Stella Dallas (1990s television film)
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Stella Dallas (1990s television film) is a made-for-television drama adaptation of Olive Higgins Prouty’s classic mother–daughter story, focusing on themes of sacrifice, class, and maternal love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stella Dallas (1990s television film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5557859 — 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: Stella Dallas (1990s television film) Context triple: [Stella Dallas, adaptedAs, Stella Dallas (1990s television film)]
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A.
Stella (TV series)
Stella is a surreal, absurdist American comedy TV series created by and starring the comedy trio Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.
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Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas is a 1925 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty, best known through its popular film adaptations about a self-sacrificing mother striving to secure a better life for her daughter.
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C.
Stella by Starlight
"Stella by Starlight" is a popular jazz standard composed in 1944 that has become a staple of the Great American Songbook and a favorite among jazz musicians for improvisation.
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D.
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce is a 2011 HBO miniseries adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel, starring Kate Winslet as a struggling single mother during the Great Depression.
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E.
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is a long-running American television soap opera renowned for its multi-decade run on radio and TV and its influential role in daytime drama history.
- 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)
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Target entity: Stella Dallas (1990s television film) Target entity description: Stella Dallas (1990s television film) is a made-for-television drama adaptation of Olive Higgins Prouty’s classic mother–daughter story, focusing on themes of sacrifice, class, and maternal love.
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A.
Stella (TV series)
Stella is a surreal, absurdist American comedy TV series created by and starring the comedy trio Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.
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B.
Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas is a 1925 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty, best known through its popular film adaptations about a self-sacrificing mother striving to secure a better life for her daughter.
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C.
Stella by Starlight
"Stella by Starlight" is a popular jazz standard composed in 1944 that has become a staple of the Great American Songbook and a favorite among jazz musicians for improvisation.
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D.
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce is a 2011 HBO miniseries adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel, starring Kate Winslet as a struggling single mother during the Great Depression.
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E.
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is a long-running American television soap opera renowned for its multi-decade run on radio and TV and its influential role in daytime drama history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | drama adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Stella Dallas (novel)
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linked to:
Stella Dallas
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| basedOnWorkBy | Olive Higgins Prouty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
class conflict
ⓘ
mother–daughter bond ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf |
Stella Dallas (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Stella Dallas
|
| mainCharacter | Stella Dallas ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | mother–daughter relationship ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
class differences
ⓘ
maternal sacrifice ⓘ motherly love ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodOfRelease | 1990s ⓘ |
| productionFormat | made-for-television film ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | mother ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| sourceMaterialAuthor | Olive Higgins Prouty ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialGenre | novel ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialTitle | Stella Dallas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stella Dallas (1990s television film) Description of subject: Stella Dallas (1990s television film) is a made-for-television drama adaptation of Olive Higgins Prouty’s classic mother–daughter story, focusing on themes of sacrifice, class, and maternal love.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.