Sweet Smell of Success
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Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama about a ruthless New York newspaper columnist and a desperate press agent, renowned for its sharp dialogue, cynical tone, and influential portrayal of media power.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sweet Smell of Success canonical | 11 |
| Sweet Smell of Success (film) | 1 |
| The Sweet Smell of Success | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4306184 — 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: Sweet Smell of Success Context triple: [Burt Lancaster, notableWork, Sweet Smell of Success]
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All About Eve
All About Eve is a 2019 West End stage adaptation of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s classic 1950 film, notable for starring Gillian Anderson in the role of aging theatre star Margo Channing.
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All About Eve
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film about ambition and betrayal in the New York theater world, renowned for its sharp screenplay and performances by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.
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C.
The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes is a 1941 American drama film, based on Lillian Hellman’s play, that stars Bette Davis as a ruthless Southern aristocrat scheming for wealth and power.
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D.
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 American film noir–style drama about the ruthless rise of a Hollywood producer, acclaimed for its incisive look at the movie industry and its multiple Academy Award-winning cinematography.
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E.
The Children’s Hour
The Children’s Hour is a 1934 stage play by Lillian Hellman that centers on the devastating consequences of a false accusation of lesbianism against two women who run a girls’ boarding school.
- 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: Sweet Smell of Success Target entity description: Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama about a ruthless New York newspaper columnist and a desperate press agent, renowned for its sharp dialogue, cynical tone, and influential portrayal of media power.
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A.
All About Eve
All About Eve is a 2019 West End stage adaptation of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s classic 1950 film, notable for starring Gillian Anderson in the role of aging theatre star Margo Channing.
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B.
All About Eve
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film about ambition and betrayal in the New York theater world, renowned for its sharp screenplay and performances by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.
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C.
The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes is a 1941 American drama film, based on Lillian Hellman’s play, that stars Bette Davis as a ruthless Southern aristocrat scheming for wealth and power.
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D.
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 American film noir–style drama about the ruthless rise of a Hollywood producer, acclaimed for its incisive look at the movie industry and its multiple Academy Award-winning cinematography.
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E.
The Children’s Hour
The Children’s Hour is a 1934 stage play by Lillian Hellman that centers on the devastating consequences of a false accusation of lesbianism against two women who run a girls’ boarding school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story by Ernest Lehman ⓘ |
| character |
J. J. Hunsecker
NERFINISHED
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Sidney Falco NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Hunsecker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| cultStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| director | Alexander Mackendrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editedBy | Alan Crosland Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| influenced | later films about journalism and media manipulation ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Burt Lancaster as J. J. Hunsecker
ⓘ
Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cynical tone
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portrayal of newspaper columnists ⓘ portrayal of press agents ⓘ sharp dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Burt Lancaster
NERFINISHED
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Harold Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Clifford Odets
NERFINISHED
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Ernest Lehman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Burt Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Levene NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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media power ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sweet Smell of Success Description of subject: Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama about a ruthless New York newspaper columnist and a desperate press agent, renowned for its sharp dialogue, cynical tone, and influential portrayal of media power.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sweet Smell of Success (film)
this entity surface form:
The Sweet Smell of Success