The Mad Miss Manton
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The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy-mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as a socialite who investigates a murder that the police dismiss as a prank.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mad Miss Manton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10522132 — 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 Mad Miss Manton Context triple: [Etta McDaniel, notableWork, The Mad Miss Manton]
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A.
Madame Mallory
Madame Mallory is a proud, exacting French restaurateur who runs a Michelin-starred restaurant and becomes both rival and mentor to an Indian family in *The Hundred-Foot Journey*.
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B.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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C.
The Grey Lady
The Grey Lady is the ghost of Helena Ravenclaw, known as the elusive and melancholy spirit associated with Ravenclaw House in the Harry Potter series.
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D.
The Bondman
The Bondman is a Jacobean tragicomedy by English playwright Philip Massinger that explores themes of slavery, rebellion, and political power in ancient Syracuse.
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E.
Libeled Lady
Libeled Lady is a 1936 screwball comedy film best known for its ensemble cast including Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy, and its fast-paced plot involving a libel lawsuit and romantic mix-ups.
- 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 Mad Miss Manton Target entity description: The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy-mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as a socialite who investigates a murder that the police dismiss as a prank.
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A.
Madame Mallory
Madame Mallory is a proud, exacting French restaurateur who runs a Michelin-starred restaurant and becomes both rival and mentor to an Indian family in *The Hundred-Foot Journey*.
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B.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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C.
The Grey Lady
The Grey Lady is the ghost of Helena Ravenclaw, known as the elusive and melancholy spirit associated with Ravenclaw House in the Harry Potter series.
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D.
The Bondman
The Bondman is a Jacobean tragicomedy by English playwright Philip Massinger that explores themes of slavery, rebellion, and political power in ancient Syracuse.
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E.
Libeled Lady
Libeled Lady is a 1936 screwball comedy film best known for its ensemble cast including Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy, and its fast-paced plot involving a libel lawsuit and romantic mix-ups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Wilson Collison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | Russell Metty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dialogueStyle | fast-paced witty banter ⓘ |
| director | Leigh Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Frank Magee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | socialite ⓘ |
| filmEra | Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery
ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmRatingSystemEra | Production Code era ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
amateur sleuth
ⓘ
high society ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter | Barbara Stanwyck as Melsa Manton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Melsa Manton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Edward Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing of Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A socialite and her friends investigate a murder that the police initially dismiss as a prank. ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStudioLot | Warner Bros. studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | October 21, 1938 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Philip G. Epstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Bracken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Barbara Stanwyck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frances Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ Hattie McDaniel NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ Penny Singleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Levene NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Ridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Bourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mad Miss Manton Description of subject: The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy-mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as a socialite who investigates a murder that the police dismiss as a prank.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.