Whistling in the Dark
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Whistling in the Dark is a 1941 MGM comedy-mystery film starring Red Skelton as a radio crime-show host who becomes entangled in a real-life murder plot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Whistling in the Dark canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5140679 — 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: Whistling in the Dark Context triple: [Rags Ragland, notableWork, Whistling in the Dark]
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A.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
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B.
Footsteps in the Dark
"Footsteps in the Dark" is a smooth, soulful R&B ballad by The Isley Brothers, best known for its mellow groove and for being heavily sampled in later hip-hop music.
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C.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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D.
Silenced by the Night
"Silenced by the Night" is a 2012 piano-driven rock ballad by the English band Keane, released as a single from their fourth studio album "Strangeland."
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E.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
- 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: Whistling in the Dark Target entity description: Whistling in the Dark is a 1941 MGM comedy-mystery film starring Red Skelton as a radio crime-show host who becomes entangled in a real-life murder plot.
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A.
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark is a reflective, often humorous collection of theological meditations and essays by American writer and minister Frederick Buechner.
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B.
Footsteps in the Dark
"Footsteps in the Dark" is a smooth, soulful R&B ballad by The Isley Brothers, best known for its mellow groove and for being heavily sampled in later hip-hop music.
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C.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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D.
Silenced by the Night
"Silenced by the Night" is a 2012 piano-driven rock ballad by the English band Keane, released as a single from their fourth studio album "Strangeland."
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E.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Whistling in the Dark (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Wally Benton is a radio crime-show host NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leonard Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | S. Sylvan Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frederic Knudtson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureFilm | true ⓘ |
| filmColorType | black-and-white ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Whistling in Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Whistling in Dixie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
crime ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasGenreCombination | comedy-mystery ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Whistling in the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madeFor | theatrical release ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Wally Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bronislau Kaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Red Skelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Whistling film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A radio crime-show host becomes involved in a real-life murder plot ⓘ |
| producer | Hunt Stromberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| productionStudio | MGM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1941 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Maurice Rapf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Pirosh NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| starring |
Ann Rutherford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conrad Veidt NERFINISHED ⓘ Eve Arden NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry O'Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Rags Ragland NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Skelton NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whistling in the Dark Description of subject: Whistling in the Dark is a 1941 MGM comedy-mystery film starring Red Skelton as a radio crime-show host who becomes entangled in a real-life murder plot.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.