Charles Reisner
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Charles Reisner was an American film director and actor best known for his work on silent and early sound comedies in Hollywood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Reisner canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8682796 — 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: Charles Reisner Context triple: [The Fortune Hunter, director, Charles Reisner]
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A.
Russell Metty
Russell Metty was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Oscar-winning photography for "Spartacus" (1960).
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B.
Clarence Kolster
Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
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C.
Austin Straubel
Austin Straubel was a U.S. Army Air Forces officer and World War II aviator from Wisconsin who was killed in action and later honored as the namesake of Green Bay’s main airport.
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D.
Louis Kraemer
Louis Kraemer was a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, which held that courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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E.
Walter R. Wilder
Walter R. Wilder was an American architect best known for co-designing prominent public buildings in the early 20th century, including major governmental structures.
- 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: Charles Reisner Target entity description: Charles Reisner was an American film director and actor best known for his work on silent and early sound comedies in Hollywood.
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A.
Russell Metty
Russell Metty was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films, including his Oscar-winning photography for "Spartacus" (1960).
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B.
Clarence Kolster
Clarence Kolster was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films in the early 20th century.
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C.
Austin Straubel
Austin Straubel was a U.S. Army Air Forces officer and World War II aviator from Wisconsin who was killed in action and later honored as the namesake of Green Bay’s main airport.
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D.
Louis Kraemer
Louis Kraemer was a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, which held that courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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E.
Walter R. Wilder
Walter R. Wilder was an American architect best known for co-designing prominent public buildings in the early 20th century, including major governmental structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsInFilm |
1910s
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1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Charles "Chuck" Reisner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Buster Keaton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurel and Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887-03-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1962-09-24 ⓘ |
| directed |
Chasing Rainbows
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steamboat Bill, Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Noise NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Store NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cameraman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hollywood Revue of 1929 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kid from Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood
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surface form:
Hollywood film industry
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early sound comedies
ⓘ
silent comedies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chasing Rainbows
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steamboat Bill, Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Noise NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Store NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cameraman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hollywood Revue of 1929 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kid from Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Minneapolis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
La Jolla NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| workedOn |
early sound films
ⓘ
silent films ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Reisner Description of subject: Charles Reisner was an American film director and actor best known for his work on silent and early sound comedies in Hollywood.
Referenced by (5)
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