Charlie Chan at the Opera
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Charlie Chan at the Opera is a 1936 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, notable for its opera-house setting and appearance by Boris Karloff.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charlie Chan at the Opera canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7600284 — 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: Charlie Chan at the Opera Context triple: [Murray Kinnell, notableWork, Charlie Chan at the Opera]
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A.
The Gang’s All Here
"The Gang’s All Here" is a hard rock/heavy metal studio album by American band Skid Row, marking their return with new vocalist Erik Grönwall.
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B.
Elwood Blues
Elwood Blues is a fictional harmonica-playing musician and one half of the comedic rhythm and blues duo The Blues Brothers, famously portrayed by Dan Aykroyd.
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C.
Top Hat
Top Hat is a 1935 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, renowned for its elegant dance sequences, Irving Berlin songs, and status as a classic of the genre.
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D.
Ballad of a Thin Man
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a dark, surreal Bob Dylan song known for its biting critique of clueless establishment figures and its haunting, piano-driven sound.
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E.
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song is a 1958 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that explores the experiences of Chinese Americans in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
- 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: Charlie Chan at the Opera Target entity description: Charlie Chan at the Opera is a 1936 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, notable for its opera-house setting and appearance by Boris Karloff.
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A.
The Gang’s All Here
"The Gang’s All Here" is a hard rock/heavy metal studio album by American band Skid Row, marking their return with new vocalist Erik Grönwall.
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B.
Elwood Blues
Elwood Blues is a fictional harmonica-playing musician and one half of the comedic rhythm and blues duo The Blues Brothers, famously portrayed by Dan Aykroyd.
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C.
Top Hat
Top Hat is a 1935 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, renowned for its elegant dance sequences, Irving Berlin songs, and status as a classic of the genre.
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D.
Ballad of a Thin Man
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a dark, surreal Bob Dylan song known for its biting critique of clueless establishment figures and its haunting, piano-driven sound.
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E.
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song is a 1958 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that explores the experiences of Chinese Americans in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charlie Chan character by Earl Derr Biggers ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Rudolph Maté ⓘ |
| composer | Oscar Levant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | H. Bruce Humberstone ⓘ |
| distributor |
Twentieth Century-Fox
ⓘ
linked to:
20th Century Fox
|
| editor | Alex Troffey ⓘ |
| era | 1930s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Charlie Chan
ⓘ
Lee Chan ⓘ |
| filmSeriesEntryNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearance by Boris Karloff
ⓘ
opera house setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Charlie Chan film series ⓘ |
| producer | John Stone ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Twentieth Century-Fox
ⓘ
linked to:
20th Century Fox
|
| releaseDate | 1936-11-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runtime | 68 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bess Meredyth
ⓘ
Frank Fenton ⓘ Lynn Root ⓘ |
| setting | opera house ⓘ |
| stars |
Boris Karloff
ⓘ
Charlotte Henry ⓘ Keye Luke ⓘ Margaret Irving ⓘ Thomas Beck ⓘ Warner Oland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charlie Chan at the Opera Description of subject: Charlie Chan at the Opera is a 1936 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, notable for its opera-house setting and appearance by Boris Karloff.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Number One Son Lee Chan in Charlie Chan films
subject linked to:
Tommy Chan in Charlie Chan film series