Tonight or Never (1931 film)
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"Tonight or Never" is a 1931 romantic comedy film best known for featuring Gloria Swanson and marking Melvyn Douglas's first screen appearance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tonight or Never (1931 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7370003 — 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)
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Target entity: Tonight or Never (1931 film) Context triple: [Melvyn Douglas, screenDebut, Tonight or Never (1931 film)]
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Midnight (1939 film)
Midnight (1939 film) is a 1939 screwball romantic comedy directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche, and written by the famed screenwriting duo Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.
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B.
The Midnight Lady (1932 film)
The Midnight Lady (1932 film) is an American pre-Code crime drama notable as an early 1930s feature starring silent-era actress Betty Bronson.
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C.
Night Flight (1933)
Night Flight (1933) is an American pre-Code aviation drama film produced at MGM, best known for its all-star cast including Clark Gable and John Barrymore and its portrayal of perilous night airmail flights over South America.
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D.
Something in the Night
"Something in the Night" is a brooding, emotionally charged song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album *Darkness on the Edge of Town*, known for its haunting atmosphere and themes of loss and desperation.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonight or Never (1931 film) Target entity description: "Tonight or Never" is a 1931 romantic comedy film best known for featuring Gloria Swanson and marking Melvyn Douglas's first screen appearance.
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A.
Midnight (1939 film)
Midnight (1939 film) is a 1939 screwball romantic comedy directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche, and written by the famed screenwriting duo Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.
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B.
The Midnight Lady (1932 film)
The Midnight Lady (1932 film) is an American pre-Code crime drama notable as an early 1930s feature starring silent-era actress Betty Bronson.
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C.
Night Flight (1933)
Night Flight (1933) is an American pre-Code aviation drama film produced at MGM, best known for its all-star cast including Clark Gable and John Barrymore and its portrayal of perilous night airmail flights over South America.
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D.
Something in the Night
"Something in the Night" is a brooding, emotionally charged song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album *Darkness on the Edge of Town*, known for its haunting atmosphere and themes of loss and desperation.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Tonight or Never (play)
NERFINISHED
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play by Lili Hatvany ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lee Garmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Mervyn LeRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | William Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFilmDebutOf | Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Alison Skipworth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferdinand Gottschalk NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Swanson NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Greig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
opera singer
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romantic relationships ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | pre-Code Hollywood film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Gloria Swanson performance
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first screen appearance of Melvyn Douglas ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American pre-Code cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mervyn LeRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1931-10-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ernest Vajda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sidney Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to early 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Alison Skipworth
NERFINISHED
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Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferdinand Gottschalk NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Swanson NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Greig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Tonight or Never NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tonight or Never (1931 film) Description of subject: "Tonight or Never" is a 1931 romantic comedy film best known for featuring Gloria Swanson and marking Melvyn Douglas's first screen appearance.
Referenced by (1)
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