The Cabin in the Cotton
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The Cabin in the Cotton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film best known for its depiction of sharecropper life in the rural South and for Bette Davis’s iconic line, “I’d like to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cabin in the Cotton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6711897 — 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 Cabin in the Cotton Context triple: [Clarence Muse, notableWork, The Cabin in the Cotton]
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A.
The Mills of the Kavanaughs
The Mills of the Kavanaughs is a book-length narrative poem and collection by American poet Robert Lowell that explores themes of family, memory, and psychological turmoil in a New England setting.
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B.
Middle Ward
Middle Ward is the central section of Windsor Castle, dominated by the Round Tower and serving as a key defensive and symbolic core of the fortress.
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C.
House by the River
House by the River is a 1950 film noir thriller directed by Fritz Lang, known for its dark psychological themes and atmospheric storytelling.
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D.
A Letter from the South
"A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
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E.
Magazzini del Cotone
Magazzini del Cotone is a historic former cotton warehouse complex in Genoa’s Old Port that has been converted into a major cultural, exhibition, and conference center.
- 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 Cabin in the Cotton Target entity description: The Cabin in the Cotton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film best known for its depiction of sharecropper life in the rural South and for Bette Davis’s iconic line, “I’d like to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.”
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A.
The Mills of the Kavanaughs
The Mills of the Kavanaughs is a book-length narrative poem and collection by American poet Robert Lowell that explores themes of family, memory, and psychological turmoil in a New England setting.
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B.
Middle Ward
Middle Ward is the central section of Windsor Castle, dominated by the Round Tower and serving as a key defensive and symbolic core of the fortress.
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C.
House by the River
House by the River is a 1950 film noir thriller directed by Fritz Lang, known for its dark psychological themes and atmospheric storytelling.
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D.
A Letter from the South
"A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
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E.
Magazzini del Cotone
Magazzini del Cotone is a historic former cotton warehouse complex in Genoa’s Old Port that has been converted into a major cultural, exhibition, and conference center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Cabin in the Cotton (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Harry Harrison Kroll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Barney McGill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | sharecropper life ⓘ |
| director | Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
First National Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | George Amy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEra | pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Betty Wright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madge Norwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Marvin Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | sound film ⓘ |
| notablePerformer | Bette Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableQuote | I’d like to kiss you, but I just washed my hair. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American pre-Code cinema ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
class conflict
ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ labor relations ⓘ |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | First National Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1932-09-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 78 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Paul Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | rural American South ⓘ |
| starring |
Berton Churchill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bette Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ David Landau NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hardie Albright NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry B. Walthall NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Barthelmess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1932 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cabin in the Cotton Description of subject: The Cabin in the Cotton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film best known for its depiction of sharecropper life in the rural South and for Bette Davis’s iconic line, “I’d like to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.”
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