War Brides (1916 film)
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War Brides (1916 film) is a 1916 American silent anti-war drama starring Alla Nazimova in one of her earliest and most acclaimed screen roles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| War Brides (1916 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3516873 — 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: War Brides (1916 film) Context triple: [Alla Nazimova, notableWork, War Brides (1916 film)]
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A.
The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film)
The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film) is a silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith that explores marital infidelity and gender conflict in early 20th-century America.
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B.
The Big Parade
The Big Parade is a landmark 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor that powerfully depicts a young man's harrowing experiences in World War I.
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C.
Three Soldiers
Three Soldiers is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the dehumanizing effects of military life on three American soldiers.
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D.
The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) is a silent comedy-drama directed by D. W. Griffith that explores marital infidelity and gender conflict in late-1920s American society.
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E.
One Man's Initiation: 1917
One Man's Initiation: 1917 is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that draws on his own experiences as an ambulance driver to depict the disillusionment and psychological impact of war on young soldiers.
- 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: War Brides (1916 film) Target entity description: War Brides (1916 film) is a 1916 American silent anti-war drama starring Alla Nazimova in one of her earliest and most acclaimed screen roles.
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A.
The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film)
The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film) is a silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith that explores marital infidelity and gender conflict in early 20th-century America.
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B.
The Big Parade
The Big Parade is a landmark 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor that powerfully depicts a young man's harrowing experiences in World War I.
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C.
Three Soldiers
Three Soldiers is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the dehumanizing effects of military life on three American soldiers.
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D.
The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) is a silent comedy-drama directed by D. W. Griffith that explores marital infidelity and gender conflict in late-1920s American society.
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E.
One Man's Initiation: 1917
One Man's Initiation: 1917 is a World War I novel by John Dos Passos that draws on his own experiences as an ambulance driver to depict the disillusionment and psychological impact of war on young soldiers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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anti-war film ⓘ drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | War Brides (play) ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Marion Craig Wentworth ⓘ |
| castMember | Alla Nazimova ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | subject to censorship in some jurisdictions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Herbert Brenon ⓘ |
| distributor | Lewis J. Selznick ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war film
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drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
government official
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soldier ⓘ war widow ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim for Alla Nazimova's performance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conscription
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pacifism ⓘ women and war ⓘ |
| hasType | feature-length ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | impact of war on women left at home ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early screen role of Alla Nazimova
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strong anti-war message ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| producer | Herbert Brenon ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Herbert Brenon Film Corporation ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1916 ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | World War I era ⓘ |
| runningTime | feature length (exact minutes uncertain) ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Herbert Brenon
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Marion Craig Wentworth ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | wartime (fictional European country) ⓘ |
| silentWithIntertitles | true ⓘ |
| starring | Alla Nazimova ⓘ |
| starVehicleFor | Alla Nazimova ⓘ |
| title | War Brides ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: War Brides (1916 film) Description of subject: War Brides (1916 film) is a 1916 American silent anti-war drama starring Alla Nazimova in one of her earliest and most acclaimed screen roles.
Referenced by (2)
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