The President Vanishes
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The President Vanishes is a 1934 American political thriller film, based on an anonymous novel, about the mysterious disappearance of the U.S. president amid a looming war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The President Vanishes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10521099 — 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: The President Vanishes Context triple: [William Janney, notableWork, The President Vanishes]
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A.
The Man Around the President
The Man Around the President is a political memoir by Jonathan Worth Daniels that offers an insider’s perspective on the personalities and inner workings of the U.S. presidency.
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B.
The Kidnapping of the President
The Kidnapping of the President is a 1980 political thriller film about a plot to abduct the U.S. president, noted for its tense Cold War-era intrigue and suspenseful narrative.
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C.
President’s Plot
President’s Plot is a distinguished burial section within Princeton Cemetery reserved for Princeton University presidents and other notable figures associated with the institution.
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D.
Witness to Power
Witness to Power is a political memoir by former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman that offers an insider’s account of the Nixon White House and the Watergate scandal.
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E.
The President’s Child
The President’s Child is a thriller novel by Gerald W. Abrams that centers on political intrigue and the high-stakes dangers surrounding the American presidency and its family.
- 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: The President Vanishes Target entity description: The President Vanishes is a 1934 American political thriller film, based on an anonymous novel, about the mysterious disappearance of the U.S. president amid a looming war.
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A.
The Man Around the President
The Man Around the President is a political memoir by Jonathan Worth Daniels that offers an insider’s perspective on the personalities and inner workings of the U.S. presidency.
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B.
The Kidnapping of the President
The Kidnapping of the President is a 1980 political thriller film about a plot to abduct the U.S. president, noted for its tense Cold War-era intrigue and suspenseful narrative.
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C.
President’s Plot
President’s Plot is a distinguished burial section within Princeton Cemetery reserved for Princeton University presidents and other notable figures associated with the institution.
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D.
Witness to Power
Witness to Power is a political memoir by former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman that offers an insider’s account of the Nixon White House and the Watergate scandal.
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E.
The President’s Child
The President’s Child is a thriller novel by Gerald W. Abrams that centers on political intrigue and the high-stakes dangers surrounding the American presidency and its family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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political thriller film ⓘ |
| anonymousAuthorOfSourceWork | anonymous ⓘ |
| basedOn | The President Vanishes (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Adrienne Ames
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andy Devine NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ Genevieve Tobin NERFINISHED ⓘ Osgood Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Peggy Conklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Victor Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | William A. Wellman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | William Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalCharacterRole | President of the United States GENERATED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | studio production ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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political thriller ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
executive power
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national security ⓘ political conspiracy ⓘ war and peace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | pre-Code era context ⓘ |
| narrativeElement | looming war ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | disappearance of the U.S. president ⓘ |
| narrativeGenre | mystery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American cinema of the 1930s ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Wanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Allen Rivkin
NERFINISHED
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Cedric Worth NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn Starling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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