The Ghost Breakers
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The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 horror-comedy film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, blending spooky haunted-house thrills with witty, fast-paced humor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ghost Breakers canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8871872 — 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: The Ghost Breakers Context triple: [Paulette Goddard, notableWork, The Ghost Breakers]
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A.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by William Castle, known for its gimmicky "Illusion-O" ghost viewer and its story of a family inheriting a haunted house filled with twelve malevolent spirits.
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B.
The Uninvited
The Uninvited is a 1944 supernatural horror film produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr., renowned for its atmospheric ghost story and pioneering serious treatment of the haunted house genre in Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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D.
A Haunted House
A Haunted House is a 2013 parody horror-comedy film that spoofs found-footage and haunted house movies, starring Marlon Wayans.
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E.
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band known for blending thrash and melodic death metal elements into an aggressive, modern sound.
- 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 Ghost Breakers Target entity description: The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 horror-comedy film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, blending spooky haunted-house thrills with witty, fast-paced humor.
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A.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by William Castle, known for its gimmicky "Illusion-O" ghost viewer and its story of a family inheriting a haunted house filled with twelve malevolent spirits.
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B.
The Uninvited
The Uninvited is a 1944 supernatural horror film produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr., renowned for its atmospheric ghost story and pioneering serious treatment of the haunted house genre in Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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D.
A Haunted House
A Haunted House is a 2013 parody horror-comedy film that spoofs found-footage and haunted house movies, starring Marlon Wayans.
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E.
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band known for blending thrash and melodic death metal elements into an aggressive, modern sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Ghost Breaker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
play by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | George Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Archie Marshek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Larry Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ horror comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | black-and-white era Hollywood production code film ⓘ |
| hasRemake | Scared Stiff (1953 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
haunted house
ⓘ
inheritance mystery ⓘ supernatural investigation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Bob Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Paulette Goddard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ernst Toch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of spooky haunted-house elements and comedy
ⓘ
pairing of Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American horror comedy tradition ⓘ |
| producer | Arthur Hornblow Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | June 21, 1940 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James Edward Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenneth Gamet NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter DeLeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Cuba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
haunted castle ⓘ |
| starring |
Anthony Quinn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Lukas NERFINISHED ⓘ Paulette Goddard NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Carlson NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Best NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ghost Breakers Description of subject: The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 horror-comedy film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, blending spooky haunted-house thrills with witty, fast-paced humor.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Paulette Goddard