The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film)
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The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film) is an early American mystery thriller directed by Tod Browning that blends elements of a whodunit with spiritualism and séance-themed suspense.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20397098 — 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 Thirteenth Chair (1929 film) Context triple: [Tod Browning, notableWork, The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film)]
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The Thirteenth Hour (1927 film)
The Thirteenth Hour is a 1927 American silent mystery film, now considered lost, starring Lionel Barrymore and directed by Chester M. Franklin.
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The Thirteenth Chair
The Thirteenth Chair is a 1937 mystery film adaptation of a stage play, known for its blend of murder investigation and spiritualist séance elements.
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C.
The Thirteenth Hour (1947 film)
The Thirteenth Hour is a 1947 American mystery thriller film featuring Richard Dix in one of his later screen roles.
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D.
The Chaser (1928)
The Chaser (1928) is a silent comedy film best known for featuring Australian-born comic actor Clyde Cook in a leading role.
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The Lodger (1932)
The Lodger (1932) is a British thriller film adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel about a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer, directed by Maurice Elvey.
- 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 Thirteenth Chair (1929 film) Target entity description: The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film) is an early American mystery thriller directed by Tod Browning that blends elements of a whodunit with spiritualism and séance-themed suspense.
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A.
The Thirteenth Hour (1927 film)
The Thirteenth Hour is a 1927 American silent mystery film, now considered lost, starring Lionel Barrymore and directed by Chester M. Franklin.
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B.
The Thirteenth Chair
The Thirteenth Chair is a 1937 mystery film adaptation of a stage play, known for its blend of murder investigation and spiritualist séance elements.
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C.
The Thirteenth Hour (1947 film)
The Thirteenth Hour is a 1947 American mystery thriller film featuring Richard Dix in one of his later screen roles.
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D.
The Chaser (1928)
The Chaser (1928) is a silent comedy film best known for featuring Australian-born comic actor Clyde Cook in a leading role.
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E.
The Lodger (1932)
The Lodger (1932) is a British thriller film adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel about a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer, directed by Maurice Elvey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.