The Perfect Specimen (1937 film)
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The Perfect Specimen is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on a story by playwright and screenwriter Samson Raphaelson.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Perfect Specimen (1937 film) canonical | 1 |
| The Perfect Specimen (film adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5624750 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Perfect Specimen (1937 film) Context triple: [Samson Raphaelson, notableWork, The Perfect Specimen (1937 film)]
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A.
Ecstasy (1933 film)
Ecstasy (1933 film) is a Czech romantic drama best known for its controversial nude scenes and for featuring an early starring role by actress Hedy Lamarr.
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B.
The Painted Veil (1934 film)
The Painted Veil (1934 film) is an American romantic drama starring Greta Garbo, based on W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage set against a cholera epidemic in China.
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C.
Mayerling (1936 film)
Mayerling (1936 film) is a 1936 French historical romantic drama directed by Anatole Litvak that dramatizes the tragic love affair and deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
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D.
Blansky's Beauties
Blansky's Beauties is a short-lived 1970s American sitcom set in Las Vegas that followed a showbiz talent agent and her troupe of showgirls, created as a spin-off from Happy Days.
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E.
Pygmalion (1938 film)
Pygmalion (1938 film) is a British romantic comedy-drama adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play, best known for its witty exploration of class and language and for inspiring the later musical My Fair Lady.
- 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 Perfect Specimen (1937 film) Target entity description: The Perfect Specimen is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on a story by playwright and screenwriter Samson Raphaelson.
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A.
Ecstasy (1933 film)
Ecstasy (1933 film) is a Czech romantic drama best known for its controversial nude scenes and for featuring an early starring role by actress Hedy Lamarr.
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B.
The Painted Veil (1934 film)
The Painted Veil (1934 film) is an American romantic drama starring Greta Garbo, based on W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage set against a cholera epidemic in China.
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C.
Mayerling (1936 film)
Mayerling (1936 film) is a 1936 French historical romantic drama directed by Anatole Litvak that dramatizes the tragic love affair and deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
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D.
Blansky's Beauties
Blansky's Beauties is a short-lived 1970s American sitcom set in Las Vegas that followed a showbiz talent agent and her troupe of showgirls, created as a spin-off from Happy Days.
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E.
Pygmalion (1938 film)
Pygmalion (1938 film) is a British romantic comedy-drama adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play, best known for its witty exploration of class and language and for inspiring the later musical My Fair Lady.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Samson Raphaelson ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Edeson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Michael Curtiz ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ralph Dawson ⓘ |
| genre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
comedy film
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leo F. Forbstein ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing of Errol Flynn and Joan Blondell in a light comedy role ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Hal B. Wallis
ⓘ
Jack L. Warner ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Warner
|
| productionCompany |
Warner Bros.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
| releaseDate | 1937-10-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Norman Reilly Raine
ⓘ
Seton I. Miller ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Allen Jenkins
ⓘ
Dick Foran ⓘ Edward Everett Horton ⓘ Errol Flynn ⓘ Hugh Herbert ⓘ Joan Blondell ⓘ May Robson ⓘ Zasu Pitts ⓘ |
| storyBy | Samson Raphaelson ⓘ |
| title | The Perfect Specimen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Perfect Specimen (1937 film) Description of subject: The Perfect Specimen is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on a story by playwright and screenwriter Samson Raphaelson.
Referenced by (2)
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