The Old Fashioned Way
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The Old Fashioned Way is a 1934 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields as a vaudeville performer, directed by prolific filmmaker William Beaudine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Old Fashioned Way canonical | 3 |
| The Old-Fashioned Way | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10782340 — 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 Old Fashioned Way Context triple: [William Beaudine, notableWork, The Old Fashioned Way]
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A.
I'm Old Fashioned
"I'm Old Fashioned" is a popular 1942 jazz standard with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, widely recorded by vocalists and instrumentalists alike.
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B.
Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort is a 1981 action-thriller film about a group of National Guard soldiers lost in the Louisiana bayou who are hunted by local Cajuns after a violent misunderstanding.
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C.
Five Drinks Ago
Five Drinks Ago is a song featured on the album "Heartland."
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D.
Cocktail Time
"Cocktail Time" is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the mischievous Earl of Ickenham (Uncle Fred) as he orchestrates romantic entanglements and social chaos in his characteristic lighthearted style.
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E.
Hold My Liquor
"Hold My Liquor" is a moody, atmospheric hip-hop track by Kanye West featuring introspective lyrics and experimental production.
- 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 Old Fashioned Way Target entity description: The Old Fashioned Way is a 1934 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields as a vaudeville performer, directed by prolific filmmaker William Beaudine.
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A.
I'm Old Fashioned
"I'm Old Fashioned" is a popular 1942 jazz standard with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, widely recorded by vocalists and instrumentalists alike.
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B.
Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort is a 1981 action-thriller film about a group of National Guard soldiers lost in the Louisiana bayou who are hunted by local Cajuns after a violent misunderstanding.
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C.
Five Drinks Ago
Five Drinks Ago is a song featured on the album "Heartland."
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D.
Cocktail Time
"Cocktail Time" is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the mischievous Earl of Ickenham (Uncle Fred) as he orchestrates romantic entanglements and social chaos in his characteristic lighthearted style.
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E.
Hold My Liquor
"Hold My Liquor" is a moody, atmospheric hip-hop track by Kanye West featuring introspective lyrics and experimental production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Poppy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
stage play "Poppy" by W.C. Fields ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Henry Sharp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | William Beaudine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard C. Currier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | The Great McGonigle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
vaudeville film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Leipold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | featuring W.C. Fields performing the "Professor Eustace McGargle" character NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | vaudeville performer ⓘ |
| producer | William LeBaron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1934-07-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 71 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jack Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | early 20th century American small town ⓘ |
| starring |
Arthur Hohl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baby LeRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Duggan NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Apfel NERFINISHED ⓘ Tammany Young NERFINISHED ⓘ W.C. Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starsAsCharacter | W.C. Fields as The Great McGonigle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Old Fashioned Way Description of subject: The Old Fashioned Way is a 1934 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields as a vaudeville performer, directed by prolific filmmaker William Beaudine.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Old-Fashioned Way