Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, set during a San Francisco exposition and involving the detective’s investigation of a sinister criminal organization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charlie Chan at Treasure Island canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392673 — 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 Treasure Island Context triple: [Victor Sen Yung, appearedIn, Charlie Chan at Treasure Island]
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A.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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B.
Charlie Chan in Reno
"Charlie Chan in Reno" is a 1939 mystery-comedy film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in Reno, Nevada.
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C.
Charlie Chan at the Opera
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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D.
Peter Gunn
"Peter Gunn" is a jazz-influenced television theme composed by Henry Mancini, later famously reinterpreted in a synth-pop arrangement by the Art of Noise.
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E.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a 1934 American mystery film featuring Bela Lugosi as a sinister Chinatown crime lord seeking power through a series of murders.
- 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 Treasure Island Target entity description: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, set during a San Francisco exposition and involving the detective’s investigation of a sinister criminal organization.
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A.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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B.
Charlie Chan in Reno
"Charlie Chan in Reno" is a 1939 mystery-comedy film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in Reno, Nevada.
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C.
Charlie Chan at the Opera
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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D.
Peter Gunn
"Peter Gunn" is a jazz-influenced television theme composed by Henry Mancini, later famously reinterpreted in a synth-pop arrangement by the Art of Noise.
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E.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a 1934 American mystery film featuring Bela Lugosi as a sinister Chinatown crime lord seeking power through a series of murders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charlie Chan character by Earl Derr Biggers ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Charlie Chan
ⓘ
Jimmy Chan ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Virgil Miller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Norman Foster ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Norman Colbert ⓘ |
| genre | mystery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Samuel Kaylin ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Charlie Chan film series ⓘ |
| plotFocus | investigation of a sinister criminal organization ⓘ |
| producer | John Stone ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1939-08-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 73 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Larkin
ⓘ
Julian Harmon ⓘ |
| settingEvent |
San Francisco exposition
ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Gate International Exposition
|
| settingLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| stars |
Cesar Romero
ⓘ
Douglas Dumbrille ⓘ Douglas Fowley ⓘ Pauline Moore ⓘ Sidney Toler ⓘ Victor Sen Yung ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island Description of subject: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, set during a San Francisco exposition and involving the detective’s investigation of a sinister criminal organization.
Referenced by (8)
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