The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)

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film

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 American comedy film, loosely based on James Thurber’s short story, about a daydreaming proofreader who escapes his mundane life through elaborate fantasies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) canonical	2
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (short story)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9909277 — 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: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)
Context triple: [Barbara Ruick, performedIn, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)]

A. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 adventure-comedy film about a daydreaming photo editor who embarks on a real-life global journey, directed by and starring Ben Stiller.
B. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a 1947 romantic fantasy film about a young widow who forms an unusual bond with the ghost of a sea captain haunting her seaside cottage.
C. Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Leo McCarey, that poignantly portrays the hardships faced by an elderly couple forced to live apart during the Great Depression.
D. Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary is a 1941 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, starring Mickey Rooney as the small-town teenager navigating romantic and family mishaps.
E. It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s a Wonderful Life is a classic 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film that follows a despairing man who is shown by an angel what the world would be like if he had never been born.
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: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)
Target entity description: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 American comedy film, loosely based on James Thurber’s short story, about a daydreaming proofreader who escapes his mundane life through elaborate fantasies.

A. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 adventure-comedy film about a daydreaming photo editor who embarks on a real-life global journey, directed by and starring Ben Stiller.
B. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a 1947 romantic fantasy film about a young widow who forms an unusual bond with the ghost of a sea captain haunting her seaside cottage.
C. Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Leo McCarey, that poignantly portrays the hardships faced by an elderly couple forced to live apart during the Great Depression.
D. Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary is a 1941 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, starring Mickey Rooney as the small-town teenager navigating romantic and family mishaps.
E. It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s a Wonderful Life is a classic 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film that follows a despairing man who is shown by an angel what the world would be like if he had never been born.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
basedOn	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy	James Thurber NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Lee Garmes NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Norman Z. McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Monica Collingwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresTheme	escapism ⓘ imagination ⓘ mundane life vs fantasy ⓘ
filmingProcess	live-action ⓘ
genre	comedy film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLooselyAdaptedFrom	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActorPlays	Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty ⓘ
mainCharacter	Walter Mitty NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy	David Raksin NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	daydreams ⓘ fantasy sequences ⓘ
notableFor	elaborate fantasy sequences ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	American cinema of the 1940s ⓘ
producer	Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	proofreader ⓘ
releaseYear	1947 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	110 ⓘ
screenwriter	Everett Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Englund NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	1940s ⓘ
shortStoryAuthor	James Thurber NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Ann Rutherford NERFINISHED ⓘ Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Fay Bainter NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Konstantin Shayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurston Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barbara Ruick → performedIn → The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) ⓘ

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty → basedOn → The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film)

this entity surface form: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (short story)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty → isRemakeOf → The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) ⓘ