A Free Soul (1931 film)
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A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film best known for Norma Shearer’s Oscar-nominated performance and Clark Gable’s breakout role as a charismatic gangster.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Free Soul (1931 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9985930 — 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: A Free Soul (1931 film) Context triple: [Jack Conway, directed, A Free Soul (1931 film)]
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A.
Ecstasy (1933 film)
Ecstasy (1933 film) is a Czech romantic drama best known for its controversial nude scenes and for featuring an early starring role by actress Hedy Lamarr.
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B.
Resurrection (1931 film)
Resurrection (1931 film) is an early 20th-century cinematic adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Resurrection," dramatizing themes of guilt, redemption, and social injustice.
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C.
M (1931 film)
M (1931 film) is a landmark German thriller directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its pioneering use of sound and its chilling portrayal of a child murderer hunted by both police and criminals.
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D.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
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E.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a 1946 film noir drama about a woman whose childhood crime entangles her in a web of guilt, blackmail, and doomed relationships.
- 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: A Free Soul (1931 film) Target entity description: A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film best known for Norma Shearer’s Oscar-nominated performance and Clark Gable’s breakout role as a charismatic gangster.
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A.
Ecstasy (1933 film)
Ecstasy (1933 film) is a Czech romantic drama best known for its controversial nude scenes and for featuring an early starring role by actress Hedy Lamarr.
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B.
Resurrection (1931 film)
Resurrection (1931 film) is an early 20th-century cinematic adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Resurrection," dramatizing themes of guilt, redemption, and social injustice.
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C.
M (1931 film)
M (1931 film) is a landmark German thriller directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its pioneering use of sound and its chilling portrayal of a child murderer hunted by both police and criminals.
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D.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
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E.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a 1946 film noir drama about a woman whose childhood crime entangles her in a web of guilt, blackmail, and doomed relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Actor (Lionel Barrymore) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Free Soul (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Adela Rogers St. Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Clarence Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Blanche Sewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ace Wilfong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dwight Winthrop NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Ashe NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Ashe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
crime ⓘ family conflict ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | pre-Code (no MPAA rating) ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actress (Norma Shearer)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Clark Gable’s breakout role as a gangster
ⓘ
Norma Shearer’s Academy Award-nominated performance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFilmEra | Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Clarence Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1931-06-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bayard Veiller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beatrice Banyard NERFINISHED ⓘ John Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to time of production ⓘ |
| starring |
Clark Gable
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ James Gleason NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Beaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ Norma Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfrid North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Free Soul (1931 film) Description of subject: A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film best known for Norma Shearer’s Oscar-nominated performance and Clark Gable’s breakout role as a charismatic gangster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jack Conway