The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947 film)
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film directed by Preston Sturges and starring Harold Lloyd in a later-career role that revisits his famous silent-era character from The Freshman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10121751 — 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)
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Target entity: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947 film) Context triple: [Charles Winninger, notableWork, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947 film)]
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"Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.
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Footlight Parade
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For Me and My Gal
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Thin Man
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Song and Dance
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947 film) Target entity description: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film directed by Preston Sturges and starring Harold Lloyd in a later-career role that revisits his famous silent-era character from The Freshman.
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A.
Lady, Be Good
"Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.
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B.
Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film starring James Cagney, celebrated for its elaborate Busby Berkeley-choreographed production numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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C.
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film, co-starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in his screen debut, about vaudeville performers whose careers and romance are affected by World War I.
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D.
Thin Man
Thin Man is a slender, humanoid alien infiltrator from the XCOM video game series known for disguising itself as a human and using poison-based attacks.
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E.
Song and Dance
Song and Dance is a two-act musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber that uniquely combines a song cycle with a dance-based narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mad Wednesday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterFrom | The Freshman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Pittack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorAtReissue | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Stuart Gilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-World War II American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Harold Lloyd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy Conlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Walburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudy Vallée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Harold Diddlebock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGenreElement |
screwball comedy
ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Harold Diddlebock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReleaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| hasSetting | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Harold Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | bookkeeper ⓘ |
| musicBy | Werner R. Heymann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | reuniting Harold Lloyd with his silent-era screen persona ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Howard Hughes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | California Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| revisitsCharacterFrom | The Freshman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeApproxMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| starring |
Edgar Kennedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frances Ramsden NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Conlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Walburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudy Vallée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starsLaterCareerRoleOf | Harold Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947 film) Description of subject: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film directed by Preston Sturges and starring Harold Lloyd in a later-career role that revisits his famous silent-era character from The Freshman.
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