Life Begins at 40
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Life Begins at 40 is a 1935 American comedy film starring humorist Will Rogers as a small-town newspaper editor who champions ordinary people against corrupt local powers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life Begins at 40 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7730950 — 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: Life Begins at 40 Context triple: [William Penn Adair Rogers, notableWork, Life Begins at 40]
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A.
And Then Life Happens
"And Then Life Happens" is the memoir by Auma Obama that recounts her life story, including her experiences growing up in Kenya and Germany and her perspective as Barack Obama’s half-sister.
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B.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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E.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
- 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: Life Begins at 40 Target entity description: Life Begins at 40 is a 1935 American comedy film starring humorist Will Rogers as a small-town newspaper editor who champions ordinary people against corrupt local powers.
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A.
And Then Life Happens
"And Then Life Happens" is the memoir by Auma Obama that recounts her life story, including her experiences growing up in Kenya and Germany and her perspective as Barack Obama’s half-sister.
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B.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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E.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Walter B. Pitkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Life Begins at 40 (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterRole | Will Rogers plays a small-town newspaper editor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | George Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century-Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Great Depression era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | sound film ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasHumoristStar | Will Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Life Begins at 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainProtagonistOccupation | newspaper editor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A small-town newspaper editor champions ordinary people against corrupt local powers ⓘ |
| producer | Sol M. Wurtzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1935-03-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Henry Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Conselman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | small town ⓘ |
| starring |
Andrew Tombes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Barbier NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Darwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochelle Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim Summerville NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
ⓘ
ordinary people vs. local powers ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Life Begins at 40 Description of subject: Life Begins at 40 is a 1935 American comedy film starring humorist Will Rogers as a small-town newspaper editor who champions ordinary people against corrupt local powers.
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