The Durango Kid (1940 film)
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The Durango Kid (1940 film) is a Western movie that introduced Charles Starrett’s famous masked cowboy persona, which became the basis for a long-running film series.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Durango Kid (1940 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392167 — 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: The Durango Kid (1940 film) Context triple: [Charles Starrett, notableWork, The Durango Kid (1940 film)]
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The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.
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B.
The Tonto Kid
The Tonto Kid is a 1930s American Western film featuring actress Joan Barclay in its cast.
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The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
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D.
The Cheyenne Kid
The Cheyenne Kid is a Western film starring American actor Tom Keene, known for his roles in classic B-movie cowboy adventures.
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E.
Hopalong Cassidy film series
The Hopalong Cassidy film series is a collection of classic American Western movies centered on the clean-cut cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy, which became one of the most popular and influential Western franchises of the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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 Durango Kid (1940 film) Target entity description: The Durango Kid (1940 film) is a Western movie that introduced Charles Starrett’s famous masked cowboy persona, which became the basis for a long-running film series.
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A.
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.
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B.
The Tonto Kid
The Tonto Kid is a 1930s American Western film featuring actress Joan Barclay in its cast.
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C.
The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
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D.
The Cheyenne Kid
The Cheyenne Kid is a Western film starring American actor Tom Keene, known for his roles in classic B-movie cowboy adventures.
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E.
Hopalong Cassidy film series
The Hopalong Cassidy film series is a collection of classic American Western movies centered on the clean-cut cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy, which became one of the most popular and influential Western franchises of the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Lambert Hillyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Charles Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bill Lowry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Mace Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff ⓘ The Durango Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Return of the Durango Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | Charles Starrett’s masked cowboy persona The Durango Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | Bill Lowry / The Durango Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | M. W. Stoloff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Durango Kid film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | masked vigilante cowboy ⓘ |
| producer | Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-09-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 60 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Ed Earl Repp
NERFINISHED
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Luci Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bud Osborne
NERFINISHED
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Charles Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward LeSaint NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ George Chesebro NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Tyrrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Luana Walters NERFINISHED ⓘ Olin Howland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Ed Earl Repp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Durango Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Durango Kid (1940 film) Description of subject: The Durango Kid (1940 film) is a Western movie that introduced Charles Starrett’s famous masked cowboy persona, which became the basis for a long-running film series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.