How to Be Very, Very Popular
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"How to Be Very, Very Popular" is a 1955 American comedy film starring Betty Grable and Sheree North as showgirls entangled in a murder mystery and campus hijinks.
All labels observed (1)
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| How to Be Very, Very Popular canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13394294 — 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: How to Be Very, Very Popular Context triple: [Charlotte Austin, notableWork, How to Be Very, Very Popular]
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A.
How to Be Good
How to Be Good is a comic novel by British author Nick Hornby that explores morality, marriage, and midlife crisis through the perspective of a disillusioned doctor.
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B.
How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life
How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life is a motivational self-help book by entertainer Lilly Singh that offers humorous, practical advice on achieving success and confidence in work and life.
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C.
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
"How to Talk to Girls at Parties" is a Neil Gaiman short story that blends awkward teenage romance with surreal, otherworldly encounters at a mysterious house party.
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D.
How to Be a Player
How to Be a Player is a 1997 American comedy film starring Bill Bellamy as a womanizing bachelor whose lifestyle is challenged over one chaotic weekend.
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E.
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Queen Bees and Wannabes is a non-fiction self-help book by Rosalind Wiseman that examines the social dynamics, cliques, and pressures among adolescent girls in American middle and high schools.
- 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: How to Be Very, Very Popular Target entity description: "How to Be Very, Very Popular" is a 1955 American comedy film starring Betty Grable and Sheree North as showgirls entangled in a murder mystery and campus hijinks.
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A.
How to Be Good
How to Be Good is a comic novel by British author Nick Hornby that explores morality, marriage, and midlife crisis through the perspective of a disillusioned doctor.
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B.
How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life
How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life is a motivational self-help book by entertainer Lilly Singh that offers humorous, practical advice on achieving success and confidence in work and life.
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C.
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
"How to Talk to Girls at Parties" is a Neil Gaiman short story that blends awkward teenage romance with surreal, otherworldly encounters at a mysterious house party.
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D.
How to Be a Player
How to Be a Player is a 1997 American comedy film starring Bill Bellamy as a womanizing bachelor whose lifestyle is challenged over one chaotic weekend.
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E.
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Queen Bees and Wannabes is a non-fiction self-help book by Rosalind Wiseman that examines the social dynamics, cliques, and pressures among adolescent girls in American middle and high schools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
She Loves Me Not
NERFINISHED
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novel by Edward Hope ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Milton R. Krasner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess |
CinemaScope
NERFINISHED
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DeLuxe Color NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | William Mace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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musical comedy film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Betty Grable
NERFINISHED
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Bob Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Orson Bean NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheree North NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | How to Be Very, Very Popular NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American musical comedy films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | showgirl ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Cyril J. Mockridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
campus hijinks
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murder mystery ⓘ |
| notableFor | final film appearance of Betty Grable ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two showgirls become involved in a murder case and hide out on a college campus, leading to comic situations. ⓘ |
| producer | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1955-07-29 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | college campus ⓘ |
| starring |
Betty Grable
NERFINISHED
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Bob Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Orson Bean NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheree North NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: How to Be Very, Very Popular Description of subject: "How to Be Very, Very Popular" is a 1955 American comedy film starring Betty Grable and Sheree North as showgirls entangled in a murder mystery and campus hijinks.
Referenced by (1)
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