Christmas in July
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"Christmas in July" is a 1940 screwball comedy film, written and directed by Preston Sturges, about a man who mistakenly believes he has won a major contest and goes on a generous spending spree.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christmas in July canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11694132 — 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: Christmas in July Context triple: [Ernest Truex, notableWork, Christmas in July]
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A.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a 2007 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film centered on a family's eventful Christmas reunion, featuring an all-star cast including Idris Elba, Regina King, and Chris Brown.
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B.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a classic 1970 soul and R&B holiday song by Donny Hathaway that has become a perennial seasonal favorite and standard.
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C.
One Christmas
One Christmas is a 1994 television film adaptation of a Truman Capote short story, starring Henry Winkler and Katharine Hepburn in a Depression-era coming-of-age tale.
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D.
A Week in December
A Week in December is a contemporary novel by Sebastian Faulks that interweaves the lives of several Londoners over the course of one week, exploring themes of finance, terrorism, and modern urban life.
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E.
Christmas in the Heart
Christmas in the Heart is a 2009 Christmas-themed studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, featuring covers of traditional holiday songs.
- 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: Christmas in July Target entity description: "Christmas in July" is a 1940 screwball comedy film, written and directed by Preston Sturges, about a man who mistakenly believes he has won a major contest and goes on a generous spending spree.
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A.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a 2007 ensemble holiday comedy-drama film centered on a family's eventful Christmas reunion, featuring an all-star cast including Idris Elba, Regina King, and Chris Brown.
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B.
This Christmas
"This Christmas" is a classic 1970 soul and R&B holiday song by Donny Hathaway that has become a perennial seasonal favorite and standard.
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C.
One Christmas
One Christmas is a 1994 television film adaptation of a Truman Capote short story, starring Henry Winkler and Katharine Hepburn in a Depression-era coming-of-age tale.
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D.
A Week in December
A Week in December is a contemporary novel by Sebastian Faulks that interweaves the lives of several Londoners over the course of one week, exploring themes of finance, terrorism, and modern urban life.
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E.
Christmas in the Heart
Christmas in the Heart is a 2009 Christmas-themed studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, featuring covers of traditional holiday songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | unproduced Preston Sturges play "A Cup of Coffee" ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Victor Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| dialogueStyle | fast-paced witty dialogue ⓘ |
| director | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Stuart Gilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedByInSturgesCareer | The Lady Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInSturgesCareer | The Great McGinty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American Dream
ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ corporate satire ⓘ luck and chance ⓘ |
| homeMedia |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| loveInterestCharacter | Betty Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loveInterestPortrayedBy | Ellen Drew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jimmy MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Dick Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Charles Bradshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early example of Preston Sturges as writer-director at Paramount ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man mistakenly believes he has won a major slogan contest and goes on a generous spending spree. ⓘ |
| producer | Paul Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1940-10-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 67 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1940s ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Alexander Carr
NERFINISHED
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Dick Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Drew NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Truex NERFINISHED ⓘ Franklin Pangborn NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Walburn NERFINISHED ⓘ William Demarest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioSystemEra | Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Preston Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Christmas in July Description of subject: "Christmas in July" is a 1940 screwball comedy film, written and directed by Preston Sturges, about a man who mistakenly believes he has won a major contest and goes on a generous spending spree.
Referenced by (1)
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