The Senator Was Indiscreet
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The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 American political satire film starring William Powell as an inept, publicity-hungry U.S. senator.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Senator Was Indiscreet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Senator Was Indiscreet Context triple: [George S. Kaufman, notableWork, The Senator Was Indiscreet]
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A.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
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B.
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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C.
Madam Minister
Madam Minister is a Canadian political drama television series that serves as a counterpart to the U.S. series "Madam Secretary," focusing on the personal and professional challenges of a female foreign minister.
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D.
The Man Around the President
The Man Around the President is a political memoir by Jonathan Worth Daniels that offers an insider’s perspective on the personalities and inner workings of the U.S. presidency.
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E.
Mr. Secretary
"Mr. Secretary" is the formal style of address traditionally used for the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- 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: The Senator Was Indiscreet Target entity description: The Senator Was Indiscreet is a 1947 American political satire film starring William Powell as an inept, publicity-hungry U.S. senator.
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A.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
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B.
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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C.
Madam Minister
Madam Minister is a Canadian political drama television series that serves as a counterpart to the U.S. series "Madam Secretary," focusing on the personal and professional challenges of a female foreign minister.
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D.
The Man Around the President
The Man Around the President is a political memoir by Jonathan Worth Daniels that offers an insider’s perspective on the personalities and inner workings of the U.S. presidency.
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E.
Mr. Secretary
"Mr. Secretary" is the formal style of address traditionally used for the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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political satire film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Charles MacArthur ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Fred Houlihan – Ray Collins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lew Gibson – Peter Lind Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Poppy McNaughton – Ella Raines NERFINISHED ⓘ Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | George S. Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Paul Weatherwax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Fred Houlihan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lew Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Poppy McNaughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Senator Melvin G. Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
farce
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political comedy ⓘ |
| hasTitleType | feature film ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
United States senators
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
political publicity ⓘ |
| musicBy | Daniele Amfitheatrof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | an inept publicity-hungry U.S. senator ⓘ |
| notableFor | satire of U.S. political campaigning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American political satire cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Nunnally Johnson Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 75 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles MacArthur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Arleen Whelan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Dingle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Raines NERFINISHED ⓘ Hans Conried NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Lind Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ William Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th-century American politics ⓘ |
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