The Lady from the Tropics
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The Lady from the Tropics is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor, noted for its exotic setting and interracial love story.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Lady from the Tropics canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13393334 — 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 Lady from the Tropics Context triple: [Joseph Walker, notableWork, The Lady from the Tropics]
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A.
The Beachcomber
The Beachcomber is a 1954 British comedy film in which Glynis Johns stars alongside Robert Newton in an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s story “The Vessel of Wrath.”
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B.
The Girl from Rio
The Girl from Rio is a 1927 silent romantic drama film starring Rod La Rocque, set against a vibrant South American backdrop.
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C.
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 seafaring adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, known for its maritime salvage drama set in the 1840s along the Florida coast.
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D.
The Desert Song
The Desert Song is a popular operetta, frequently adapted for film and stage, known for its romantic adventure set in the Moroccan desert and its memorable title song.
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E.
The Lady from Texas
The Lady from Texas is a 1951 American Western comedy film featuring Josephine Hull in a prominent role.
- 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 Lady from the Tropics Target entity description: The Lady from the Tropics is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor, noted for its exotic setting and interracial love story.
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A.
The Beachcomber
The Beachcomber is a 1954 British comedy film in which Glynis Johns stars alongside Robert Newton in an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s story “The Vessel of Wrath.”
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B.
The Girl from Rio
The Girl from Rio is a 1927 silent romantic drama film starring Rod La Rocque, set against a vibrant South American backdrop.
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C.
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 seafaring adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, known for its maritime salvage drama set in the 1840s along the Florida coast.
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D.
The Desert Song
The Desert Song is a popular operetta, frequently adapted for film and stage, known for its romantic adventure set in the Moroccan desert and its memorable title song.
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E.
The Lady from Texas
The Lady from Texas is a 1951 American Western comedy film featuring Josephine Hull in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ |
| cinematography | William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jack Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| featuresSetting | exotic locale ⓘ |
| featuresTheme | interracial romance ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | Frank E. Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | MGM Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhitePhotography | true ⓘ |
| hasLeadActor | Robert Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeadActress | Hedy Lamarr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Bill Carey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manon DeVargnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFocus | cross-cultural relationship ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
exotic setting
ⓘ
interracial love story ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | Production Code era film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bronislau Kaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hedy Lamarr filmography
ⓘ
Robert Taylor filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Hedy Lamarr as Manon DeVargnes
ⓘ
Joseph Schildkraut as Pierre Delaroch ⓘ Robert Taylor as Bill Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Hunt Stromberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1939-08-04 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ben Hecht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lee Mahin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | French Indochina (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to time of production ⓘ |
| starring |
Abner Biberman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ernest Cossart NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hedy Lamarr NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Schildkraut NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Porcasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Jan Lustig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lady from the Tropics Description of subject: The Lady from the Tropics is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor, noted for its exotic setting and interracial love story.
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