The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film)
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of Bret Harte’s classic short story about exiled misfits facing fate in a remote frontier town.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film) canonical | 1 |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937 film) | 1 |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12826744 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film) Context triple: [The Outcasts of Poker Flat, hasAdaptation, The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film)]
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A.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an 1869 short story by American author Bret Harte that portrays a group of exiles in a California mining town facing moral judgment and harsh frontier conditions.
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B.
The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film)
The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of David Belasco’s play, notable as an early cinematic portrayal of frontier romance and justice.
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The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy Western film starring Don Knotts as a bumbling frontier dentist who inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero.
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D.
The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid is a 1940 American Western film starring Roy Rogers as a vengeful outlaw, with Carol Hughes in a prominent role.
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E.
Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch
Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch was a notorious late-19th-century American outlaw gang known for robbing banks, trains, and payrolls across the Western United States.
- 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 Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film) Target entity description: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of Bret Harte’s classic short story about exiled misfits facing fate in a remote frontier town.
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A.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an 1869 short story by American author Bret Harte that portrays a group of exiles in a California mining town facing moral judgment and harsh frontier conditions.
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B.
The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film)
The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of David Belasco’s play, notable as an early cinematic portrayal of frontier romance and justice.
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C.
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy Western film starring Don Knotts as a bumbling frontier dentist who inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero.
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D.
The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid is a 1940 American Western film starring Roy Rogers as a vengeful outlaw, with Carol Hughes in a prominent role.
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E.
Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch
Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch was a notorious late-19th-century American outlaw gang known for robbing banks, trains, and payrolls across the Western United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (short story)
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linked to:
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
|
| basedOn |
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
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short story by Bret Harte ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmTechnique | intertitles ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | group of exiled misfits ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
fate
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redemption ⓘ social ostracism ⓘ |
| productionEra | silent era ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| setting |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Poker Flat ⓘ
linked to:
Poker Flat, California
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| settingPeriod |
American Old West
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linked to:
Old West
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| sourceAuthor | Bret Harte ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
exile
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frontier town ⓘ moral judgment by a community ⓘ |
| title | The Outcasts of Poker Flat ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film) Description of subject: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film) is a silent Western drama adaptation of Bret Harte’s classic short story about exiled misfits facing fate in a remote frontier town.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film)
linked to: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film)