St. Louis Blues (1958 film)
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St. Louis Blues (1958 film) is a musical biographical drama starring Nat King Cole as composer W. C. Handy, featuring performances by prominent jazz and blues artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St. Louis Blues (1958 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6888671 — 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: St. Louis Blues (1958 film) Context triple: [St. Louis Blues (song), hasNotableFilm, St. Louis Blues (1958 film)]
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A.
St. Louis Blues (1929 short film)
St. Louis Blues (1929 short film) is a musical short starring blues legend Bessie Smith, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of classic blues performance.
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B.
The Pride of St. Louis
The Pride of St. Louis is a 1952 biographical sports film dramatizing the life and baseball career of Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean.
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C.
St. Louis Blues (song)
"St. Louis Blues" is a landmark 1914 American blues song by W.C. Handy that became one of the most famous and influential standards in early jazz and popular music.
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D.
St. Louis Woman
St. Louis Woman is a 1946 Broadway musical with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, based on Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen’s novel "God Sends Sunday."
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E.
Slapshot
Slapshot is the bald eagle mascot of the NHL’s Washington Capitals, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
- 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: St. Louis Blues (1958 film) Target entity description: St. Louis Blues (1958 film) is a musical biographical drama starring Nat King Cole as composer W. C. Handy, featuring performances by prominent jazz and blues artists.
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A.
St. Louis Blues (1929 short film)
St. Louis Blues (1929 short film) is a musical short starring blues legend Bessie Smith, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of classic blues performance.
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B.
The Pride of St. Louis
The Pride of St. Louis is a 1952 biographical sports film dramatizing the life and baseball career of Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean.
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C.
St. Louis Blues (song)
"St. Louis Blues" is a landmark 1914 American blues song by W.C. Handy that became one of the most famous and influential standards in early jazz and popular music.
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D.
St. Louis Woman
St. Louis Woman is a 1946 Broadway musical with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, based on Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen’s novel "God Sends Sunday."
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E.
Slapshot
Slapshot is the bald eagle mascot of the NHL’s Washington Capitals, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| about |
blues
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| castMember |
Barney Bigard
ⓘ
Billy Preston ⓘ Cab Calloway ⓘ Earth Kitt ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Juano Hernández ⓘ
linked to:
Juano Hernandez
Mahalia Jackson ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ Pearl Bailey ⓘ Ruby Dee ⓘ |
| characterRole | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresPerformer |
Cab Calloway
ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Mahalia Jackson ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ Pearl Bailey ⓘ other prominent jazz and blues artists ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ musical ⓘ |
| hasMusicGenre |
blues
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasTitleSong | St. Louis Blues ⓘ |
| mainSubject | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | career of W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
African-American musicians
ⓘ
development of blues music ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| stars | Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| title | St. Louis Blues ⓘ |
| titleSongComposer | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: St. Louis Blues (1958 film) Description of subject: St. Louis Blues (1958 film) is a musical biographical drama starring Nat King Cole as composer W. C. Handy, featuring performances by prominent jazz and blues artists.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.