Foolish Wives
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Foolish Wives is a 1922 silent drama film directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, renowned for its lavish production, psychological complexity, and early exploration of cinematic realism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Foolish Wives canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foolish Wives Context triple: [Erich von Stroheim, notableWork, Foolish Wives]
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A.
Four Wives
Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Michael Curtiz, that continues the story of the Lane sisters from Four Daughters.
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B.
My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, centered on a presumed-dead wife who returns to find her husband newly remarried.
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C.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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D.
The Provoked Wife
The Provoked Wife is a late 17th-century Restoration comedy play by John Vanbrugh, known for its sharp wit and exploration of marriage and female agency.
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E.
Blind Husbands
Blind Husbands is a 1919 silent drama film directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, noted for its psychological complexity and exploration of marital infidelity in the Austrian Alps.
- 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: Foolish Wives Target entity description: Foolish Wives is a 1922 silent drama film directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, renowned for its lavish production, psychological complexity, and early exploration of cinematic realism.
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A.
Four Wives
Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Michael Curtiz, that continues the story of the Lane sisters from Four Daughters.
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B.
My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, centered on a presumed-dead wife who returns to find her husband newly remarried.
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C.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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D.
The Provoked Wife
The Provoked Wife is a late 17th-century Restoration comedy play by John Vanbrugh, known for its sharp wit and exploration of marriage and female agency.
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E.
Blind Husbands
Blind Husbands is a 1919 silent drama film directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, noted for its psychological complexity and exploration of marital infidelity in the Austrian Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Ben F. Reynolds
ⓘ
William H. Daniels ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReputation | considered a landmark of early Hollywood realism ⓘ |
| director | Erich von Stroheim ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| estimatedBudget | over 1,000,000 US dollars ⓘ |
| filmFormat |
35 mm
ⓘ
black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmCensorshipHistory | subject to cuts by studio and censors ⓘ |
| hasFilmEditingBy | Arthur Ripley ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and social pretense
ⓘ
fraud and deception ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ sexual manipulation ⓘ |
| includedIn | various film preservation and restoration projects ⓘ |
| influenced | later psychological and realist cinema ⓘ |
| knownFor | extremely high production cost for its time ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Count Sergius Karamzin ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Erich von Stroheim ⓘ |
| marketingClaim | “the first million-dollar picture” ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of decadence and moral corruption
ⓘ
early cinematic realism ⓘ lavish production values ⓘ psychological complexity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf | Erich von Stroheim filmography ⓘ |
| portrays |
attempted seduction and swindling of an American diplomat’s wife
ⓘ
impostor Russian aristocrats ⓘ |
| producer | Erich von Stroheim ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| runningTime | various cuts; original version significantly longer than surviving prints ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Monte Carlo ⓘ |
| starring |
Erich von Stroheim
ⓘ
Mae Busch ⓘ Maude George ⓘ Miss DuPont ⓘ Rudolph Christians ⓘ |
| studioBacklotUsed | Universal City, California ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | survives in shortened, reconstructed versions ⓘ |
| writer | Erich von Stroheim ⓘ |
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