Min and Bill
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Min and Bill is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film best known for its gritty waterfront setting and for earning Marie Dressler an Academy Award for Best Actress.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Min and Bill canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4490493 — 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: Min and Bill Context triple: [Wallace Beery, notableWork, Min and Bill]
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A.
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike is a 1952 sports comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, known for its witty script and depiction of a female athlete challenging gender norms.
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B.
Vinnie & Bobby
Vinnie & Bobby is a short-lived early-1990s American sitcom centered on two blue-collar friends navigating work, relationships, and adulthood in a comedic, working-class setting.
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C.
Benny and Omar
Benny and Omar is a humorous young adult novel by Irish author Eoin Colfer that follows an Irish boy’s misadventures and cultural clashes after moving to Tunisia.
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D.
Bonny Billy
Bonny Billy is an alias of American singer-songwriter and actor Will Oldham, known for his introspective, genre-blurring indie folk music.
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E.
Bille
The Bille is a small river in northern Germany that flows through the city of Hamburg and into the Elbe.
- 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: Min and Bill Target entity description: Min and Bill is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film best known for its gritty waterfront setting and for earning Marie Dressler an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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A.
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike is a 1952 sports comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, known for its witty script and depiction of a female athlete challenging gender norms.
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B.
Vinnie & Bobby
Vinnie & Bobby is a short-lived early-1990s American sitcom centered on two blue-collar friends navigating work, relationships, and adulthood in a comedic, working-class setting.
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C.
Benny and Omar
Benny and Omar is a humorous young adult novel by Irish author Eoin Colfer that follows an Irish boy’s misadventures and cultural clashes after moving to Tunisia.
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D.
Bonny Billy
Bonny Billy is an alias of American singer-songwriter and actor Will Oldham, known for his introspective, genre-blurring indie folk music.
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E.
Bille
The Bille is a small river in northern Germany that flows through the city of Hamburg and into the Elbe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film ⓘ pre-Code film ⓘ |
| AcademyAwardsCeremony | 4th Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Marie Dressler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
author Lorna Moon
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novel "Dark Star" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Bella Pringle
NERFINISHED
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Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ Min Divot NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harold Rosson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | George W. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Loew's Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Blanche Sewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | pre-Code ⓘ |
| hasFormat | sound film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0021156 ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Axt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Marie Dressler performance
ⓘ
gritty waterfront setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Hollywood pre-Code era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Irving Thalberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lawrence Weingarten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1930-11-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 66 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frances Marion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marion Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
dockside hotel
ⓘ
waterfront ⓘ |
| starring |
DeWitt Jennings
NERFINISHED
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Don Dillaway NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Greta Granstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Dressler NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjorie Rambeau NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Beery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfAcademyAward | 1931 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Min and Bill Description of subject: Min and Bill is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film best known for its gritty waterfront setting and for earning Marie Dressler an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.