The Sea Hawk

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film

The Sea Hawk is a 1940 swashbuckling adventure film starring Errol Flynn as a dashing privateer in the service of Queen Elizabeth I.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Sea Hawk canonical	3
The Sea Hawk (1940 film)	1
The Sea Hawk (screenplay)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10739940 — 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 Sea Hawk
Context triple: [Errol Flynn, notableWork, The Sea Hawk]

A. The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk is a 1924 silent swashbuckler film adaptation of Rafael Sabatini’s novel, known for its seafaring adventure and pirate-themed action.
B. The Eagle of the Sea
The Eagle of the Sea is a 1926 American silent adventure film starring Rod La Rocque, known for its seafaring action and romantic drama.
C. The Letter of Marque
The Letter of Marque is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian in the Aubrey–Maturin series, following Captain Jack Aubrey’s efforts to restore his honor and fortune while commanding a privateer after being struck off the Royal Navy list.
D. The Sea Wolves
The Sea Wolves is a 1980 British war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, and David Niven, depicting a covert World War II commando raid by aging veterans against German ships in neutral Goa.
E. The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 swashbuckling adventure film starring Burt Lancaster as a flamboyant pirate in a colorful, comedic take on the genre.
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 Sea Hawk
Target entity description: The Sea Hawk is a 1940 swashbuckling adventure film starring Errol Flynn as a dashing privateer in the service of Queen Elizabeth I.

A. The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk is a 1924 silent swashbuckler film adaptation of Rafael Sabatini’s novel, known for its seafaring adventure and pirate-themed action.
B. The Eagle of the Sea
The Eagle of the Sea is a 1926 American silent adventure film starring Rod La Rocque, known for its seafaring action and romantic drama.
C. The Letter of Marque
The Letter of Marque is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian in the Aubrey–Maturin series, following Captain Jack Aubrey’s efforts to restore his honor and fortune while commanding a privateer after being struck off the Royal Navy list.
D. The Sea Wolves
The Sea Wolves is a 1980 British war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, and David Niven, depicting a covert World War II commando raid by aging veterans against German ships in neutral Goa.
E. The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 swashbuckling adventure film starring Burt Lancaster as a flamboyant pirate in a colorful, comedic take on the genre.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
basedOn	The Sea Hawk (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Rafael Sabatini NERFINISHED ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
character	Doña Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey Thorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Wolfingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Sol Polito NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion	North America ⓘ
editedBy	George Amy NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	adventure ⓘ swashbuckler ⓘ
leadActor	Errol Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Erich Wolfgang Korngold NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Erich Wolfgang Korngold's musical score ⓘ elaborate sea battle sequences ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
oscarCategoryNomination	Best Original Score ⓘ Best Sound Recording ⓘ
oscarNominated	true ⓘ
portrays	Anglo-Spanish rivalry ⓘ privateering ⓘ
portraysBy	Errol Flynn as Geoffrey Thorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Hal B. Wallis ⓘ Jack L. Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDateUS	1940-07-01 (approximate mid-1940 release) ⓘ
releaseYear	1940 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	127 ⓘ
screenwriter	Howard Koch NERFINISHED ⓘ Seton I. Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod	16th century ⓘ
settingPlace	England NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Main NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Alan Hale Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Brenda Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Rains NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Crisp NERFINISHED ⓘ Errol Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Flora Robson NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Daniell NERFINISHED ⓘ Una O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	The Sea Hawk NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flynn → notableWork → The Sea Hawk ⓘ

subject surface form: Errol Flynn

The Sea Hawk (film score) → partOf → The Sea Hawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sea Hawk (1940 film)

The Sea Hawk (film score) → basedOn → The Sea Hawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sea Hawk (screenplay)

Salvatore Polito → notableWork → The Sea Hawk ⓘ

Patric Knowles → notableWork → The Sea Hawk ⓘ

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