Maurice Tourneur
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Maurice Tourneur was a pioneering French-born film director and screenwriter of the silent era, known for his visually sophisticated and atmospheric storytelling in both European and early Hollywood cinema.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maurice Tourneur canonical | 8 |
| Maurice Tourneur filmography | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10781754 — 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: Maurice Tourneur Context triple: [Poor Little Rich Girl, director, Maurice Tourneur]
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A.
Cyril Tourneur
Cyril Tourneur was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his dark, revenge-themed tragedies such as "The Revenger's Tragedy."
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B.
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor was a Hungarian-American film director best known for classic Hollywood movies such as "Gilda" and other major studio productions of the 1940s and 1950s.
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C.
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier was a prominent French film director and screenwriter, best known for his influential work in 1930s poetic realist cinema, including classics like "Pépé le Moko."
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D.
Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey was an American-born film director known for his stylistically distinctive and psychologically complex works, particularly in European cinema after his move to the United Kingdom.
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E.
Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné was a renowned French film director, best known for his poetic realist classics such as "Le Quai des brumes" and "Les Enfants du Paradis."
- 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: Maurice Tourneur Target entity description: Maurice Tourneur was a pioneering French-born film director and screenwriter of the silent era, known for his visually sophisticated and atmospheric storytelling in both European and early Hollywood cinema.
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A.
Cyril Tourneur
Cyril Tourneur was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his dark, revenge-themed tragedies such as "The Revenger's Tragedy."
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B.
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor was a Hungarian-American film director best known for classic Hollywood movies such as "Gilda" and other major studio productions of the 1940s and 1950s.
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C.
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier was a prominent French film director and screenwriter, best known for his influential work in 1930s poetic realist cinema, including classics like "Pépé le Moko."
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D.
Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey was an American-born film director known for his stylistically distinctive and psychologically complex works, particularly in European cinema after his move to the United Kingdom.
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E.
Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné was a renowned French film director, best known for his poetic realist classics such as "Le Quai des brumes" and "Les Enfants du Paradis."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ silent film director ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1940s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910 ⓘ |
| birthName | Maurice Thomas ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
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linked to:
Père Lachaise Cemetery
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| child | Jacques Tourneur ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1876-02-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1961-08-04 ⓘ |
| employer |
Metro Pictures
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Paramount Pictures ⓘ World Film Company ⓘ |
| genre | silent film ⓘ |
| influenced | Jacques Tourneur ⓘ |
| knownFor |
atmospheric storytelling
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innovative use of lighting and composition ⓘ pioneering work in early Hollywood ⓘ visually sophisticated filmmaking ⓘ |
| language |
English
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French ⓘ |
| movement | silent era cinema ⓘ |
| name | Maurice Tourneur ⓘ |
| notableFor | adaptations of literary works ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alias Jimmy Valentine
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Lorna Doone ⓘ The Blue Bird ⓘ The Blue Bird (1918 film) ⓘ
linked to:
1918 American silent film "The Blue Bird"
The Cub ⓘ The Last of the Mohicans ⓘ The Life Line ⓘ The Poor Little Rich Girl ⓘ
linked to:
Poor Little Rich Girl
The White Desert ⓘ The Wishing Ring ⓘ Woman ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| relative | Jacques Tourneur ⓘ |
| spouse | Fernande Petit ⓘ |
| startedCareerAs |
illustrator
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theatrical designer ⓘ |
| workedIn |
American cinema
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French cinema ⓘ silent film era ⓘ |
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Subject: Maurice Tourneur Description of subject: Maurice Tourneur was a pioneering French-born film director and screenwriter of the silent era, known for his visually sophisticated and atmospheric storytelling in both European and early Hollywood cinema.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maurice Tourneur