The Blue Veil
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The Blue Veil is a 1951 American drama film in which Joan Blondell delivered one of her most acclaimed performances, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Blue Veil canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10710983 — 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 Blue Veil Context triple: [Joan Blondell, notableWork, The Blue Veil]
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A.
The House of Blue Leaves
The House of Blue Leaves is a darkly comic play by John Guare that explores fame, madness, and unfulfilled dreams in 1960s Queens, New York.
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B.
The Maiden’s Prayer
"The Maiden’s Prayer" is a popular 19th-century salon piece for piano by Polish composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, known for its sentimental, lyrical style and enduring use in piano teaching.
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C.
The Evening Light
The Evening Light is a celebrated poetry collection by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, known for its contemplative, lyrical meditations on time, memory, and existence.
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D.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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E.
The Goddess
"The Goddess" is a 1911 stage play by Indian writer and filmmaker Niranjan Pal, notable for its early exploration of nationalist and social themes in colonial India.
- 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 Blue Veil Target entity description: The Blue Veil is a 1951 American drama film in which Joan Blondell delivered one of her most acclaimed performances, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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A.
The House of Blue Leaves
The House of Blue Leaves is a darkly comic play by John Guare that explores fame, madness, and unfulfilled dreams in 1960s Queens, New York.
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B.
The Maiden’s Prayer
"The Maiden’s Prayer" is a popular 19th-century salon piece for piano by Polish composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, known for its sentimental, lyrical style and enduring use in piano teaching.
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C.
The Evening Light
The Evening Light is a celebrated poetry collection by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, known for its contemplative, lyrical meditations on time, memory, and existence.
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D.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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E.
The Goddess
"The Goddess" is a 1911 stage play by Indian writer and filmmaker Niranjan Pal, notable for its early exploration of nationalist and social themes in colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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film ⓘ film award ⓘ |
| academyAwardNominationFor | Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| awardNominationReceived | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
French film "Le Voile Bleu"
NERFINISHED
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novel "Le Voile Bleu" by François Campaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Charles Laughton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gigi Perreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ Natalie Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Carlson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Planck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Curtis Bernhardt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Folmar Blangsted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureFilm | true ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | nursemaid ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | Production Code era ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | life of a devoted nursemaid over several decades ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notablePerformanceBy | Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| remakeOf | "Le Voile Bleu" (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtime | 113 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
François Campaux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman Corwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| stars |
Charles Laughton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jane Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Blue Veil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfAcademyAwardCeremony | 1952 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Blue Veil Description of subject: The Blue Veil is a 1951 American drama film in which Joan Blondell delivered one of her most acclaimed performances, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Referenced by (2)
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