The Captain's Paradise
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The Captain's Paradise is a 1953 British comedy film starring Alec Guinness as a ship's captain who maintains two separate lives and wives in different ports.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Captain’s Paradise | 2 |
| The Captain's Paradise canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11497612 — 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: The Captain's Paradise Context triple: [Gordon Dines, notableWork, The Captain's Paradise]
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A.
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 American comedy film written by Guy Bolton that follows a motley group of passengers aboard an ocean liner, blending farce, crime, and romance.
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B.
The Captain
The Captain is the famous nickname of Willis Reed, the Hall of Fame center and emotional leader of the New York Knicks dynasty of the early 1970s.
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C.
The Captain
The Captain is the famous nickname of Steve Yzerman, the longtime Detroit Red Wings star and Hall of Fame center renowned for his leadership and three Stanley Cup championships.
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D.
The Captain
The Captain is a 2017 German war drama film directed by Robert Schwentke that portrays a German deserter who assumes a Nazi officer’s identity during the final days of World War II.
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E.
The Captain
The Captain is a Jacobean-era stage comedy by English playwright Francis Beaumont, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of social manners.
- 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 Captain's Paradise Target entity description: The Captain's Paradise is a 1953 British comedy film starring Alec Guinness as a ship's captain who maintains two separate lives and wives in different ports.
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A.
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 American comedy film written by Guy Bolton that follows a motley group of passengers aboard an ocean liner, blending farce, crime, and romance.
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B.
The Captain
The Captain is the famous nickname of Willis Reed, the Hall of Fame center and emotional leader of the New York Knicks dynasty of the early 1970s.
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C.
The Captain
The Captain is the famous nickname of Steve Yzerman, the longtime Detroit Red Wings star and Hall of Fame center renowned for his leadership and three Stanley Cup championships.
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D.
The Captain
The Captain is a 2017 German war drama film directed by Robert Schwentke that portrays a German deserter who assumes a Nazi officer’s identity during the final days of World War II.
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E.
The Captain
The Captain is a Jacobean-era stage comedy by English playwright Francis Beaumont, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of social manners.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edward Scaife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Anthony Kimmins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | British Lion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorInUnitedStates | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gordon Pilkington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Maud St. James
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
marital infidelity
ⓘ
social satire ⓘ |
| leadActor | Alec Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress |
Celia Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yvonne De Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Captain Henry St. James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Malcolm Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | double life of a ship's captain ⓘ |
| notableFor | Alec Guinness playing a morally ambiguous comic lead ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A ship's captain maintains two separate lives and wives in different ports, one representing domestic respectability and the other a more hedonistic lifestyle. ⓘ |
| portrays |
bigamy
ⓘ
contrast between conventional and carefree lifestyles ⓘ |
| producer | George H. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | London Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateInUK | 1953 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Nicholas Phipps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Val Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Gibraltar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Celia Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Goldner NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Crisham NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne De Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | A. P. Dearsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Captain's Paradise Description of subject: The Captain's Paradise is a 1953 British comedy film starring Alec Guinness as a ship's captain who maintains two separate lives and wives in different ports.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Captain’s Paradise
this entity surface form:
The Captain’s Paradise