Pal Joey (short stories, 1938)
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Pal Joey (short stories, 1938) is a collection of epistolary short stories by John O'Hara that introduced the character Joey Evans, a cynical nightclub emcee in Chicago.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pal Joey (short stories, 1938) canonical | 1 |
| Pal Joey (stories) by John O'Hara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13881977 — 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: Pal Joey (short stories, 1938) Context triple: [Joey Evans, firstAppearance, Pal Joey (short stories, 1938)]
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Broadway musical "Pal Joey" (staging and choreography)
The Broadway musical "Pal Joey" is a landmark Rodgers and Hart show, renowned for its sophisticated, cynical storytelling and stylish staging and choreography that helped redefine the modern musical.
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Tales from Hollywood (play)
Tales from Hollywood is a darkly comic play by Christopher Hampton that reimagines exiled European writers in 1940s Los Angeles, blending historical figures with fictional narrative to explore art, exile, and identity.
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The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") is a 1922 short story by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to become a jazz performer, which later inspired the landmark 1927 film.
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The Jazz Singer (play)
The Jazz Singer is a 1925 stage play by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his traditional family obligations and his desire to become a jazz performer.
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The American Way (co-written with George S. Kaufman)
"The American Way" is a 1939 Broadway pageant-play chronicling generations of an immigrant family’s life in the United States, co-written by celebrated dramatists Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.
- 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: Pal Joey (short stories, 1938) Target entity description: Pal Joey (short stories, 1938) is a collection of epistolary short stories by John O'Hara that introduced the character Joey Evans, a cynical nightclub emcee in Chicago.
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A.
Broadway musical "Pal Joey" (staging and choreography)
The Broadway musical "Pal Joey" is a landmark Rodgers and Hart show, renowned for its sophisticated, cynical storytelling and stylish staging and choreography that helped redefine the modern musical.
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B.
Tales from Hollywood (play)
Tales from Hollywood is a darkly comic play by Christopher Hampton that reimagines exiled European writers in 1940s Los Angeles, blending historical figures with fictional narrative to explore art, exile, and identity.
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C.
The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") is a 1922 short story by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to become a jazz performer, which later inspired the landmark 1927 film.
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D.
The Jazz Singer (play)
The Jazz Singer is a 1925 stage play by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his traditional family obligations and his desire to become a jazz performer.
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E.
The American Way (co-written with George S. Kaufman)
"The American Way" is a 1939 Broadway pageant-play chronicling generations of an immigrant family’s life in the United States, co-written by celebrated dramatists Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pal Joey (stories) by John O'Hara