The Valley of Decision (1945 film)
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The Valley of Decision is a 1945 American drama film, based on Marcia Davenport’s novel, that explores class conflict and family loyalties within a powerful Pittsburgh steel dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Valley of Decision (1945 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10710520 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Valley of Decision (1945 film) Context triple: [Sara Haden, appearedIn, The Valley of Decision (1945 film)]
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film "Proud Valley"
"Proud Valley" is a 1940 British drama film starring Paul Robeson as an African American sailor who becomes a coal miner and community leader in a Welsh mining town.
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B.
The Painted Veil (1934 film)
The Painted Veil (1934 film) is an American romantic drama starring Greta Garbo, based on W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage set against a cholera epidemic in China.
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C.
The Whistler (1944 film)
The Whistler (1944 film) is a 1944 American mystery thriller based on the popular radio series, following a guilt-ridden businessman entangled in a deadly murder-for-hire plot.
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D.
High Sierra (1941 film)
High Sierra (1941 film) is a classic American crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Humphrey Bogart as an aging gangster planning one last heist, noted for its influential role in film noir and Bogart’s rise to stardom.
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E.
Island in the Sky (1953 film)
Island in the Sky (1953 film) is a 1953 American aviation drama about a transport plane forced to crash-land in the frozen wilderness and the desperate search-and-rescue mission that follows.
- 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 Valley of Decision (1945 film) Target entity description: The Valley of Decision is a 1945 American drama film, based on Marcia Davenport’s novel, that explores class conflict and family loyalties within a powerful Pittsburgh steel dynasty.
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A.
film "Proud Valley"
"Proud Valley" is a 1940 British drama film starring Paul Robeson as an African American sailor who becomes a coal miner and community leader in a Welsh mining town.
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B.
The Painted Veil (1934 film)
The Painted Veil (1934 film) is an American romantic drama starring Greta Garbo, based on W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage set against a cholera epidemic in China.
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C.
The Whistler (1944 film)
The Whistler (1944 film) is a 1944 American mystery thriller based on the popular radio series, following a guilt-ridden businessman entangled in a deadly murder-for-hire plot.
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D.
High Sierra (1941 film)
High Sierra (1941 film) is a classic American crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Humphrey Bogart as an aging gangster planning one last heist, noted for its influential role in film noir and Bogart’s rise to stardom.
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E.
Island in the Sky (1953 film)
Island in the Sky (1953 film) is a 1953 American aviation drama about a transport plane forced to crash-land in the frozen wilderness and the desperate search-and-rescue mission that follows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | novel-to-film adaptation ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Cedric Gibbons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Urie McCleary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Marcia Davenport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Valley of Decision (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph Ruttenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Irene Lentz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | Pittsburgh steel dynasty ⓘ |
| director | Tay Garnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributorType | major film studio ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harold F. Kress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy |
Greer Garson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gregory Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
labor-management relations
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| musicBy | Herbert Stothart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
class conflict
ⓘ
family loyalties ⓘ |
| producer | Edmund Grainger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| productionCompanyCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 119 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Meehan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sonya Levien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingIndustry | steel industry ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| starring |
Dan Duryea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Crisp NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladys Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Greer Garson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Tandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioEra | Classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Valley of Decision (1945 film) Description of subject: The Valley of Decision is a 1945 American drama film, based on Marcia Davenport’s novel, that explores class conflict and family loyalties within a powerful Pittsburgh steel dynasty.
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