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The Devil-Doll: Literary Connections, Cast & Home media

The Devil-Doll is a 1936 American horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was loosely influenced by the novel Burn Witch Burn! (1932) by Abraham Merritt. It has become a cult film.

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The Devil-Doll topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Cast and Home media as prominent areas in the source structure around The Devil-Doll.

Related topics
34
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
39
Extracted relationships
32
Concept neighborhoods
11
Bridge connections
39

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 11 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Home media · 5 topics
Reception · 4 topics
Plot · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
Burn, Witch, Burn! 1933 novel by A. Merritt
Cinematography
Leonard Smith
Country
United States
Directed by
Tod Browning
Distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Edited by
Frederick Y. Smith

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Reception

Home media

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How The Devil-Doll connects Entity context

The extracted context around The Devil-Doll shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Devil-Doll → American, However, King Kong, Marketed, Merritt's, The Invisible Man, The New York Times, Thrilling Wonder Stories Another extracted example is The Devil-Doll → AFI Catalog, AllMovieThe Devil-Doll, Feature Films, IMDbThe Devil-Doll, TCM Movie Database. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The Devil-Doll

Top relations

related to Reception · 8
The Devil-Doll → American, However, King Kong, Marketed, Merritt's, The Invisible Man, The New York Times, Thrilling Wonder Stories
related to External links · 5
The Devil-Doll → AFI Catalog, AllMovieThe Devil-Doll, Feature Films, IMDbThe Devil-Doll, TCM Movie Database
Written by · 4
The Devil-Doll → Erich von Stroheim, Garrett Fort, Guy Endore, Tod Browning
Starring · 2
The Devil-Doll → Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan
Based on · 1
The Devil-Doll → Burn, Witch, Burn! 1933 novel by A. Merritt
Cinematography · 1
The Devil-Doll → Leonard Smith
Country · 1
The Devil-Doll → United States
Directed by · 1
The Devil-Doll → Tod Browning
Distributed by · 1
The Devil-Doll → Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Edited by · 1
The Devil-Doll → Frederick Y. Smith

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

film formula lavond former devil-doll lionel barrymore paul use merritt maureen o'sullivan novel smith scientist escape people directed tod browning

The Devil-Doll relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 32 structured relationships around The Devil-Doll. Examples in this analysis include The Devil-Doll → Based on → Burn, Witch, Burn! 1933 novel by A. Merritt and The Devil-Doll → Cinematography → Leonard Smith. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Devil-DollBased onBurn, Witch, Burn! 1933 novel by A. Merritt1.00infobox
The Devil-DollCinematographyLeonard Smith1.00infobox
The Devil-DollCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The Devil-DollDirected byTod Browning1.00infobox
The Devil-DollDistributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer1.00infobox
The Devil-DollEdited byFrederick Y. Smith1.00infobox
The Devil-DollLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The Devil-DollMusic byFranz Waxman1.00infobox
The Devil-DollProduced byEdward J. Mannix1.00infobox
The Devil-DollProduction companyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer1.00infobox
The Devil-DollRelease dateJuly 10, 1936 (1936-07-10)1.00infobox
The Devil-DollRunning time79 minutes1.00infobox
The Devil-DollStarringLionel Barrymore1.00infobox
The Devil-DollStarringMaureen O'Sullivan1.00infobox
The Devil-DollWritten byTod Browning1.00infobox
The Devil-DollWritten byGuy Endore1.00infobox
The Devil-DollWritten byGarrett Fort1.00infobox
The Devil-DollWritten byErich von Stroheim1.00infobox
The Devil-Dollis a1936 American horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around The Devil-Doll bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Browning, Directed and Tod. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • lionel barrymore
    • Lionel
    • Maureen
    • O'sullivan
    • Starring
    • Devil-doll
    • Browning
    • Directed
    • Frederick
    • Horror
    • Mannix
    • Tod
    • Lorraine
  • The Devil-Doll
    • Browning
    • Directed
    • Tod
    • Barrymore
    • Lionel
    • Burn
    • Horror
    • Starring
    • Witch
    • Marcel
    • Maureen
    • O'sullivan
  • the devil-doll
    • Browning
    • Directed
    • Tod
    • Barrymore
    • Lionel
    • Burn
    • Horror
    • Starring
    • Witch
    • Marcel
    • Maureen
    • O'sullivan
  • horror film
    • Horror
    • Starring
    • Tod
    • Novel
    • Maureen
    • O'sullivan
    • Lionel
    • Burn
    • Directed
    • Witch
    • Merritt
    • Use
  • tod browning
    • Directed
    • Tod
    • Devil-doll
    • Burn
    • Horror
    • Starring
    • Witch
    • Maureen
    • O'sullivan
    • Barrymore
    • Lionel
    • Film
  • cult film
    • Horror
    • Novel
    • Burn
    • Directed
    • Starring
    • Tod
    • Witch
    • Maureen
    • Merritt
    • O'sullivan
    • Lionel
    • Use
  • maureen o'sullivan
    • O'sullivan
    • Starring
    • Frederick
    • Mannix
    • Tod
    • Lorraine
    • Malita
    • Smith
    • Paul
    • Lavond
  • prison escape
    • Prison
    • Revenge
    • Lorraine
    • Scientist
    • Use
    • Former
    • Paul
    • Formula
    • Lavond

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The Devil-Doll, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The Devil-Doll with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
The Devil-DollOverview · splits 28 ⟂ 12
The Devil-DollCast · splits 28 ⟂ 12
The Devil-DollHome media · splits 34 ⟂ 6
The Devil-DollReception · splits 35 ⟂ 5
The Devil-DollPlot · splits 36 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

The Devil-Doll

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples32
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The Devil-Doll to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Cast & Home media, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The Devil-Doll · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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