The other day around the dinner table, we were discussing movies adapted from books. I wanted to add something specific to the conversation, but the memory wouldn't come. I remembered that the movie was an adaptation of Emma, by Jane Austen. I remembered that it was made in the 1990s, and that I had watched it with my daughters. I remembered that the movie was set in modern L.A., and that the young actress playi I remembered that the movie was an adaptation of Emma, by Jane Austen. I remembered that it was made in the 1990s, and that I had watched it with my daughters. I remembered that the movie was set in modern L.A., and that the young actress playing the Emma analog was blonde. I could see her face, and the faces of her character’s best friend, father, step-brother, and “project” (the analog of the Harriet Smith character in the book.)And there I stopped. I couldn’t remember the name of the movie, or the name of the ingénue, or of any of the other actors. Searching Google and IMDB for “Emma” and “Jane Austen” got me nowhere. Neither my wife nor my younger children could fill in the blanks for me. I sent off emails to my older daughters, and then tried looking this up in Freebase, figuring that data typing would help me out. It did: the entry for Jane Austen (author) had film writing credits for many movies adapted closely from and named for her books, plus Clueless, which was what I was seeking, and Bride and Prejudice, a Bollywood-style adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. In addition, the book entry for Emma listed two movie adaptations, the 1996 Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and the 1995 Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone. Later on, I discovered that there’s an article on Freebase of type Film Collection called “Films based on Jane Austen novels,” which has an associated discussion about whether Clueless and Bridget Jones’s Diary should or should not have been included. (Both were, eventually.)I also discovered later that the Wikipedia article on Jane Austen includes a Filmography section. In fact, it’s more complete than either of the Freebase lists of Jane Austen adaptations, since it includes TV as well as film. By then, of course, I didn’t care: I had already recovered from my little senior moment.Freebase is still in Alpha. I have a few invites left; email me if you want one. Software Development