Last Holiday (1950 film)
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Last Holiday (1950 film) is a British comedy-drama in which Alec Guinness plays a man mistakenly diagnosed as terminally ill who splurges on a final luxurious vacation, leading to ironic twists of fate.
All labels observed (1)
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| Last Holiday (1950 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7950742 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Last Holiday (1950 film) Context triple: [Last Holiday, basedOn, Last Holiday (1950 film)]
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Last Holiday
Last Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film starring Queen Latifah as a shy saleswoman who, believing she has only weeks to live, splurges on a dream vacation in Europe and rediscovers herself.
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B.
On the Town
On the Town is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein that follows three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, later adapted into a popular 1949 film.
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The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner is a classic 1940 romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its witty dialogue and tender portrayal of anonymous pen-pal lovers who unknowingly work together in the same shop.
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D.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
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E.
The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
- 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: Last Holiday (1950 film) Target entity description: Last Holiday (1950 film) is a British comedy-drama in which Alec Guinness plays a man mistakenly diagnosed as terminally ill who splurges on a final luxurious vacation, leading to ironic twists of fate.
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A.
Last Holiday
Last Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film starring Queen Latifah as a shy saleswoman who, believing she has only weeks to live, splurges on a dream vacation in Europe and rediscovers herself.
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B.
On the Town
On the Town is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein that follows three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, later adapted into a popular 1949 film.
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C.
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner is a classic 1940 romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its witty dialogue and tender portrayal of anonymous pen-pal lovers who unknowingly work together in the same shop.
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D.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
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E.
The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by J. B. Priestley ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ray Elton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Henry Cass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gordon Pilkington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasRemake | Last Holiday (2006 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Holiday_(1950_film) ⓘ |
| leadActor | Alec Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | George Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Alec Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Francis Chagrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | ironic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man mistakenly diagnosed as terminally ill spends his savings on a final luxurious holiday. ⓘ |
| producer | George H. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Watergate Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtime | 88 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | J. B. Priestley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | J. B. Priestley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | luxury hotel ⓘ |
| starring |
Alec Guinness
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Beatrice Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel George NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfrid Hyde-White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class differences
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fate ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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