The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

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British film black-and-white film film silent film thriller film

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock’s first true suspense masterpiece, centering on a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer.

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Label	Occurrences
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog canonical	10
The Lodger	8
Daisy Bunting in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T787728 — 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 Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Context triple: [Alfred Hitchcock, notableWork, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog]

A. The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
B. The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
C. Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
D. House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
E. The Skin Game
The Skin Game is a 1920 play by English writer John Galsworthy that explores class conflict and moral compromise through a bitter feud between an old aristocratic family and a nouveau riche industrialist.
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 Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Target entity description: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock’s first true suspense masterpiece, centering on a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer.

A. The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
B. The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
C. Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
D. House with the Heads
House with the Heads is a historic canal house in Amsterdam, renowned for its ornate façade adorned with sculpted heads and its significance in the city’s architectural heritage.
E. The Skin Game
The Skin Game is a 1920 play by English writer John Galsworthy that explores class conflict and moral compromise through a bitter feud between an old aristocratic family and a nouveau riche industrialist.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ silent film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ
basedOn	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Lodger novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Baron Ventimiglia ⓘ
colorProcess	black and white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	widely acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs	Hitchcock’s first suspense masterpiece ⓘ
director	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
distributionFormat	silent with intertitles ⓘ
distributor	Woolf & Freedman Film Service ⓘ
featuresCharacterType	serial killer suspect ⓘ
filmEditingBy	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
filmingLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
genre	crime film ⓘ silent film ⓘ thriller ⓘ
hasTheme	fear and suspicion ⓘ mistrust of strangers ⓘ urban crime ⓘ
inspiredBy	Whitechapel ⓘ surface form: Jack the Ripper murders
musicBy	Ivor Montagu ⓘ
narrativeFocus	mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer ⓘ
notableFor	considered Alfred Hitchcock’s first true suspense film ⓘ early example of Hitchcock’s visual style ⓘ use of expressionist lighting and visual motifs ⓘ
originalLanguage	Silent ⓘ
partOf	Alfred Hitchcock filmography ⓘ
producer	C. M. Woolf ⓘ Sir Michael Balcon ⓘ surface form: Michael Balcon
productionCompany	Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate	1927 ⓘ
releaseYear	1927 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	~90 ⓘ
screenwriter	Eliot Stannard ⓘ
setInPeriod	contemporary 1920s London ⓘ
settingLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
shortTitle	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Lodger
starred	Arthur Chesney ⓘ Ivor Novello ⓘ June Tripp ⓘ Malcolm Keen ⓘ Marie Ault ⓘ
title	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog self-link ⓘ

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

Alfred Hitchcock → notableWork → The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog ⓘ

Alfred Hitchcock → directed → The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog ⓘ

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog → title → The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog self-link ⓘ

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog → shortTitle → The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog self-linksurface differs ⓘ