The Merry Widow (1952 film)
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The Merry Widow (1952 film) is an American musical romantic comedy adaptation of Franz Lehár’s operetta, starring Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas and noted for its lavish MGM production.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Merry Widow (1952 film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10633861 — 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 Merry Widow (1952 film) Context triple: [Pandro S. Berman, notableWork, The Merry Widow (1952 film)]
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A.
The Merry Widow (1934)
The Merry Widow (1934) is a lavish MGM musical romance film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its sophisticated comedy, opulent production values, and memorable operetta-style score.
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B.
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow is a 1925 silent romantic drama film directed by Erich von Stroheim, celebrated for its lavish production, darkly comic tone, and influence on early Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Moulin Rouge (1952 film)
Moulin Rouge (1952 film) is a 1952 British biographical drama directed by John Huston that portrays the life and artistic struggles of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the bohemian world of late 19th-century Paris.
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D.
Ninotchka
Ninotchka is a classic 1939 romantic comedy film starring Greta Garbo, celebrated for its witty script and satirical take on Soviet–Western relations.
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E.
Love in the Afternoon
Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper, about a young woman who becomes entangled in a playful yet complicated love affair with an older American playboy in Paris.
- 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 Merry Widow (1952 film) Target entity description: The Merry Widow (1952 film) is an American musical romantic comedy adaptation of Franz Lehár’s operetta, starring Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas and noted for its lavish MGM production.
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A.
The Merry Widow (1934)
The Merry Widow (1934) is a lavish MGM musical romance film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its sophisticated comedy, opulent production values, and memorable operetta-style score.
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B.
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow is a 1925 silent romantic drama film directed by Erich von Stroheim, celebrated for its lavish production, darkly comic tone, and influence on early Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Moulin Rouge (1952 film)
Moulin Rouge (1952 film) is a 1952 British biographical drama directed by John Huston that portrays the life and artistic struggles of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the bohemian world of late 19th-century Paris.
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D.
Ninotchka
Ninotchka is a classic 1939 romantic comedy film starring Greta Garbo, celebrated for its witty script and satirical take on Soviet–Western relations.
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E.
Love in the Afternoon
Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper, about a young woman who becomes entangled in a playful yet complicated love affair with an older American playboy in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Cedric Gibbons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Groesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Merry Widow (operetta) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Charles Schoenbaum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert H. Planck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| composerOfSourceWork | Franz Lehár NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Helen Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Curtis Bernhardt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gene Ruggiero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
musical
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationSource | Austro-Hungarian operetta ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Crystal Radek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Lana Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maleLeadCharacter | Count Danilo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maleLeadCharacterPortrayedBy | Fernando Lamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Adolph Deutsch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franz Lehár NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | lavish MGM production values ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | MGM musical films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Joe Pasternak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Sonya Levien
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional European kingdom ⓘ |
| starred |
Fernando Lamas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Givot NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Letondal NERFINISHED ⓘ Isobel Elsom NERFINISHED ⓘ John Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ Lana Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcel Dalio NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Haydn NERFINISHED ⓘ Una Merkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Merry Widow (1952 film) Description of subject: The Merry Widow (1952 film) is an American musical romantic comedy adaptation of Franz Lehár’s operetta, starring Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas and noted for its lavish MGM production.
Referenced by (3)
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