The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case is a 1930 short comedy film featuring the iconic duo Laurel and Hardy in a humorous murder-mystery scenario.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9342980 — 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 Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Context triple: [James Finlayson, notableWork, The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case]
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A.
A Comedy of Murders
A Comedy of Murders is a comedic crime play by British writer Michael Chaplin that blends humor with a classic whodunit storyline.
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B.
Murder at the Gallop
Murder at the Gallop is a 1963 British mystery film in which Margaret Rutherford stars as Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth Miss Marple investigating a suspicious death at a country estate.
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C.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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D.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film, produced by Ealing Studios, about a gang of criminals whose heist is foiled by their unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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E.
After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man is a 1936 American mystery-comedy film in the Thin Man series, known for its witty dialogue and sophisticated blend of humor and detective intrigue.
- 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 Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Target entity description: The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case is a 1930 short comedy film featuring the iconic duo Laurel and Hardy in a humorous murder-mystery scenario.
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A.
A Comedy of Murders
A Comedy of Murders is a comedic crime play by British writer Michael Chaplin that blends humor with a classic whodunit storyline.
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B.
Murder at the Gallop
Murder at the Gallop is a 1963 British mystery film in which Margaret Rutherford stars as Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth Miss Marple investigating a suspicious death at a country estate.
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C.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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D.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film, produced by Ealing Studios, about a gang of criminals whose heist is foiled by their unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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E.
After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man is a 1936 American mystery-comedy film in the Thin Man series, known for its witty dialogue and sophisticated blend of humor and detective intrigue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short film ⓘ |
| basedOn | murder mystery theme ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George Stevens ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | James Parrott ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard C. Currier ⓘ |
| era | pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Hardy
ⓘ
Laurel ⓘ |
| featuresDuo | Laurel and Hardy ⓘ |
| featuresStyle | slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| filmSeries |
Laurel and Hardy film series
ⓘ
linked to:
Laurel and Hardy filmography
|
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| hasFormat | short film ⓘ |
| mainCastMember |
Oliver Hardy
ⓘ
Stan Laurel ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
inheritance dispute
ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ |
| notableFor | parody of murder-mystery conventions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Hal Roach ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 30 ⓘ |
| setIn | mansion ⓘ |
| starring |
Oliver Hardy
ⓘ
Stan Laurel ⓘ |
| title | The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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