy-drama centered on a traveling quack doctor and his troupe, notable for featuring silent-era star Betty Bronson in a talking role.
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