A Patch of Blue
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A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film about the relationship between a blind white girl and a Black man, noted for its exploration of racism and disability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Patch of Blue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10193666 — 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: A Patch of Blue Context triple: [Frederic Knudtson, notableWork, A Patch of Blue]
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A.
Under a Blanket of Blue
"Under a Blanket of Blue" is a jazz standard best known for its smooth, romantic rendition by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
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B.
Bluets
Bluets is a lyrical, genre-defying book by Maggie Nelson that blends memoir, philosophy, and poetic meditation through an obsessive focus on the color blue.
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C.
A World of Blue
"A World of Blue" is a song by American country artist Dwight Yoakam from his album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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D.
Shades of Blue
Shades of Blue is a hip hop album by producer Madlib that reimagines and remixes classic Blue Note jazz recordings into innovative, sample-based beats.
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E.
Shades of Blue
Shades of Blue is an American crime drama television series starring Jennifer Lopez as a conflicted NYPD detective caught between corrupt colleagues and an FBI anti-corruption investigation.
- 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: A Patch of Blue Target entity description: A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film about the relationship between a blind white girl and a Black man, noted for its exploration of racism and disability.
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A.
Under a Blanket of Blue
"Under a Blanket of Blue" is a jazz standard best known for its smooth, romantic rendition by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
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B.
Bluets
Bluets is a lyrical, genre-defying book by Maggie Nelson that blends memoir, philosophy, and poetic meditation through an obsessive focus on the color blue.
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C.
A World of Blue
"A World of Blue" is a song by American country artist Dwight Yoakam from his album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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D.
Shades of Blue
Shades of Blue is a hip hop album by producer Madlib that reimagines and remixes classic Blue Note jazz recordings into innovative, sample-based beats.
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E.
Shades of Blue
Shades of Blue is an American crime drama television series starring Jennifer Lopez as a conflicted NYPD detective caught between corrupt colleagues and an FBI anti-corruption investigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardNominee | Elizabeth Hartman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardWinner | Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardWon | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Elizabeth Kata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Be Ready with Bells and Drums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Gordon Ralfe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rose-Ann D'Arcey NERFINISHED ⓘ Selina D'Arcey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Burks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Guy Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Charles L. Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | Approved ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
blindness
ⓘ
disability ⓘ interracial relationships ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Elizabeth Hartman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Pandro S. Berman Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSourceWork | novel ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1961 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1965-12-10 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s American films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Guy Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| settingPlace | urban United States ⓘ |
| starring |
Elizabeth Hartman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Patch of Blue Description of subject: A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film about the relationship between a blind white girl and a Black man, noted for its exploration of racism and disability.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.