Lester Shorr
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Lester Shorr was an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as Woody Allen’s early comedy "Take the Money and Run."
All labels observed (1)
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| Lester Shorr canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10776661 — 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: Lester Shorr Context triple: [Take the Money and Run, cinematographyBy, Lester Shorr]
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A.
Mickey Cohen
Mickey Cohen was a notorious mid-20th-century Los Angeles mobster and former associate of Bugsy Siegel who became a prominent figure in organized crime on the West Coast.
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B.
Lepke Buchalter
Lepke Buchalter was a notorious American mobster who led the labor racketeering operations of Murder, Inc. and became one of the few major organized crime bosses to be executed by the U.S. government.
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C.
Richard Loeb
Richard Loeb was an American university student and one of the infamous "Leopold and Loeb" duo who committed a highly publicized 1924 murder in Chicago.
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D.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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E.
Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein was a notorious early 20th-century American mobster and gambling kingpin widely believed to have orchestrated the 1919 World Series fixing scandal.
- 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: Lester Shorr Target entity description: Lester Shorr was an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as Woody Allen’s early comedy "Take the Money and Run."
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A.
Mickey Cohen
Mickey Cohen was a notorious mid-20th-century Los Angeles mobster and former associate of Bugsy Siegel who became a prominent figure in organized crime on the West Coast.
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B.
Lepke Buchalter
Lepke Buchalter was a notorious American mobster who led the labor racketeering operations of Murder, Inc. and became one of the few major organized crime bosses to be executed by the U.S. government.
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C.
Richard Loeb
Richard Loeb was an American university student and one of the infamous "Leopold and Loeb" duo who committed a highly publicized 1924 murder in Chicago.
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D.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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E.
Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein was a notorious early 20th-century American mobster and gambling kingpin widely believed to have orchestrated the 1919 World Series fixing scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinematographer
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person ⓘ |
| artisticDiscipline | visual storytelling ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Woody Allen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Hollywood film studios
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood studios
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| familyName | Shorr ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkSpecialization | comedy film ⓘ |
| givenName | Lester ⓘ |
| hasCreativeRole | director of photography ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | motion pictures ⓘ |
| name | Lester Shorr ⓘ |
| notableFor | cinematography on Woody Allen’s early films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
American comedy films
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Take the Money and Run ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedOn | Take the Money and Run ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lester Shorr Description of subject: Lester Shorr was an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as Woody Allen’s early comedy "Take the Money and Run."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.