You Only Live Once
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"You Only Live Once" is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda, often regarded as an early example of film noir.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| You Only Live Once canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8527075 — 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: You Only Live Once Context triple: [Sylvia Sidney, notableWork, You Only Live Once]
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A.
You Only Get One Life
"You Only Get One Life" is the memoir of Danish-Italian actress and model Brigitte Nielsen, recounting her turbulent career, relationships, and personal struggles.
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B.
Live Your Life
"Live Your Life" is a 2008 hip hop single by T.I. featuring Rihanna, known for its uplifting lyrics about perseverance and success.
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C.
One Night in a Lifetime
"One Night in a Lifetime" is a track from Donna Summer’s 1979 disco album *Bad Girls*, known for its blend of danceable rhythms and soulful vocals.
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D.
One in a Lifetime
"One in a Lifetime" is a song featured on the 2002 album "Still Standing" by the American R&B group Goodie Mob.
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E.
Just Once in My Life
"Just Once in My Life" is a 1965 pop song co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, best known in its hit recording by The Righteous Brothers.
- 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: You Only Live Once Target entity description: "You Only Live Once" is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda, often regarded as an early example of film noir.
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A.
You Only Get One Life
"You Only Get One Life" is the memoir of Danish-Italian actress and model Brigitte Nielsen, recounting her turbulent career, relationships, and personal struggles.
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B.
Live Your Life
"Live Your Life" is a 2008 hip hop single by T.I. featuring Rihanna, known for its uplifting lyrics about perseverance and success.
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C.
One Night in a Lifetime
"One Night in a Lifetime" is a track from Donna Summer’s 1979 disco album *Bad Girls*, known for its blend of danceable rhythms and soulful vocals.
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D.
One in a Lifetime
"One in a Lifetime" is a song featured on the 2002 album "Still Standing" by the American R&B group Goodie Mob.
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E.
Just Once in My Life
"Just Once in My Life" is a 1965 pop song co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, best known in its hit recording by The Righteous Brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker ⓘ |
| castMember |
Barton MacLane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chick Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome Cowan NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ William Gargan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Leon Shamroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Fritz Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | Daniel Mandell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasFilmNoirElements |
doomed romance
ⓘ
expressionist lighting ⓘ fatalism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fugitive couple on the run
ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| isConsidered | early example of film noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eddie Taylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joan Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | ex-convict trying to go straight ⓘ |
| notableFor | collaboration between Fritz Lang and Henry Fonda ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Henry Fonda as Eddie Taylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sylvia Sidney as Joan Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Wanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1937-01-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
C. Graham Baker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gene Towne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| soundMix | mono ⓘ |
| starring |
Henry Fonda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sylvia Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: You Only Live Once Description of subject: "You Only Live Once" is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda, often regarded as an early example of film noir.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fritz Lang