Brewster's Millions (1945 film)
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Brewster's Millions (1945 film) is a 1945 American comedy film adaptation of the popular novel and play about a man who must spend a large inheritance under strict conditions to receive an even larger fortune.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brewster's Millions (1945 film) canonical | 1 |
| Brewster’s Millions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8437367 — 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: Brewster's Millions (1945 film) Context triple: [Joseph Aloysius Dwan, directed, Brewster's Millions (1945 film)]
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Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor as a minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast fortune in a short time to inherit an even larger one.
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B.
Brewster's Millions (stage play)
Brewster's Millions (stage play) is a theatrical adaptation of George Barr McCutcheon's comic novel about a man who must spend a large inheritance under strict conditions to receive an even larger fortune.
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C.
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 American film noir–style drama about the ruthless rise of a Hollywood producer, acclaimed for its incisive look at the movie industry and its multiple Academy Award-winning cinematography.
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D.
Mildred Pierce (1945 film)
Mildred Pierce (1945 film) is a classic American film noir–melodrama that revitalized Joan Crawford’s career, featuring her Oscar-winning performance as a self-sacrificing mother entangled in crime and family betrayal.
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E.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
- 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: Brewster's Millions (1945 film) Target entity description: Brewster's Millions (1945 film) is a 1945 American comedy film adaptation of the popular novel and play about a man who must spend a large inheritance under strict conditions to receive an even larger fortune.
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A.
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor as a minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast fortune in a short time to inherit an even larger one.
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B.
Brewster's Millions (stage play)
Brewster's Millions (stage play) is a theatrical adaptation of George Barr McCutcheon's comic novel about a man who must spend a large inheritance under strict conditions to receive an even larger fortune.
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C.
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 American film noir–style drama about the ruthless rise of a Hollywood producer, acclaimed for its incisive look at the movie industry and its multiple Academy Award-winning cinematography.
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D.
Mildred Pierce (1945 film)
Mildred Pierce (1945 film) is a classic American film noir–melodrama that revitalized Joan Crawford’s career, featuring her Oscar-winning performance as a self-sacrificing mother entangled in crime and family betrayal.
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E.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Brewster's Millions (novel)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brewster's Millions (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Brewster's Millions (novel)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brewster's Millions (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles Lawton Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Allan Dwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Fantl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Brewster's Millions (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasSourceAuthor | George Barr McCutcheon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
inheritance
ⓘ
spending money under constraints ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| isAdaptation | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Montague L. Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Louis Forbes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Brewster's Millions adaptations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man must spend a large inheritance under strict conditions to receive an even larger fortune ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Small NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Edward Small Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| runtime | 79 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Arthur Sheekman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter DeLeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| starring |
Dennis O'Keefe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gail Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ June Havoc NERFINISHED ⓘ Mischa Auer NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestor Paiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Brewster's Millions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brewster's Millions (1945 film) Description of subject: Brewster's Millions (1945 film) is a 1945 American comedy film adaptation of the popular novel and play about a man who must spend a large inheritance under strict conditions to receive an even larger fortune.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brewster’s Millions