Harry Stradling Sr.

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American cinematographer cinematographer human

Harry Stradling Sr. was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his lush, expressive visual style on numerous classic Hollywood films.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Harry Stradling Sr. canonical	19
Harry Stradling Jr.	10

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T984266 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harry Stradling Sr.
Context triple: [A Star Is Born (1954 film), cinematography, Harry Stradling Sr.]

A. Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake was a prominent American actor and baritone best known for originating leading roles in landmark mid-20th-century Broadway musicals.
B. Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
C. Mr. Tappitt
Mr. Tappitt is a fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Rachel Ray," serving as one of the townspeople involved in the social and romantic intrigues of the story.
D. John Underhill
John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
E. Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harry Stradling Sr.
Target entity description: Harry Stradling Sr. was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his lush, expressive visual style on numerous classic Hollywood films.

A. Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake was a prominent American actor and baritone best known for originating leading roles in landmark mid-20th-century Broadway musicals.
B. Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
C. Mr. Tappitt
Mr. Tappitt is a fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Rachel Ray," serving as one of the townspeople involved in the social and romantic intrigues of the story.
D. John Underhill
John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
E. Eddie Sawyer
Eddie Sawyer was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 National League pennant.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American cinematographer ⓘ cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ
academyAwards	Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1920s ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) for The Picture of Dorian Gray Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Color) for My Fair Lady
birthName	Henry A. Stradling ⓘ
burialPlace	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
child	Harry Stradling Sr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harry Stradling Jr.
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1901-09-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1970-02-14 ⓘ
genreWorkedIn	drama films ⓘ film noir ⓘ musical films ⓘ
knownFor	expressive cinematography ⓘ lush visual style ⓘ
languageOfWork	English-language films ⓘ
name	Harry Stradling Sr. self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography for A Streetcar Named Desire Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Funny Girl Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Suspicion
notableWork	A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ Funny Girl ⓘ Jesse James ⓘ My Fair Lady (film) ⓘ surface form: My Fair Lady Suspicion (1941 film) ⓘ surface form: Suspicion The Dark Corner ⓘ The Love Parade ⓘ The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ
occupation	cinematographer ⓘ director of photography ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
relative	Walter Stradling ⓘ
spouse	Aline MacMahon ⓘ
style	elegant camera movement ⓘ high-contrast lighting ⓘ sumptuous production lighting ⓘ
workedIn	European cinema ⓘ Hollywood ⓘ
workedWith	Elia Kazan ⓘ George Cukor ⓘ William Wyler ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Star Is Born (1954 film) → cinematography → Harry Stradling Sr. ⓘ

Funny Girl → cinematography → Harry Stradling Sr. ⓘ

The Way We Were → cinematography → Harry Stradling Sr. ⓘ