The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
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The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6185368 — 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: The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) Context triple: [Robert Kern, workedOn, The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)]
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A.
The Plainsman (1936 film)
The Plainsman (1936 film) is a 1936 American Western adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the lives and exploits of frontier figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
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B.
Hopalong Cassidy film series
The Hopalong Cassidy film series is a collection of classic American Western movies centered on the clean-cut cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy, which became one of the most popular and influential Western franchises of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
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D.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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E.
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
- 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 Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) Target entity description: The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.
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A.
The Plainsman (1936 film)
The Plainsman (1936 film) is a 1936 American Western adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the lives and exploits of frontier figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
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B.
Hopalong Cassidy film series
The Hopalong Cassidy film series is a collection of classic American Western movies centered on the clean-cut cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy, which became one of the most popular and influential Western franchises of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
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D.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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E.
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
The Squaw Man (1914 film) is a pioneering early feature-length Western drama, often cited as one of the first full-length Hollywood films and a key work in the development of the American film industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
opera
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| artDirector | Cedric Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
La fanciulla del West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Girl of the Golden West (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | David Belasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnComposer | Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Mary Robbins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramirez NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff Jack Rance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer |
Allen M. Davey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oliver T. Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | Adrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Z. Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editor | Blanche Sewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
musical ⓘ |
| leadActor | Nelson Eddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Jeanette MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | saloonkeeper ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Herbert Stothart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sigmund Romberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mining camp ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A saloonkeeper in California during the Gold Rush falls in love with a bandit while pursued by a sheriff who also loves her. ⓘ |
| producer | Hunt Stromberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Boyce DeGaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabel Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | California Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Buddy Ebsen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeanette MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Carrillo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson Eddy NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Pidgeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioSystemEra | Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
law and outlawry
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| title | The Girl of the Golden West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) Description of subject: The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.
Referenced by (2)
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