The Mysterious Island (1929 film)
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The Mysterious Island (1929 film) is an early American science fiction adventure movie loosely inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, notable for its blend of silent and sound sequences and pioneering special effects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mysterious Island (1929 film) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7071991 — 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 Mysterious Island (1929 film) Context triple: [Noble Johnson, notableWork, The Mysterious Island (1929 film)]
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The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island is an 1874 adventure novel by Jules Verne that follows castaways stranded on a remote Pacific island as they use science and ingenuity to survive and uncover the island’s secrets.
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B.
Mystery Island
Mystery Island is a small, uninhabited islet in Vanuatu popular as a cruise ship stop for its beaches and snorkeling.
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C.
The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island
The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island is a 1981 Japanese animated television series that reimagines Johann David Wyss's classic shipwreck-and-survival novel through the adventures of a young girl named Flone and her family on a remote island.
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D.
Treasure Island (1934 film)
Treasure Island (1934 film) is a classic adventure movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, following young Jim Hawkins on a perilous quest for pirate treasure.
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E.
Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)
Island of Lost Souls is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film starring Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi, renowned for its disturbing portrayal of human-animal hybrids and early cinematic body horror.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mysterious Island (1929 film) Target entity description: The Mysterious Island (1929 film) is an early American science fiction adventure movie loosely inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, notable for its blend of silent and sound sequences and pioneering special effects.
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A.
The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island is an 1874 adventure novel by Jules Verne that follows castaways stranded on a remote Pacific island as they use science and ingenuity to survive and uncover the island’s secrets.
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B.
Mystery Island
Mystery Island is a small, uninhabited islet in Vanuatu popular as a cruise ship stop for its beaches and snorkeling.
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C.
The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island
The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island is a 1981 Japanese animated television series that reimagines Johann David Wyss's classic shipwreck-and-survival novel through the adventures of a young girl named Flone and her family on a remote island.
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D.
Treasure Island (1934 film)
Treasure Island (1934 film) is a classic adventure movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, following young Jim Hawkins on a perilous quest for pirate treasure.
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E.
Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)
Island of Lost Souls is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film starring Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi, renowned for its disturbing portrayal of human-animal hybrids and early cinematic body horror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Mysterious Island ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Jules Verne ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Max Fabian
ⓘ
Percy Hilburn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Lucien Hubbard ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Margaret Booth ⓘ |
| era | early sound era ⓘ |
| feature |
early use of sound sequences
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pioneering special effects ⓘ |
| filmColor |
part-black-and-white film
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part-color film ⓘ |
| filmingPeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| format |
part-silent film
ⓘ
part-sound film ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | two-color Technicolor sequences ⓘ |
| hasSpecialEffects |
fantasy sea creatures
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underwater sequences ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
exploration
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scientific experimentation ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
The Mysterious Island (novel)
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linked to:
The Mysterious Island
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| looselyAdaptedFrom |
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
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linked to:
The Mysterious Island
|
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Axt ⓘ |
| notableAs | early adaptation of a Jules Verne work in sound era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of silent and sound sequences
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early American science fiction adventure cinema ⓘ |
| partOf | American early science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| period |
pre-Code Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Code Hollywood
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| producer | Lucien Hubbard ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
MGM
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| runtimeApprox | 95 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | a mysterious island ⓘ |
| starred |
Jacqueline Gadsden
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Lionel Barrymore ⓘ Lloyd Hughes ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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Subject: The Mysterious Island (1929 film) Description of subject: The Mysterious Island (1929 film) is an early American science fiction adventure movie loosely inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, notable for its blend of silent and sound sequences and pioneering special effects.
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