Down Argentine Way
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Down Argentine Way is a 1940 Technicolor musical film that helped establish Betty Grable as a major Hollywood star, known for its vibrant song-and-dance numbers and Latin American setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Down Argentine Way canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10632363 — 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: Down Argentine Way Context triple: [Betty Grable, notableWork, Down Argentine Way]
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A.
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a famous show tune from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical *Evita*, known for its powerful, emotional melody and association with the character of Eva Perón.
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B.
Entre Ríos
Entre Ríos is a province in northeastern Argentina known for its fertile plains between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers and its historical role in the country’s early federalist movements.
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C.
Carmen de Patagones
Carmen de Patagones is a historic town in southern Argentina, known as the oldest settlement in Patagonia and situated on the banks of the Río Negro opposite the city of Viedma.
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D.
The Gaucho
The Gaucho is a 1927 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a dashing South American cowboy hero in a tale of romance, action, and redemption.
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E.
Marchigüe
Marchigüe is a rural commune and town in central Chile’s O’Higgins Region, known for its agricultural activities and traditional countryside character.
- 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: Down Argentine Way Target entity description: Down Argentine Way is a 1940 Technicolor musical film that helped establish Betty Grable as a major Hollywood star, known for its vibrant song-and-dance numbers and Latin American setting.
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A.
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a famous show tune from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical *Evita*, known for its powerful, emotional melody and association with the character of Eva Perón.
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B.
Entre Ríos
Entre Ríos is a province in northeastern Argentina known for its fertile plains between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers and its historical role in the country’s early federalist movements.
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C.
Carmen de Patagones
Carmen de Patagones is a historic town in southern Argentina, known as the oldest settlement in Patagonia and situated on the banks of the Río Negro opposite the city of Viedma.
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D.
The Gaucho
The Gaucho is a 1927 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a dashing South American cowboy hero in a tale of romance, action, and redemption.
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E.
Marchigüe
Marchigüe is a rural commune and town in central Chile’s O’Higgins Region, known for its agricultural activities and traditional countryside character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Technicolor film
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film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Joseph C. Wright
NERFINISHED
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Richard Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
story by Ralph Rainger
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story by W. Franke Harling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leon Shamroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Travis Banton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Irving Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Barbara McLean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Carmen Miranda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicholas Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
20th Century Fox Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
musical film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Glenda Crawford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ricardo Quintana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Cyril J. Mockridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Latin American setting
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helping establish Betty Grable as a major Hollywood star ⓘ vibrant song-and-dance numbers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Fred Kohlmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-10-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Darrell Ware
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karl Tunberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| song |
Bambu, Bambu
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Down Argentine Way (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ South American Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Two Dreams Met NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Betty Grable
NERFINISHED
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Carmen Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlotte Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Ameche NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Stephenson NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Carrol Naish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1940s American cinema ⓘ |
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Down Argentine Way
subject surface form:
Down Argentine Way