Packet 3: Tossup 4

A filmmaker with this surname cameoed as the man approaching the phone booth in Rosemary’s Baby, which Robert Evans produced by buying the rights to the novel from him. John Goodman’s character (-5[1])in Joe Dante’s movie Matinee is an homage (15[2])to a director with this surname (15[1])who created the (15[1])ideas of “Emergo” (15[2])and “Percepto.” John Carpenter (15[1])co-wrote Escape from New York with a former PA (15[1])with this (15[1])surname who wore a Captain Kirk mask to play Michael (*) Myers in the original Halloween. This was the surname of a B-movie producer who literally shocked audiences of the Vincent Price vehicle The Tingler, his most famous “gimmick film.” (10[1])The last RKO film to pair Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire was a biopic of a couple with this surname who popularized the (10[1])foxtrot. For (10[1])10 points, those two dancers had what surname and the first names Vernon and (10[1])Irene? ■END■ (0[3])

ANSWER: Castle [or William Castle; or Nick Castle; or Vernon Castle; or Irene Castle; or the Castles]
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Absolute Cinema - Canada2025-11-08250%0%0%0%128.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Chicago Open2025-11-085100%0%60%0%81.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Minnesota2025-11-0820%0%0%50%
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1)2025-11-083100%0%67%0%76.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2)2025-11-16580%0%80%0%51.00