Old San Francisco
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Old San Francisco is a 1927 silent drama film set in pre-earthquake San Francisco, known for its themes of racial tension and its depiction of the 1906 earthquake.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old San Francisco canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9151343 — 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: Old San Francisco Context triple: [Dolores Costello, notableWork, Old San Francisco]
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A.
Old Sacramento
Old Sacramento is a preserved 19th-century riverfront district in California’s capital city, known for its Gold Rush–era buildings, wooden boardwalks, and heritage attractions.
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B.
The City by the Bay
The City by the Bay is a historic waterfront city in New Jersey known for its role in early American colonial history and its location along Raritan Bay.
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C.
Embarcadero, San Francisco
Embarcadero, San Francisco is a waterfront district along the city’s eastern shoreline known for its historic piers, scenic promenade, and major landmarks like the Ferry Building.
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D.
East Side of San Francisco
The East Side of San Francisco is a broadly urban, historically working- and middle-class area that includes neighborhoods like the Mission District, known for its dense housing, cultural diversity, and vibrant commercial corridors.
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E.
Downtown San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco is the city’s central urban core, known for its dense mix of financial, commercial, and historic neighborhoods, including iconic hilltop districts and major cultural landmarks.
- 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: Old San Francisco Target entity description: Old San Francisco is a 1927 silent drama film set in pre-earthquake San Francisco, known for its themes of racial tension and its depiction of the 1906 earthquake.
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A.
Old Sacramento
Old Sacramento is a preserved 19th-century riverfront district in California’s capital city, known for its Gold Rush–era buildings, wooden boardwalks, and heritage attractions.
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B.
The City by the Bay
The City by the Bay is a historic waterfront city in New Jersey known for its role in early American colonial history and its location along Raritan Bay.
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C.
Embarcadero, San Francisco
Embarcadero, San Francisco is a waterfront district along the city’s eastern shoreline known for its historic piers, scenic promenade, and major landmarks like the Ferry Building.
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D.
East Side of San Francisco
The East Side of San Francisco is a broadly urban, historically working- and middle-class area that includes neighborhoods like the Mission District, known for its dense housing, cultural diversity, and vibrant commercial corridors.
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E.
Downtown San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco is the city’s central urban core, known for its dense mix of financial, commercial, and historic neighborhoods, including iconic hilltop districts and major cultural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| associatedWithStudioSystem | Hollywood studio system ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Hal Mohr ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depictsEvent | 1906 San Francisco earthquake ⓘ |
| director | Alan Crosland ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harold McLernon ⓘ |
| era | late silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipIssues | racial content considered offensive by later standards ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Chinese American characters
ⓘ
Irish American characters ⓘ mixed-race characters ⓘ |
| hasFilmColorType | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-Chinese sentiment
ⓘ
ethnic conflict ⓘ racial tension ⓘ racism ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| musicBy | silent-era compiled score (various composers) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
ⓘ
portrayal of anti-Chinese racism ⓘ use of melodramatic racial stereotypes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| producer |
Warner Bros.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1927-09-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 88 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Anthony Coldeway
ⓘ
Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| settingTime | pre-1906 San Francisco ⓘ |
| sound | silent ⓘ |
| stars |
Anna May Wong
ⓘ
Charles Emmett Mack ⓘ Dolores Costello ⓘ Josef Swickard ⓘ Warner Oland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Old San Francisco Description of subject: Old San Francisco is a 1927 silent drama film set in pre-earthquake San Francisco, known for its themes of racial tension and its depiction of the 1906 earthquake.
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