Big City Blues
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Big City Blues is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava, following a naive young man who moves to New York City and becomes entangled in the city's nightlife and troubles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Big City Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11769346 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big City Blues Context triple: [Gregory La Cava, notableWork, Big City Blues]
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A.
Big City
"Big City" is a dance-theater work by German choreographer Kurt Jooss, known for its expressive, socially conscious modernist style.
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B.
Big City Nights
"Big City Nights" is a hard rock song by the German band Scorpions, best known as one of their signature 1980s anthems celebrating the energy and allure of urban nightlife.
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C.
Quiet City
"Quiet City" is a contemplative orchestral work by American composer Aaron Copland, originally derived from incidental music for a play and best known for its prominent trumpet and English horn solos evoking nocturnal urban solitude.
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D.
Heart of the City
Heart of the City is a central mixed-use district within Rochester, Minnesota’s Destination Medical Center initiative, designed to integrate healthcare, public spaces, and urban amenities around the Mayo Clinic campus.
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E.
Heart of the City
Heart of the City is a popular easy-listening piano instrumental piece by Canadian composer Frank Mills, best known for its gentle, melodic style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big City Blues Target entity description: Big City Blues is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava, following a naive young man who moves to New York City and becomes entangled in the city's nightlife and troubles.
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A.
Big City
"Big City" is a dance-theater work by German choreographer Kurt Jooss, known for its expressive, socially conscious modernist style.
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B.
Big City Nights
"Big City Nights" is a hard rock song by the German band Scorpions, best known as one of their signature 1980s anthems celebrating the energy and allure of urban nightlife.
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C.
Quiet City
"Quiet City" is a contemplative orchestral work by American composer Aaron Copland, originally derived from incidental music for a play and best known for its prominent trumpet and English horn solos evoking nocturnal urban solitude.
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D.
Heart of the City
Heart of the City is a central mixed-use district within Rochester, Minnesota’s Destination Medical Center initiative, designed to integrate healthcare, public spaces, and urban amenities around the Mayo Clinic campus.
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E.
Heart of the City
Heart of the City is a popular easy-listening piano instrumental piece by Canadian composer Frank Mills, best known for its gentle, melodic style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ pre-Code film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story "Young Man of Manhattan" by Ward Morehouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Sidney Hickox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Gregory La Cava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| distributorCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Owen Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Eric Linden
NERFINISHED
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Humphrey Bogart NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| follows | naive young man who moves to New York City ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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pre-Code drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmRatingEra | pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime investigation
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disillusionment ⓘ romance ⓘ small-town innocence vs. big-city corruption ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| mainCastMember |
Eric Linden
NERFINISHED
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Grant Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Kibbee NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey Bogart NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jobyna Howland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyle Talbot NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Catlett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bud Reeves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFilmMovement | Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotTheme |
crime and trouble in the big city
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urban nightlife ⓘ |
| producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hal B. Wallis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 70 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Luther Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1930s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Big City Blues Description of subject: Big City Blues is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava, following a naive young man who moves to New York City and becomes entangled in the city's nightlife and troubles.
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