Desk Set
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Desk Set is a 1957 romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, centered on the clash between a television network’s research department and a newly installed computer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Desk Set canonical | 9 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Desk Set (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | William Marchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leon Shamroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color by DeLuxe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Walter Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert L. Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bunny Watson
NERFINISHED
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Richard Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | widescreen ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasMedium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
automation in the workplace
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office romance ⓘ technology versus human expertise ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Katharine Hepburn as Bunny Watson
NERFINISHED
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Spencer Tracy as Richard Sumner ⓘ |
| musicBy | Cyril J. Mockridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of early computers in office environments ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Spencer Tracy–Katharine Hepburn film collaborations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film centers on the clash between a television network’s research department and a newly installed computer. ⓘ |
| producer |
Henry Ephron
NERFINISHED
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Phoebe Ephron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-05-01 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationOf | Broadway play "Desk Set" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Henry Ephron
NERFINISHED
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Phoebe Ephron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | television network research department ⓘ |
| starring |
Dina Merrill
NERFINISHED
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Gig Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ Katharine Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sue Randall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.