Take a Letter, Darling
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Take a Letter, Darling is a 1942 romantic comedy film starring Fred MacMurray as an artist-turned-secretary who falls for his ambitious female boss.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Take a Letter, Darling canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9088085 — 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: Take a Letter, Darling Context triple: [Fred MacMurray, notableWork, Take a Letter, Darling]
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A.
Listen, Darling
Listen, Darling is a 1938 American musical comedy film best known for featuring a young Judy Garland in an early starring role.
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B.
Letter to Me
"Letter to Me" is a reflective country song by Brad Paisley in which he imagines writing advice and reassurance to his younger self.
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C.
A Letter from Home
A Letter from Home is a 1941 British short film directed by Carol Reed, featuring Celia Johnson in an early screen role.
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D.
Goodbye, Darling, Be Happy
"Goodbye, Darling, Be Happy" is a memoir by American actress Mary Astor, reflecting on her personal life and Hollywood career.
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E.
A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness is a memoir by actor Richard E. Grant reflecting on his life, career, and the experience of caring for his late wife during her illness.
- 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: Take a Letter, Darling Target entity description: Take a Letter, Darling is a 1942 romantic comedy film starring Fred MacMurray as an artist-turned-secretary who falls for his ambitious female boss.
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A.
Listen, Darling
Listen, Darling is a 1938 American musical comedy film best known for featuring a young Judy Garland in an early starring role.
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B.
Letter to Me
"Letter to Me" is a reflective country song by Brad Paisley in which he imagines writing advice and reassurance to his younger self.
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C.
A Letter from Home
A Letter from Home is a 1941 British short film directed by Carol Reed, featuring Celia Johnson in an early screen role.
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D.
Goodbye, Darling, Be Happy
"Goodbye, Darling, Be Happy" is a memoir by American actress Mary Astor, reflecting on her personal life and Hollywood career.
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E.
A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness is a memoir by actor Richard E. Grant reflecting on his life, career, and the experience of caring for his late wife during her illness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Hans Dreier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roland Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedInIndustry | advertising industry ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterOccupation |
A.M. MacGregor is an advertising executive
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Verney becomes a secretary NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Verney is an artist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John J. Mescall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Mitchell Leisen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Doane Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasFemaleLead | Rosalind Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMaleLead | Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
career versus love
ⓘ
gender role reversal ⓘ office romance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
A.M. MacGregor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Verney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Victor Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An artist becomes the male secretary to an ambitious female advertising executive and they fall in love. ⓘ |
| producer | Mitchell Leisen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1942-04-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Claude Binyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to early 1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Coburn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Constance Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Dooley Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Truex NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Broderick NERFINISHED ⓘ Macdonald Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosalind Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | George Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Take a Letter, Darling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1942 ⓘ |
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