The Virginian (1914 film)
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The Virginian (1914 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, notable as an early screen version of the iconic American frontier story.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Virginian (1914 film) canonical | 6 |
| The Virginian (1914 short) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9731531 — 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 Virginian (1914 film) Context triple: [Jeanie MacPherson, actedIn, The Virginian (1914 film)]
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The Virginian (1923 film)
The Virginian (1923 film) is a silent Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of the American frontier and its influence on the Western genre.
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B.
The Virginian (1929 film)
The Virginian (1929 film) is an early sound Western drama starring Gary Cooper that helped establish him as a major Hollywood leading man.
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C.
The Virginian (1946 film)
The Virginian (1946 film) is a 1946 American Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, starring Joel McCrea as the iconic cowboy hero.
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D.
The Virginian (novel)
The Virginian is an influential 1902 Western novel by Owen Wister that helped define the cowboy hero archetype and popularize the American Western genre.
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E.
The Virginian: Men From Shiloh
The Virginian: Men From Shiloh is the retitled final season of the long-running American Western television series "The Virginian," featuring a revamped format and cast while continuing the stories set around the Shiloh Ranch.
- 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 Virginian (1914 film) Target entity description: The Virginian (1914 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, notable as an early screen version of the iconic American frontier story.
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A.
The Virginian (1923 film)
The Virginian (1923 film) is a silent Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of the American frontier and its influence on the Western genre.
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B.
The Virginian (1929 film)
The Virginian (1929 film) is an early sound Western drama starring Gary Cooper that helped establish him as a major Hollywood leading man.
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C.
The Virginian (1946 film)
The Virginian (1946 film) is a 1946 American Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, starring Joel McCrea as the iconic cowboy hero.
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D.
The Virginian (novel)
The Virginian is an influential 1902 Western novel by Owen Wister that helped define the cowboy hero archetype and popularize the American Western genre.
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E.
The Virginian: Men From Shiloh
The Virginian: Men From Shiloh is the retitled final season of the long-running American Western television series "The Virginian," featuring a revamped format and cast while continuing the stories set around the Shiloh Ranch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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silent film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
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linked to:
The Virginian (novel)
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| basedOnAuthor | Owen Wister ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalContext | American frontier mythology in early cinema ⓘ |
| depicts |
cattle ranching culture
ⓘ
cowboy life ⓘ dueling and gunfights ⓘ range conflicts ⓘ |
| dialogueFormat | intertitles ⓘ |
| filmTechnique | intertitles for dialogue and exposition ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
American frontier
ⓘ
Wyoming Territory ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
The Virginian
ⓘ
linked to:
The Virginian (novel)
|
| includesCharacter |
Molly Wood
ⓘ
Steve ⓘ Trampas ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | mythology of the American cowboy ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | classic American Western novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Virginian
ⓘ
linked to:
The Virginian (novel)
|
| mainCharacterOrigin | Wyoming cowboy ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | American West ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
conflict between law and vigilantism
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friendship ⓘ frontier justice ⓘ honor ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early screen adaptation of The Virginian
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depicting an iconic American frontier story ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf | film adaptations of The Virginian ⓘ |
| productionEra | 1910s American cinema ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1910s ⓘ |
| silent | true ⓘ |
| sound | silent ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| workPeriod | early Western cinema ⓘ |
| workType | narrative fiction film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Virginian (1914 film) Description of subject: The Virginian (1914 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, notable as an early screen version of the iconic American frontier story.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.