Tunes of Glory
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Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British drama film set in a Scottish Highland regiment, renowned for its intense portrayal of military life and its powerful performance by Alec Guinness.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tunes of Glory canonical | 4 |
| Tunes of Glory (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6314105 — 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: Tunes of Glory Context triple: [Alec Guinness, notableWork, Tunes of Glory]
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A.
Fancy Brigades
Fancy Brigades are elaborately costumed performance groups known for their choreographed, theatrical presentations as part of Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Mummers festivities.
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B.
Carry the Banner
Carry the Banner is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic punk sound and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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C.
Forgotten Army
The Forgotten Army was the British Empire’s Fourteenth Army that fought largely overlooked but crucial campaigns against Japanese forces in Burma during World War II.
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D.
The Trench
The Trench is a harrowing World War I painting by German artist Otto Dix that graphically depicts the devastation and brutality of trench warfare.
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E.
Keep the Home Fires Burning
"Keep the Home Fires Burning" is a famous World War I-era British patriotic song, composed by Ivor Novello with lyrics by Lena Guilbert Ford, that became an anthem of hope and perseverance on the home front.
- 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: Tunes of Glory Target entity description: Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British drama film set in a Scottish Highland regiment, renowned for its intense portrayal of military life and its powerful performance by Alec Guinness.
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A.
Fancy Brigades
Fancy Brigades are elaborately costumed performance groups known for their choreographed, theatrical presentations as part of Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Mummers festivities.
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B.
Carry the Banner
Carry the Banner is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic punk sound and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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C.
Forgotten Army
The Forgotten Army was the British Empire’s Fourteenth Army that fought largely overlooked but crucial campaigns against Japanese forces in Burma during World War II.
-
D.
The Trench
The Trench is a harrowing World War I painting by German artist Otto Dix that graphically depicts the devastation and brutality of trench warfare.
-
E.
Keep the Home Fires Burning
"Keep the Home Fires Burning" is a famous World War I-era British patriotic song, composed by Ivor Novello with lyrics by Lena Guilbert Ford, that became an anthem of hope and perseverance on the home front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | James Kennaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award |
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture nomination
NERFINISHED
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BAFTA Award for Best British Film nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tunes of Glory (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Ibbetson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorOrBlackAndWhite | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Ronald Neame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Anne V. Coates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | Eastmancolor ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasAlecGuinnessRole | Major Jock Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJohnMillsRole | Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
discipline and authority
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psychological trauma ⓘ tradition versus change ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major Jock Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Malcolm Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | military life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Alec Guinness performance
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intense portrayal of military life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
clash of leadership styles
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post-war British Army ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ |
| producer | Robert H. Hartford-Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Knightsbridge Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James Kennaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingContext | Scottish Highland regiment ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
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Dennis Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Duncan Macrae NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | post-World War II era ⓘ |
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Subject: Tunes of Glory Description of subject: Tunes of Glory is a 1960 British drama film set in a Scottish Highland regiment, renowned for its intense portrayal of military life and its powerful performance by Alec Guinness.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Tunes of Glory (film)