The Squaw Man (1914 film)
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The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Squaw Man (1914 film) canonical | 8 |
| The Squaw Man | 2 |
| The Squaw Man (1918 film) | 1 |
| The Squaw Man (play) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4497254 — 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: The Squaw Man (1914 film) Context triple: [Jesse L. Lasky, notableWork, The Squaw Man (1914 film)]
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The Last of the Mohicans (1920 film)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920 film) is a silent historical adventure movie based on James Fenimore Cooper’s novel, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of frontier life and Native American characters during the French and Indian War.
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The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
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C.
The Big Country
The Big Country is a 1958 American Western epic film, directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, known for its sweeping Cinemascope landscapes and exploration of pride, honor, and frontier justice.
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D.
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that humorously subverts traditional Western tropes through the tale of a newly married sheriff returning with his bride to a small frontier town.
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E.
Forty Guns
Forty Guns is a 1957 Western film directed by Samuel Fuller, known for its striking black-and-white Cinemascope visuals and Barbara Stanwyck’s powerful role as a ruthless ranch matriarch.
- 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 Squaw Man (1914 film) Target entity description: The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
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A.
The Last of the Mohicans (1920 film)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920 film) is a silent historical adventure movie based on James Fenimore Cooper’s novel, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of frontier life and Native American characters during the French and Indian War.
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B.
The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
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C.
The Big Country
The Big Country is a 1958 American Western epic film, directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, known for its sweeping Cinemascope landscapes and exploration of pride, honor, and frontier justice.
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D.
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that humorously subverts traditional Western tropes through the tale of a newly married sheriff returning with his bride to a small frontier town.
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E.
Forty Guns
Forty Guns is a 1957 Western film directed by Samuel Fuller, known for its striking black-and-white Cinemascope visuals and Barbara Stanwyck’s powerful role as a ruthless ranch matriarch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
Western film ⓘ black-and-white film ⓘ drama film ⓘ feature-length film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Squaw Man (novel)
ⓘ
The Squaw Man (play) ⓘ
linked to:
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
|
| cinematographyBy | Alvin Wyckoff ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director |
Cecil B. DeMille
ⓘ
Oscar Apfel ⓘ |
| distributor |
Famous Players–Lasky (through Paramount)
ⓘ
linked to:
Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmDebutOf | Cecil B. DeMille as director ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early milestone in American feature film production
ⓘ
key work in the development of the American film industry ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacterJamesWynnegate | Dustin Farnum ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | James Wynnegate ⓘ |
| locationShooting |
Hollywood, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood, California, United States
|
| notableFor |
being an early feature-length Western
ⓘ
being one of the first feature-length films shot in Hollywood ⓘ helping establish Hollywood as a film production center ⓘ |
| portrays | interracial marriage between an English aristocrat and a Native American woman ⓘ |
| portraysEthnicity | Native Americans ⓘ |
| producer | Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company ⓘ |
| releaseDate | February 1914 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| remadeAs |
The Squaw Man (1918 film)
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The Squaw Man (1931 film) ⓘ |
| runningTimeCategory | feature film ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 74 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Cecil B. DeMille
ⓘ
Oscar Apfel ⓘ |
| setting |
American West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
England ⓘ |
| stars |
Dustin Farnum
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Joseph Singleton ⓘ Monroe Salisbury ⓘ Red Wing ⓘ Winifred Kingston ⓘ |
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Subject: The Squaw Man (1914 film) Description of subject: The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
Referenced by (12)
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linked to: The Squaw Man (1914 film)
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Lasky
linked to: The Squaw Man (1914 film)
linked to: The Squaw Man (1914 film)
linked to: The Squaw Man (1914 film)