Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah! is a groundbreaking 1929 American film, directed by King Vidor, notable as one of the first major studio productions to feature an all-Black cast and extensive use of sound and music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hallelujah! canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11464549 — 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: Hallelujah! Context triple: [King Vidor, notableWork, Hallelujah!]
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A.
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! is a British television sitcom starring Thora Hird as a formidable Salvation Army captain in a small Yorkshire town.
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B.
Hallelujah
"Hallelujah" is a widely acclaimed, often-covered song by Leonard Cohen known for its haunting melody and spiritually infused, poetic lyrics.
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C.
Alleluia
Alleluia is a 2014 Belgian-French psychological horror film by Fabrice Du Welz, loosely inspired by the "Lonely Hearts Killers" case and noted for its intense, stylized portrayal of obsessive love and violence.
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D.
Alleluia
Alleluia is a widely performed a cappella choral work by American composer Randall Thompson, known for its serene, meditative character and rich harmonic writing.
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E.
Hallelujah, Baby!
Hallelujah, Baby! is a 1967 Broadway musical that follows an African American woman's rise to stardom against the backdrop of changing racial and social conditions in the United States.
- 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: Hallelujah! Target entity description: Hallelujah! is a groundbreaking 1929 American film, directed by King Vidor, notable as one of the first major studio productions to feature an all-Black cast and extensive use of sound and music.
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A.
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! is a British television sitcom starring Thora Hird as a formidable Salvation Army captain in a small Yorkshire town.
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B.
Hallelujah
"Hallelujah" is a widely acclaimed, often-covered song by Leonard Cohen known for its haunting melody and spiritually infused, poetic lyrics.
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C.
Alleluia
Alleluia is a 2014 Belgian-French psychological horror film by Fabrice Du Welz, loosely inspired by the "Lonely Hearts Killers" case and noted for its intense, stylized portrayal of obsessive love and violence.
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D.
Alleluia
Alleluia is a widely performed a cappella choral work by American composer Randall Thompson, known for its serene, meditative character and rich harmonic writing.
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E.
Hallelujah, Baby!
Hallelujah, Baby! is a 1967 Broadway musical that follows an African American woman's rise to stardom against the backdrop of changing racial and social conditions in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ sound film ⓘ |
| blackCast | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gordon Avil ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | King Vidor ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Hugh Wynn ⓘ |
| era | pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
musical film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Daniel L. Haynes
ⓘ
Everett McGarrity ⓘ Fanny Belle DeKnight ⓘ Harry Gray ⓘ Juano Hernández ⓘ
linked to:
Juano Hernandez
Nina Mae McKinney ⓘ Victoria Spivey ⓘ William Fountaine ⓘ |
| hasSong |
"Hallelujah"
ⓘ
linked to:
Hallelujah
"Waiting at the End of the Road" ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | milestone in African American representation in Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chick
ⓘ
Mami ⓘ Zeke ⓘ |
| musicBy |
David Mendoza
ⓘ
William Axt ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
redemption
ⓘ
religion ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of synchronized sound and music in feature films
ⓘ
one of the first major studio films with an all-Black cast ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | African American sharecropper life in the South ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| productionMethod | partly shot on location in the American South ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | black-and-white 35 mm film ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 95 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Bradbury Foote
ⓘ
J. Walter Ruben ⓘ King Vidor ⓘ Lawrence Stallings ⓘ
linked to:
Laurence Stallings
Ruth Rose ⓘ |
| setIn | rural American South ⓘ |
| soundFeature | extensive use of spirituals and gospel-influenced music ⓘ |
| studioEra | early sound era ⓘ |
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Subject: Hallelujah! Description of subject: Hallelujah! is a groundbreaking 1929 American film, directed by King Vidor, notable as one of the first major studio productions to feature an all-Black cast and extensive use of sound and music.
Referenced by (4)
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