Tea and Sympathy (1956 film)
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Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) is a 1956 American drama directed by Vincente Minnelli that explores themes of conformity, masculinity, and intolerance at a boys’ boarding school, adapted from Robert Anderson’s stage play.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11317756 — 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: Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) Context triple: [Norma Crane, appearedIn, Tea and Sympathy (1956 film)]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) Target entity description: Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) is a 1956 American drama directed by Vincente Minnelli that explores themes of conformity, masculinity, and intolerance at a boys’ boarding school, adapted from Robert Anderson’s stage play.
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A.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a 1942 romantic drama film, based on James Hilton’s novel, renowned for its amnesia-driven love story and considered one of director Mervyn LeRoy’s most enduring works.
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B.
Lady Zhang
Lady Zhang was the wife of Chinese warlord and military leader Wu Peifu, associated with the Beiyang government era in early 20th-century China.
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C.
The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 novel by Richard Mason, later adapted into a successful stage play and film, that tells the story of a romance between a British artist and a Chinese sex worker in Hong Kong.
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D.
Poppy (1936 film)
Poppy (1936 film) is a 1936 American comedy film best known for starring W.C. Fields alongside Rochelle Hudson.
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E.
Tea Time (La femme au café)
Tea Time (La femme au café) is a 1911 Cubist painting by Jean Metzinger that depicts a stylish woman at a café table, exemplifying early Cubist experimentation with fragmented form and multiple perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American drama film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Tea and Sympathy (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tea and Sympathy (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Al
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellie Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Alton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Vincente Minnelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses | prejudice against perceived effeminacy in men ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harold F. Kress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColorProcess | Metrocolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | MGM Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | John Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Deborah Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Laura Reynolds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Adolph Deutsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | treatment of nonconformist masculinity in 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| originalPlayPremiereYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| playwrightOfSource | Robert Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
homophobia
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rigid gender roles ⓘ social pressure to conform ⓘ |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1956-09-27 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 122 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| setting | boys’ boarding school ⓘ |
| stars |
Darryl Hickman
NERFINISHED
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Deborah Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ John Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ Leif Erickson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
conformity
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intolerance ⓘ masculinity ⓘ |
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Subject: Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) Description of subject: Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) is a 1956 American drama directed by Vincente Minnelli that explores themes of conformity, masculinity, and intolerance at a boys’ boarding school, adapted from Robert Anderson’s stage play.
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