The More the Merrier
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The More the Merrier is a 1943 romantic comedy film set in wartime Washington, D.C., best known for its humorous take on a housing shortage and its charming performances by Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and Charles Coburn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The More the Merrier canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6904500 — 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 More the Merrier Context triple: [Joel McCrea, notableWork, The More the Merrier]
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A.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy-drama film that introduced the popular Hardy family characters and launched the long-running Andy Hardy film series.
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B.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1962 Broadway musical comedy with music by John Kander that marked the first Broadway directing credit of legendary producer-director Harold Prince.
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C.
Three's a Crowd
Three's a Crowd is an American sitcom best known as the short-lived spin-off of Three's Company, continuing the story of Jack Tripper after he moves in with his girlfriend and her disapproving father.
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D.
Love with All the Trimmings
"Love with All the Trimmings" is a romantic show tune introduced by Barbra Streisand in the 1970 film adaptation of the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."
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E.
Four Wives
Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Michael Curtiz, that continues the story of the Lane sisters from Four Daughters.
- 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 More the Merrier Target entity description: The More the Merrier is a 1943 romantic comedy film set in wartime Washington, D.C., best known for its humorous take on a housing shortage and its charming performances by Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and Charles Coburn.
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A.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy-drama film that introduced the popular Hardy family characters and launched the long-running Andy Hardy film series.
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B.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1962 Broadway musical comedy with music by John Kander that marked the first Broadway directing credit of legendary producer-director Harold Prince.
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C.
Three's a Crowd
Three's a Crowd is an American sitcom best known as the short-lived spin-off of Three's Company, continuing the story of Jack Tripper after he moves in with his girlfriend and her disapproving father.
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D.
Love with All the Trimmings
"Love with All the Trimmings" is a romantic show tune introduced by Barbra Streisand in the 1970 film adaptation of the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."
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E.
Four Wives
Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Michael Curtiz, that continues the story of the Lane sisters from Four Daughters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Charles Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Frank Ross and Robert Russell ⓘ |
| cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | George Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Otto Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
patriotism during wartime
ⓘ
romantic rivalry ⓘ social consequences of war on civilians ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Benjamin Dingle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Connie Milligan NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | romantic entanglements caused by shared apartment ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actress
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chemistry between Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea
ⓘ
comic performance by Charles Coburn ⓘ humorous depiction of wartime housing shortage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotFocus | wartime housing shortage ⓘ |
| portrays | roommate situation due to housing shortage ⓘ |
| producer | George Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1943-05-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frank Ross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lewis R. Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Flournoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Bennett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel McCrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The More the Merrier Description of subject: The More the Merrier is a 1943 romantic comedy film set in wartime Washington, D.C., best known for its humorous take on a housing shortage and its charming performances by Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and Charles Coburn.
Referenced by (5)
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