Underworld (1927 film)
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Underworld (1927 film) is a landmark silent gangster film directed by Josef von Sternberg that helped establish the crime genre in early American cinema.
All labels observed (1)
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| Underworld (1927 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10090648 — 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)
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Target entity: Underworld (1927 film) Context triple: [B. P. Schulberg, notableWork, Underworld (1927 film)]
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A.
Dracula (1931 film)
Dracula (1931 film) is a classic American horror movie starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, widely regarded as the definitive early sound-era adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel and a cornerstone of Universal’s monster film legacy.
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Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Flesh and the Devil (1926) is a silent romantic drama film best known for starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert and helping to cement their status as major Hollywood icons.
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C.
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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D.
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931) is a landmark American horror film directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff as the iconic monster, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential early sound-era horror movies.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Underworld (1927 film) Target entity description: Underworld (1927 film) is a landmark silent gangster film directed by Josef von Sternberg that helped establish the crime genre in early American cinema.
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A.
Dracula (1931 film)
Dracula (1931 film) is a classic American horror movie starring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, widely regarded as the definitive early sound-era adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel and a cornerstone of Universal’s monster film legacy.
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B.
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Flesh and the Devil (1926) is a silent romantic drama film best known for starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert and helping to cement their status as major Hollywood icons.
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C.
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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D.
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931) is a landmark American horror film directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff as the iconic monster, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential early sound-era horror movies.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gangster film
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silent film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Original Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Ben Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by Ben Hecht ⓘ |
| character |
Bull Weed
NERFINISHED
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Feathers McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolls Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Bert Glennon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Josef von Sternberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | E. Lloyd Sheldon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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gangster ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
expressionistic lighting
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location shooting ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Little Caesar (1931 film)
NERFINISHED
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Scarface (1932 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Public Enemy (1931 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
loyalty and betrayal
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organized crime ⓘ |
| hasType | narrative feature ⓘ |
| includedIn | early American gangster cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hugo Riesenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping establish the gangster film genre in American cinema
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influential depiction of organized crime in silent era ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf | American silent cinema ⓘ |
| producer | B. P. Schulberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1927-08-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 81 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ben Hecht
NERFINISHED
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Charles Furthman NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert N. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Clive Brook
NERFINISHED
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Evelyn Brent NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Kohler NERFINISHED ⓘ George Bancroft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Underworld (1927 film) Description of subject: Underworld (1927 film) is a landmark silent gangster film directed by Josef von Sternberg that helped establish the crime genre in early American cinema.
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