Whistling in Dixie
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Whistling in Dixie is a 1942 American comedy-mystery film featuring Rags Ragland alongside Red Skelton in a lighthearted Southern-set adventure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dixie | 1 |
| Whistling in Dixie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5140680 — 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 Dixie Context triple: [Rags Ragland, notableWork, Whistling in Dixie]
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A.
A December Day in Dixie
A December Day in Dixie is a short story by Kate Chopin included in her 1897 collection *A Night in Acadie*, reflecting her characteristic regional realism and focus on Southern life.
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B.
Heart of Dixie
Heart of Dixie is a popular nickname for the U.S. state of Alabama, reflecting its central role in the history and culture of the American South.
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Goin' South
Goin' South is a 1978 Western comedy film directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, known for its offbeat humor and Nicholson’s portrayal of a bumbling outlaw.
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D.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
Thunderbolt, Georgia is a small coastal town in Chatham County known for its historic shrimping industry and location along the Wilmington River just east of Savannah.
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E.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a roots-rock song by The Band, written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Levon Helm, that poignantly narrates the fall of the Confederacy through the eyes of a Southern farmer.
- 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 Dixie Target entity description: Whistling in Dixie is a 1942 American comedy-mystery film featuring Rags Ragland alongside Red Skelton in a lighthearted Southern-set adventure.
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A.
A December Day in Dixie
A December Day in Dixie is a short story by Kate Chopin included in her 1897 collection *A Night in Acadie*, reflecting her characteristic regional realism and focus on Southern life.
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B.
Heart of Dixie
Heart of Dixie is a popular nickname for the U.S. state of Alabama, reflecting its central role in the history and culture of the American South.
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C.
Goin' South
Goin' South is a 1978 Western comedy film directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, known for its offbeat humor and Nicholson’s portrayal of a bumbling outlaw.
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D.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
Thunderbolt, Georgia is a small coastal town in Chatham County known for its historic shrimping industry and location along the Wilmington River just east of Savannah.
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E.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a roots-rock song by The Band, written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Levon Helm, that poignantly narrates the fall of the Confederacy through the eyes of a Southern farmer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy-mystery film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | characters created by Nat Hiken ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | Sidney Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | S. Sylvan Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Loew's Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harold F. Kress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Chester Conway
NERFINISHED
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Wally Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Whistling in Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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mystery film ⓘ |
| leadActress | Ann Rutherford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing of Red Skelton and Rags Ragland in a Southern-set mystery-comedy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Whistling film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Whistling in the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Haight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | October 23, 1942 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 74 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Herbert Baker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wilkie C. Mahoney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Ann Rutherford
NERFINISHED
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Diana Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ George Bancroft NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Kibbee NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry O'Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Rags Ragland NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Skelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whistling in Dixie Description of subject: Whistling in Dixie is a 1942 American comedy-mystery film featuring Rags Ragland alongside Red Skelton in a lighthearted Southern-set adventure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dixie