Scrooge (1951 film)
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Scrooge (1951 film) is a British adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," renowned as one of the definitive screen portrayals of Ebenezer Scrooge and the classic Christmas ghost story.
All labels observed (1)
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| Scrooge (1951 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10813166 — 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: Scrooge (1951 film) Context triple: [Scrooge (1951 film screenplay), writtenForFilm, Scrooge (1951 film)]
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Scrooge (1970 film)
Scrooge (1970 film) is a British musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novella, featuring Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge and incorporating song-and-dance numbers into the traditional Christmas ghost story.
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Scrooge (1951 film screenplay)
Scrooge (1951 film screenplay) is the script for the classic British film adaptation of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," renowned for its faithful yet cinematic retelling of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge.
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Scrooged
Scrooged is a 1988 dark comedy film that modernizes Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," starring Bill Murray as a cynical television executive who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.
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A Christmas Carol (1984 film)
A Christmas Carol (1984 film) is a 1984 television adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novella, renowned for George C. Scott's acclaimed portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge.
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A Christmas Carol (1999 film)
A Christmas Carol (1999 film) is a television adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novella, starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge in a faithful and dramatic retelling of the story.
- 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)
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Target entity: Scrooge (1951 film) Target entity description: Scrooge (1951 film) is a British adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," renowned as one of the definitive screen portrayals of Ebenezer Scrooge and the classic Christmas ghost story.
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A.
Scrooge (1970 film)
Scrooge (1970 film) is a British musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novella, featuring Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge and incorporating song-and-dance numbers into the traditional Christmas ghost story.
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B.
Scrooge (1951 film screenplay)
Scrooge (1951 film screenplay) is the script for the classic British film adaptation of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," renowned for its faithful yet cinematic retelling of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge.
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C.
Scrooged
Scrooged is a 1988 dark comedy film that modernizes Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," starring Bill Murray as a cynical television executive who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.
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D.
A Christmas Carol (1984 film)
A Christmas Carol (1984 film) is a 1984 television adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novella, renowned for George C. Scott's acclaimed portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge.
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A Christmas Carol (1999 film)
A Christmas Carol (1999 film) is a television adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novella, starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge in a faithful and dramatic retelling of the story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | A Christmas Carol (United States title) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Christmas Carol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Bob Cratchit
NERFINISHED
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Ebenezer Scrooge NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost of Christmas Past NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost of Christmas Present NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacob Marley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | C. M. Pennington-Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Brian Desmond Hurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Renown Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Clive Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
drama ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation | considered one of the definitive film adaptations of A Christmas Carol ⓘ |
| hasSettingTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Addinsell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
Christmas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
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portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge by Alastair Sim ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | George Minter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Renown Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1951-10-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Noel Langley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Alastair Sim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hermione Baddeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathleen Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Mervyn Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Christmas ghost story ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfRelease | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| title | Scrooge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scrooge (1951 film) Description of subject: Scrooge (1951 film) is a British adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," renowned as one of the definitive screen portrayals of Ebenezer Scrooge and the classic Christmas ghost story.
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