A Yank at Eton
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A Yank at Eton is a 1942 American comedy-drama film about a brash American boy adjusting to life at the elite British boarding school Eton College.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Yank at Eton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: A Yank at Eton Context triple: [Freddie Bartholomew, notableWork, A Yank at Eton]
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A.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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B.
Stalky & Co.
Stalky & Co. is a collection of semi-autobiographical school stories by Rudyard Kipling that follows the mischievous exploits of three boys at a British boarding school.
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C.
The Harrovian
The Harrovian is the long-running school newspaper and magazine produced by and for the community of Harrow School in England.
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D.
Tom Brown's Schooldays
"Tom Brown's Schooldays" is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes that popularized the public-school story genre in Victorian England and helped shape ideals of character, sportsmanship, and moral earnestness among British schoolboys.
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E.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: A Yank at Eton Target entity description: A Yank at Eton is a 1942 American comedy-drama film about a brash American boy adjusting to life at the elite British boarding school Eton College.
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A.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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B.
Stalky & Co.
Stalky & Co. is a collection of semi-autobiographical school stories by Rudyard Kipling that follows the mischievous exploits of three boys at a British boarding school.
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C.
The Harrovian
The Harrovian is the long-running school newspaper and magazine produced by and for the community of Harrow School in England.
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D.
Tom Brown's Schooldays
"Tom Brown's Schooldays" is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes that popularized the public-school story genre in Victorian England and helped shape ideals of character, sportsmanship, and moral earnestness among British schoolboys.
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E.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by John Monks Jr. and Arthur Sheekman ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Aunt Kay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Headmaster ⓘ Roger Carlton NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie Kenvil NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ray June NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Norman Taurog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Loew's Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Boemler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | A Yank at Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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comedy-drama ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| hasSettingType | elite boarding school ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Timothy Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bronislau Kaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting an American boy adjusting to life at Eton College ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | John W. Considine Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
MGM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1942-09-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
George Oppenheimer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Seaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eton College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Bobby Blake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edmund Gwenn NERFINISHED ⓘ Freddie Bartholomew NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Marta Linden NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Lawford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
British public schools in fiction
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boarding schools ⓘ culture clash ⓘ |
| title | A Yank at Eton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: A Yank at Eton Description of subject: A Yank at Eton is a 1942 American comedy-drama film about a brash American boy adjusting to life at the elite British boarding school Eton College.
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