The Doctor Takes a Wife
E1039471
The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1937 American romantic comedy film shot by cinematographer Joseph Walker.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Doctor Takes a Wife canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13393300 — 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 Doctor Takes a Wife Context triple: [Joseph Walker, notableWork, The Doctor Takes a Wife]
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A.
The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
"The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores marital tension, moral conflict, and emotional distance through a terse, understated narrative style.
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B.
The Doctor Came at Dawn
The Doctor Came at Dawn is a stark, minimalist 1996 indie folk album by Bill Callahan’s project Smog, known for its dark, introspective songwriting and lo-fi production.
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C.
"The Doctor's Wife"
"The Doctor's Wife" is a 2011 episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Neil Gaiman and notable for personifying the Doctor's TARDIS.
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D.
The Three Doctors
The Three Doctors is a 1972–73 Doctor Who serial that celebrated the show's tenth anniversary by uniting the first three incarnations of the Doctor to battle a powerful Time Lord enemy.
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E.
The Name of the Doctor
"The Name of the Doctor" is a 2013 episode of the British science fiction series Doctor Who that serves as the Series 7 finale and introduces the previously unseen incarnation known as the War Doctor.
- 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 Doctor Takes a Wife Target entity description: The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1937 American romantic comedy film shot by cinematographer Joseph Walker.
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A.
The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
"The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores marital tension, moral conflict, and emotional distance through a terse, understated narrative style.
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B.
The Doctor Came at Dawn
The Doctor Came at Dawn is a stark, minimalist 1996 indie folk album by Bill Callahan’s project Smog, known for its dark, introspective songwriting and lo-fi production.
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C.
"The Doctor's Wife"
"The Doctor's Wife" is a 2011 episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Neil Gaiman and notable for personifying the Doctor's TARDIS.
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D.
The Three Doctors
The Three Doctors is a 1972–73 Doctor Who serial that celebrated the show's tenth anniversary by uniting the first three incarnations of the Doctor to battle a powerful Time Lord enemy.
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E.
The Name of the Doctor
"The Name of the Doctor" is a 2013 episode of the British science fiction series Doctor Who that serves as the Series 7 finale and introduces the previously unseen incarnation known as the War Doctor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Dorothy Speare ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Joseph Walker ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Alexander Hall ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Viola Lawrence ⓘ |
| filmColorType | black and white ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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romance film ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasCinematographyBy | Joseph Walker ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Doctor Takes a Wife ⓘ |
| musicBy | Morris Stoloff ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | William Perlberg ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1937-04-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 76 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dorothy Speare
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George Seaton ⓘ Ken Englund ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Edmund Gwenn
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Gail Patrick ⓘ Loretta Young ⓘ Ray Milland ⓘ Reginald Gardiner ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Doctor Takes a Wife Description of subject: The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1937 American romantic comedy film shot by cinematographer Joseph Walker.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.