Rose of Washington Square
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Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 American musical drama film loosely based on the life and career of entertainer Fanny Brice.
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| Rose of Washington Square canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rose of Washington Square Context triple: [Asa Yoelson, notableWork, Rose of Washington Square]
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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B.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a 1984 period drama film adaptation of Henry James's novel, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, that explores feminism, politics, and romantic rivalry in post–Civil War Boston.
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C.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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D.
Sadie Miller
Sadie Miller is a British actress and writer, best known for continuing her mother Elisabeth Sladen’s legacy by voicing Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who audio dramas.
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E.
Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by Jean Webster that follows an orphaned young woman whose education is sponsored by an anonymous benefactor she knows only by a whimsical nickname.
- 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: Rose of Washington Square Target entity description: Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 American musical drama film loosely based on the life and career of entertainer Fanny Brice.
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A.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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B.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a 1984 period drama film adaptation of Henry James's novel, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, that explores feminism, politics, and romantic rivalry in post–Civil War Boston.
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C.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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D.
Sadie Miller
Sadie Miller is a British actress and writer, best known for continuing her mother Elisabeth Sladen’s legacy by voicing Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who audio dramas.
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E.
Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by Jean Webster that follows an orphaned young woman whose education is sponsored by an anonymous benefactor she knows only by a whimsical nickname.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Fanny Brice ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Al Jolson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alice Faye NERFINISHED ⓘ Hobart Cavanaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrone Power NERFINISHED ⓘ William Frawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Gregory Ratoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Al Jolson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alice Faye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSong |
My Man
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rose of Washington Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | career of a vaudeville singer ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
musical film ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipIssue | lawsuit by Fanny Brice and Nicky Arnstein over resemblance to their lives ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Washington Square, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
romantic drama
ⓘ
show business ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | career of Fanny Brice ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Al Dubin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Harry Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | American Film Institute list AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals (consideration) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Hollywood studio-era musical films ⓘ |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Irving Cummings Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Al Jolson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alice Faye NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrone Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Rose of Washington Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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