Body and Soul
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Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir boxing drama renowned for its gritty realism, social commentary, and one of John Garfield’s most acclaimed performances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Body and Soul canonical | 19 |
| Body and Soul (1947 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T681474 — 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: Body and Soul Context triple: [John Garfield, notableWork, Body and Soul]
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A.
I Cain't Say No
"I Cain't Say No" is a humorous and flirtatious song sung by the character Ado Annie in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.
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B.
Oh Yes
"Oh Yes" is a song featured on Whitney Houston’s 1998 R&B/pop album *My Love Is Your Love*.
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C.
Every Day I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a classic blues standard, popularized by B.B. King, that has become one of the most frequently recorded and performed songs in the genre.
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D.
A Song for You
"A Song for You" is a soulful ballad, originally written and recorded by Leon Russell, that has become a widely covered standard in pop and R&B music.
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E.
My Heart Stood Still
"My Heart Stood Still" is a popular 1927 show tune composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, now regarded as a standard of the American songbook.
- 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: Body and Soul Target entity description: Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir boxing drama renowned for its gritty realism, social commentary, and one of John Garfield’s most acclaimed performances.
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A.
I Cain't Say No
"I Cain't Say No" is a humorous and flirtatious song sung by the character Ado Annie in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.
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B.
Oh Yes
"Oh Yes" is a song featured on Whitney Houston’s 1998 R&B/pop album *My Love Is Your Love*.
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C.
Every Day I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a classic blues standard, popularized by B.B. King, that has become one of the most frequently recorded and performed songs in the genre.
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D.
A Song for You
"A Song for You" is a soulful ballad, originally written and recorded by Leon Russell, that has become a widely covered standard in pop and R&B music.
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E.
My Heart Stood Still
"My Heart Stood Still" is a popular 1927 show tune composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, now regarded as a standard of the American songbook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boxing film
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film ⓘ film noir ⓘ sports drama film ⓘ |
| academyAward |
Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for John Garfield
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Academy Award for Best Film Editing nomination ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing Original Screenplay nomination ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographicStyle | expressionistic boxing sequences ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Wong Howe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert Rossen ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Parrish ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
boxing film
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drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later boxing films ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Charley Davis ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | Passed by Production Code Administration ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hugo Friedhofer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
John Garfield performance
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gritty realism ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | John Garfield ⓘ |
| producer | Bob Roberts ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Enterprise Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | November 11, 1947 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenplayBasedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Abraham Polonsky ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| soundMix | mono ⓘ |
| starring |
Anne Revere
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Canada Lee ⓘ Hazel Brooks ⓘ John Garfield ⓘ Lilli Palmer ⓘ William Conrad ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption in professional boxing
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moral compromise ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Body and Soul Description of subject: Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir boxing drama renowned for its gritty realism, social commentary, and one of John Garfield’s most acclaimed performances.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Garfield
subject surface form:
Jacob Julius Garfinkle
this entity surface form:
Body and Soul (1947 film)
subject surface form:
Julius Garfinkle