The Proud Valley
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The Proud Valley is a 1940 British drama film starring Paul Robeson as an African-American miner who joins a Welsh mining community, noted for its social realism and exploration of class and race.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Proud Valley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778660 — 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: The Proud Valley Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, The Proud Valley]
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A.
Heart of the Valley
Heart of the Valley is a nickname for Corvallis, Oregon, reflecting its central location in the fertile Willamette Valley.
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B.
The Valley
The Valley is the commonly used nickname for the Missouri Valley Conference, one of the oldest collegiate athletic conferences in the United States.
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C.
The Valley
The Valley is the small administrative and commercial center of the Caribbean island territory of Anguilla.
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D.
Struggle in the Valley
Struggle in the Valley is a classic 1954 Egyptian drama film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif, known for its romantic storyline and its role in launching Sharif’s film career.
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E.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
- 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 Proud Valley Target entity description: The Proud Valley is a 1940 British drama film starring Paul Robeson as an African-American miner who joins a Welsh mining community, noted for its social realism and exploration of class and race.
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A.
Heart of the Valley
Heart of the Valley is a nickname for Corvallis, Oregon, reflecting its central location in the fertile Willamette Valley.
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B.
The Valley
The Valley is the commonly used nickname for the Missouri Valley Conference, one of the oldest collegiate athletic conferences in the United States.
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C.
The Valley
The Valley is the small administrative and commercial center of the Caribbean island territory of Anguilla.
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D.
Struggle in the Valley
Struggle in the Valley is a classic 1954 Egyptian drama film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif, known for its romantic storyline and its role in launching Sharif’s film career.
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E.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British drama film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Louis Golding ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy | David Goliath – Paul Robeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Otto Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Pen Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Associated British Film Distributors
NERFINISHED
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Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Charles Frend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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social realist film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | David Goliath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frederic Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of coal mining life in Wales
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portrayal of a Black protagonist in a British working-class community ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An African-American sailor and singer becomes a coal miner in a Welsh village and helps the community during hardship and disaster. ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-03-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 76 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alfredda Brilliant
NERFINISHED
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Herbert Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Wales
NERFINISHED
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Welsh mining community ⓘ |
| starredPerformerOccupation |
Paul Robeson – actor
NERFINISHED
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Paul Robeson – singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Victor
NERFINISHED
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Charles Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Dilys Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Rigby NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Robeson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Lack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class
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community ⓘ race ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ workers' solidarity ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Proud Valley Description of subject: The Proud Valley is a 1940 British drama film starring Paul Robeson as an African-American miner who joins a Welsh mining community, noted for its social realism and exploration of class and race.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon