Back Street (1961 film)
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Back Street (1961 film) is a 1961 romantic drama film adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s novel, focusing on a woman’s lifelong, unfulfilled love for a married man.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Back Street (1961 film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13235404 — 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: Back Street (1961 film) Context triple: [Virginia Grey, notableWork, Back Street (1961 film)]
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A.
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend is a 1954 musical comedy by Sandy Wilson that affectionately parodies 1920s musical styles and became a long-running West End hit.
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B.
The D.I. (1957 film)
The D.I. (1957 film) is a 1957 American military drama centered on a tough Marine drill instructor, notable for starring and being shaped by actor-director Jack Webb.
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C.
Chelsea Girl
"Chelsea Girl" is a dreamy, guitar-driven shoegaze track by the British band Ride, known for its swirling melodies and hazy, atmospheric sound.
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D.
The Rounders (1965 film)
The Rounders (1965 film) is a 1965 Western comedy about two modern-day cowboys trying to make easy money with a stubborn bronco, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda.
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E.
Tom Jones (1963 film)
Tom Jones (1963 film) is a 1963 British comedy adventure movie directed by Tony Richardson, celebrated for its irreverent style and Academy Award–winning adaptation of Henry Fielding’s classic novel.
- 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: Back Street (1961 film) Target entity description: Back Street (1961 film) is a 1961 romantic drama film adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s novel, focusing on a woman’s lifelong, unfulfilled love for a married man.
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A.
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend is a 1954 musical comedy by Sandy Wilson that affectionately parodies 1920s musical styles and became a long-running West End hit.
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B.
The D.I. (1957 film)
The D.I. (1957 film) is a 1957 American military drama centered on a tough Marine drill instructor, notable for starring and being shaped by actor-director Jack Webb.
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C.
Chelsea Girl
"Chelsea Girl" is a dreamy, guitar-driven shoegaze track by the British band Ride, known for its swirling melodies and hazy, atmospheric sound.
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D.
The Rounders (1965 film)
The Rounders (1965 film) is a 1965 Western comedy about two modern-day cowboys trying to make easy money with a stubborn bronco, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda.
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E.
Tom Jones (1963 film)
Tom Jones (1963 film) is a 1963 British comedy adventure movie directed by Tony Richardson, celebrated for its irreverent style and Academy Award–winning adaptation of Henry Fielding’s classic novel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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romantic drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Back Street (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Fannie Hurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Russell Metty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Jean Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | David Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Milton Carruth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSetting |
European locations
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
melodrama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ social conventions ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | Back Street (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRemakeOf | Back Street (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Paul Saxon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rae Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frank Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | glossy melodrama style typical of producer Ross Hunter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | film adaptations of works by Fannie Hurst ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A woman spends her life in an unfulfilled love affair with a married man. ⓘ |
| precededBy | Back Street (1941 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Ross Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal-International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Eleanore Griffin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Drake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Gavin NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Hayward NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Back Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Back Street (1961 film) Description of subject: Back Street (1961 film) is a 1961 romantic drama film adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s novel, focusing on a woman’s lifelong, unfulfilled love for a married man.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.