A Face in the Crowd
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A Face in the Crowd is a 1957 American drama film that explores the rise and corruption of a media-made populist celebrity and the power of television in shaping public opinion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Face in the Crowd canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3201605 — 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: A Face in the Crowd Context triple: [Elia Kazan, directed, A Face in the Crowd]
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All the King's Men
All the King's Men is a 2006 political drama film adapted from Robert Penn Warren’s novel about the rise and fall of a populist Southern politician.
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B.
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film, loosely based on the real-life 1964 murders of civil rights workers in Mississippi, that explores racism and FBI investigation in the Deep South.
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C.
The Front Page
The Front Page is a classic American stage comedy, later adapted into several films, that satirizes tabloid journalism through the frantic exploits of a newspaper editor and his star reporter.
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D.
The Bold Ones: The Senator
The Bold Ones: The Senator is an American political drama television series from the early 1970s that follows an idealistic U.S. senator navigating the moral and ethical challenges of national politics.
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E.
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage is a 1956 Pulitzer Prize–winning book by John F. Kennedy that recounts the acts of political bravery of eight U.S. senators who chose principle over popularity.
- 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: A Face in the Crowd Target entity description: A Face in the Crowd is a 1957 American drama film that explores the rise and corruption of a media-made populist celebrity and the power of television in shaping public opinion.
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A.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men is a 2006 political drama film adapted from Robert Penn Warren’s novel about the rise and fall of a populist Southern politician.
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B.
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film, loosely based on the real-life 1964 murders of civil rights workers in Mississippi, that explores racism and FBI investigation in the Deep South.
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C.
The Front Page
The Front Page is a classic American stage comedy, later adapted into several films, that satirizes tabloid journalism through the frantic exploits of a newspaper editor and his star reporter.
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D.
The Bold Ones: The Senator
The Bold Ones: The Senator is an American political drama television series from the early 1970s that follows an idealistic U.S. senator navigating the moral and ethical challenges of national politics.
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E.
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage is a 1956 Pulitzer Prize–winning book by John F. Kennedy that recounts the acts of political bravery of eight U.S. senators who chose principle over popularity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Face in the Crowd Description of subject: A Face in the Crowd is a 1957 American drama film that explores the rise and corruption of a media-made populist celebrity and the power of television in shaping public opinion.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elia Kazan