Fame Is the Spur
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Fame Is the Spur is a 1947 British drama film, adapted from Howard Spring’s novel, that chronicles the rise and moral compromise of an idealistic politician.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fame Is the Spur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21074617 — 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: Fame Is the Spur Context triple: [John Boulting, notableWork, Fame Is the Spur]
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A.
Fame and Fortune
Fame and Fortune is a 19th-century children's novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that continues the rags-to-respectability adventures of the bootblack hero introduced in Ragged Dick.
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B.
The Bravados
The Bravados is a 1958 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as a vengeful rancher hunting down a group of escaped convicts.
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C.
Some Came Running
Some Came Running is a 1958 American drama film, based on James Jones's novel, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine in a story of a war veteran's troubled return to small-town life.
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D.
Lonely Are the Brave
Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 Western drama film starring Kirk Douglas as a modern-day cowboy struggling against encroaching modern society.
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E.
Song of the Buckaroo
Song of the Buckaroo is a 1938 American Western film featuring singing cowboys and frontier adventure, noted for including actress Dorothy Fay in its cast.
- 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: Fame Is the Spur Target entity description: Fame Is the Spur is a 1947 British drama film, adapted from Howard Spring’s novel, that chronicles the rise and moral compromise of an idealistic politician.
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A.
Fame and Fortune
Fame and Fortune is a 19th-century children's novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that continues the rags-to-respectability adventures of the bootblack hero introduced in Ragged Dick.
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B.
The Bravados
The Bravados is a 1958 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as a vengeful rancher hunting down a group of escaped convicts.
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C.
Some Came Running
Some Came Running is a 1958 American drama film, based on James Jones's novel, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine in a story of a war veteran's troubled return to small-town life.
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D.
Lonely Are the Brave
Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 Western drama film starring Kirk Douglas as a modern-day cowboy struggling against encroaching modern society.
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E.
Song of the Buckaroo
Song of the Buckaroo is a 1938 American Western film featuring singing cowboys and frontier adventure, noted for including actress Dorothy Fay in its cast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.