Café Society
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Café Society was a pioneering, racially integrated New York City nightclub in the late 1930s and 1940s known for featuring prominent jazz and blues performers and left-leaning political clientele.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Café Society canonical | 3 |
| Café Society, New York City | 2 |
| Café Society Downtown | 1 |
| Café Society Uptown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5787683 — 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: Café Society Context triple: [Lena Horne, employer, Café Society]
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A.
Café Society
Café Society is a 2016 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, set in 1930s Hollywood and New York, in which Jesse Eisenberg stars as a young man navigating love and ambition in the glamorous café society of the era.
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B.
Frances Ha
Frances Ha is a 2012 black-and-white indie comedy-drama film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a young woman’s aimless yet hopeful life in New York City.
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C.
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Crazy, Stupid, Love is a 2011 romantic comedy film that intertwines multiple love stories with humor and heart, featuring an ensemble cast including Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, and Emma Stone.
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D.
The Band’s Visit
The Band’s Visit is a critically acclaimed stage musical, adapted from the 2007 Israeli film of the same name, that tells the story of an Egyptian police band stranded in a small Israeli desert town and is known for its intimate, character-driven narrative and Middle Eastern–influenced score.
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E.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, following two American women who spend a transformative summer in Barcelona entangled in complex relationships with a charismatic painter and his volatile ex-wife.
- 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: Café Society Target entity description: Café Society was a pioneering, racially integrated New York City nightclub in the late 1930s and 1940s known for featuring prominent jazz and blues performers and left-leaning political clientele.
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A.
Café Society
Café Society is a 2016 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, set in 1930s Hollywood and New York, in which Jesse Eisenberg stars as a young man navigating love and ambition in the glamorous café society of the era.
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B.
Frances Ha
Frances Ha is a 2012 black-and-white indie comedy-drama film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a young woman’s aimless yet hopeful life in New York City.
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C.
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Crazy, Stupid, Love is a 2011 romantic comedy film that intertwines multiple love stories with humor and heart, featuring an ensemble cast including Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, and Emma Stone.
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D.
The Band’s Visit
The Band’s Visit is a critically acclaimed stage musical, adapted from the 2007 Israeli film of the same name, that tells the story of an Egyptian police band stranded in a small Israeli desert town and is known for its intimate, character-driven narrative and Middle Eastern–influenced score.
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E.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, following two American women who spend a transformative summer in Barcelona entangled in complex relationships with a charismatic painter and his volatile ex-wife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nightclub ⓘ |
| closed | 1950 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuredPerformer |
Art Tatum
ⓘ
Big Joe Turner ⓘ Billie Holiday ⓘ Coleman Hawkins ⓘ Count Basie ⓘ Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ Hazel Scott ⓘ Imogene Coca ⓘ Josh White ⓘ Lena Horne ⓘ Mary Lou Williams ⓘ Nellie Lutcher ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ Red Allen ⓘ
linked to:
Henry "Red" Allen
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ Sister Rosetta Tharpe ⓘ Teddy Wilson ⓘ Woody Guthrie ⓘ Zero Mostel ⓘ |
| founder | Barney Josephson ⓘ |
| frequentedBy |
civil rights activists
ⓘ
labor organizers ⓘ leftist intellectuals ⓘ |
| hadBranch |
Café Society Downtown
ⓘ
linked to:
Café Society
Café Society Uptown ⓘ
linked to:
Café Society
|
| historicalSignificance | pioneering racially integrated nightclub in New York City ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | European political cabarets ⓘ |
| knownFor |
blues performances
ⓘ
jazz performances ⓘ left-wing politics ⓘ progressive clientele ⓘ racial integration ⓘ |
| location |
Greenwich Village
ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Billie Holiday introduced the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit" there
ⓘ
linked to:
Strange Fruit
|
| opened | 1938 ⓘ |
| policy |
no discrimination against Black patrons
ⓘ
no discrimination against Black performers ⓘ no racial segregation ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | left-wing ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | political pressure and financial difficulties ⓘ |
| subjectOf | FBI scrutiny during the Red Scare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Café Society Description of subject: Café Society was a pioneering, racially integrated New York City nightclub in the late 1930s and 1940s known for featuring prominent jazz and blues performers and left-leaning political clientele.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Café Society
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linked to: Café Society