Back Street (1932 film)
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Back Street (1932 film) is a pre-Code romantic drama directed by John M. Stahl, adapted from Fannie Hurst’s novel about a woman who spends her life as the devoted mistress of a married man.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Back Street (1932 film) canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11423302 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Back Street (1932 film) Context triple: [John M. Stahl, notableWork, Back Street (1932 film)]
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A.
The Goldwyn Girls
The Goldwyn Girls were a glamorous chorus line of singing and dancing women featured in numerous Samuel Goldwyn musical films of the 1930s and 1940s, often serving as a launching pad for future Hollywood stars.
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B.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
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C.
Scarface (1932 film)
Scarface (1932 film) is a landmark pre-Code American gangster film, loosely based on Al Capone, that helped define the crime genre with its violent, gritty portrayal of organized crime.
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D.
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble is a 1944 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, following Mickey Rooney’s character as he encounters romantic and comedic mishaps at college.
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E.
Strike Up the Band (1940 film)
Strike Up the Band (1940 film) is a 1940 MGM musical comedy starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney about high school students who form a band to compete in a national contest.
- 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: Back Street (1932 film) Target entity description: Back Street (1932 film) is a pre-Code romantic drama directed by John M. Stahl, adapted from Fannie Hurst’s novel about a woman who spends her life as the devoted mistress of a married man.
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A.
The Goldwyn Girls
The Goldwyn Girls were a glamorous chorus line of singing and dancing women featured in numerous Samuel Goldwyn musical films of the 1930s and 1940s, often serving as a launching pad for future Hollywood stars.
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B.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
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C.
Scarface (1932 film)
Scarface (1932 film) is a landmark pre-Code American gangster film, loosely based on Al Capone, that helped define the crime genre with its violent, gritty portrayal of organized crime.
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D.
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble is a 1944 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, following Mickey Rooney’s character as he encounters romantic and comedic mishaps at college.
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E.
Strike Up the Band (1940 film)
Strike Up the Band (1940 film) is a 1940 MGM musical comedy starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney about high school students who form a band to compete in a national contest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Back Street (novel) ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Fannie Hurst ⓘ |
| basedOn | Back Street (novel) ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | John M. Stahl ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| era |
pre-Code Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Code Hollywood
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| followedBy |
Back Street (1941 film)
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Back Street (1961 film) ⓘ |
| genre | romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
extramarital affair
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sacrifice ⓘ social conventions ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ray Schmidt
ⓘ
Walter Saxel ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | life of a devoted mistress ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | adaptations of works by Fannie Hurst ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A woman devotes her life to being the mistress of a married man. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| title | Back Street ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Back Street (1932 film) Description of subject: Back Street (1932 film) is a pre-Code romantic drama directed by John M. Stahl, adapted from Fannie Hurst’s novel about a woman who spends her life as the devoted mistress of a married man.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.