This Is the Army
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This Is the Army is a 1943 American musical comedy–propaganda film, based on the Irving Berlin stage production, that features an all-soldier cast performing patriotic numbers during World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Is the Army canonical | 5 |
| This Is the Army (1943 film) | 1 |
| This Is the Army (film) | 1 |
| This Is the Army (stage musical) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392385 — 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: This Is the Army Context triple: [Guy Madison, filmographyIncludes, This Is the Army]
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A.
This Is the Army, Mr. Jones
"This Is the Army, Mr. Jones" is a World War II–era patriotic song featured in the 1942 musical revue and film "This Is the Army."
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B.
The Will Rogers Follies
The Will Rogers Follies is a Broadway musical revue that celebrates the life and humor of American entertainer Will Rogers through lavish Ziegfeld-style production numbers.
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C.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
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D.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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E.
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows was a pioneering American live television variety and sketch comedy series from the early 1950s, renowned for its influential writing staff and starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
- 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: This Is the Army Target entity description: This Is the Army is a 1943 American musical comedy–propaganda film, based on the Irving Berlin stage production, that features an all-soldier cast performing patriotic numbers during World War II.
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A.
This Is the Army, Mr. Jones
"This Is the Army, Mr. Jones" is a World War II–era patriotic song featured in the 1942 musical revue and film "This Is the Army."
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B.
The Will Rogers Follies
The Will Rogers Follies is a Broadway musical revue that celebrates the life and humor of American entertainer Will Rogers through lavish Ziegfeld-style production numbers.
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C.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
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D.
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show was a long-running American radio and television variety program featuring comedian Bob Hope’s monologues, sketches, and celebrity guests.
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E.
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows was a pioneering American live television variety and sketch comedy series from the early 1950s, renowned for its influential writing staff and starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwards |
nominated for 2 Oscars
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won 1 Oscar ⓘ |
| award | Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | This Is the Army (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| composer | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | George Amy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresAppearance | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCastType | all-soldier cast ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
musical comedy
ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
military life
ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ wartime entertainment ⓘ |
| musicBy | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
God Bless America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
This Is the Army, Mr. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Hal B. Wallis
ⓘ
Jack L. Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
American patriotic propaganda
ⓘ
wartime morale boosting ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1943-08-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 121 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Casey Robinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Claude Binyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Alan Hale Sr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frances Langford NERFINISHED ⓘ George Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | U.S. Army soldiers staging a musical revue ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 1940s American cinema ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: This Is the Army Description of subject: This Is the Army is a 1943 American musical comedy–propaganda film, based on the Irving Berlin stage production, that features an all-soldier cast performing patriotic numbers during World War II.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
This Is the Army (stage musical)
this entity surface form:
This Is the Army (1943 film)
this entity surface form:
This Is the Army (film)