The Mysterious Mr. Wong
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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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Wong film series | 4 |
| The Mysterious Mr. Wong canonical | 4 |
| The Mystery of Mr. Wong | 3 |
| 1934 mystery film The Mysterious Mr. Wong | 1 |
| The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934 film) | 1 |
| The Mysterious Mr. Wong (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T671872 — 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.
Target entity: The Mysterious Mr. Wong Context triple: [Lotus Long, notableWork, The Mysterious Mr. Wong]
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A.
The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 novel by Richard Mason, later adapted into a successful stage play and film, that tells the story of a romance between a British artist and a Chinese sex worker in Hong Kong.
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B.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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C.
The Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang is an indie rock project led by American musician Emmett Kelly, known for its atmospheric, folk-influenced sound and collaborations with artists like Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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D.
The Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
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E.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Mysterious Mr. Wong Target entity description: 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.
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A.
The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 novel by Richard Mason, later adapted into a successful stage play and film, that tells the story of a romance between a British artist and a Chinese sex worker in Hong Kong.
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B.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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C.
The Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang is an indie rock project led by American musician Emmett Kelly, known for its atmospheric, folk-influenced sound and collaborations with artists like Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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D.
The Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
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E.
The Wishing-Chair
The Wishing-Chair is a classic children's fantasy book by Enid Blyton about a magical flying chair that takes two siblings on a series of whimsical adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| basedOn | stories by Harry Stephen Keeler ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Wong
ⓘ
surface form:
Mr. Wong
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | William Nigh ⓘ |
| distributor |
Allied Artists Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Monogram Pictures
|
| era | Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
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murder ⓘ power struggle ⓘ |
| hasVillain | Mr. Wong ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | early Bela Lugosi starring role at Monogram Pictures ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A sinister Chinatown crime lord seeks power through a series of murders to obtain coins of the Twelve Coins of Confucius ⓘ |
| portrays |
Bela Lugosi
ⓘ
surface form:
Bela Lugosi as Mr. Wong
|
| producer | Phil Goldstone ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Allied Artists Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Monogram Pictures
|
| releaseDate | 1934-09-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 63 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Houston Branch ⓘ |
| setting | Chinatown ⓘ |
| starring |
Arline Judge
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Bela Lugosi ⓘ E. Alyn Warren ⓘ Wallace Ford ⓘ |
| title | The Mysterious Mr. Wong self-link ⓘ |
| yearOfFilmRelease | 1934 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Mysterious Mr. Wong Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.