Smart Blonde
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Smart Blonde is a 1937 Warner Bros. mystery film that introduced Glenda Farrell as fast-talking newspaper reporter Torchy Blane, launching a popular B-movie series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smart Blonde canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10687326 — 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: Smart Blonde Context triple: [Glenda Farrell, notableWork, Smart Blonde]
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A.
The Blonde
The Blonde is a character typically portrayed as an attractive, enigmatic woman whose appearance and demeanor often play into themes of allure and mystery.
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B.
Big Blonde
Big Blonde is a celebrated short story by Dorothy Parker that poignantly portrays the disillusionment and emotional decline of a once-vivacious party girl in Jazz Age New York.
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C.
Big, Blonde and Beautiful
"Big, Blonde and Beautiful" is a show-stopping musical number from the Broadway and film versions of *Hairspray*, celebrating body positivity and self-confidence in a soulful, upbeat style.
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D.
Def, Dumb & Blonde
Def, Dumb & Blonde is a 1989 solo studio album by American singer Debbie Harry that marked a return to a more rock- and pop-oriented sound following her work with Blondie.
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E.
Big Blondes
Big Blondes is a series of provocative, large-scale figurative paintings by Lisa Yuskavage that explore exaggerated femininity and sexuality through stylized, cartoonish female nudes.
- 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: Smart Blonde Target entity description: Smart Blonde is a 1937 Warner Bros. mystery film that introduced Glenda Farrell as fast-talking newspaper reporter Torchy Blane, launching a popular B-movie series.
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A.
The Blonde
The Blonde is a character typically portrayed as an attractive, enigmatic woman whose appearance and demeanor often play into themes of allure and mystery.
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B.
Big Blonde
Big Blonde is a celebrated short story by Dorothy Parker that poignantly portrays the disillusionment and emotional decline of a once-vivacious party girl in Jazz Age New York.
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C.
Big, Blonde and Beautiful
"Big, Blonde and Beautiful" is a show-stopping musical number from the Broadway and film versions of *Hairspray*, celebrating body positivity and self-confidence in a soulful, upbeat style.
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D.
Def, Dumb & Blonde
Def, Dumb & Blonde is a 1989 solo studio album by American singer Debbie Harry that marked a return to a more rock- and pop-oriented sound following her work with Blondie.
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E.
Big Blondes
Big Blondes is a series of provocative, large-scale figurative paintings by Lisa Yuskavage that explore exaggerated femininity and sexuality through stylized, cartoonish female nudes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Frederick Nebel ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterIntroduced | Torchy Blane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Frank McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Harold McLernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1930s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Steve McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| hasAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | B-movie ⓘ |
| hasFilmSeriesGenre | comedy-mystery ⓘ |
| hasType | feature film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Torchy Blane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme | newspaper crime investigation ⓘ |
| musicBy | Howard Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introducing Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane
ⓘ
launching a popular B-movie series ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Torchy Blane film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Torchy Blane as a fast-talking newspaper reporter ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first film in the Torchy Blane series ⓘ |
| producer | Bryan Foy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | January 2, 1937 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 61 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Saul Elkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | urban American city ⓘ |
| starring |
Anne Nagel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barton MacLane NERFINISHED ⓘ Ben Welden NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenda Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Winifred Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetMarket | second-feature audiences ⓘ |
| TorchyBlanePortrayedBy | Glenda Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Smart Blonde Description of subject: Smart Blonde is a 1937 Warner Bros. mystery film that introduced Glenda Farrell as fast-talking newspaper reporter Torchy Blane, launching a popular B-movie series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.