Packet 9: Tossup 4

This author’s copyright lawsuit against Universal Pictures established the legal concept of scènes à faire (“sen ah fair”) in cases involving genre fiction. In a film based on a novel by this author, John Garfield’s character remarks “with my brain and your looks, we could go places.” In a 1945 (15[1])adaptation of a novel by this author, (15[1])a woman says “alligators have the right idea; they eat their young” (15[1])while discussing her friend’s brat daughter. Pauline Kael used the phrase “heavy breathing” to describe (15[1])Joan Crawford’s Oscar-winning acting as a creation of this author. (15[1]-5[1])He isn’t a director, but this author was the main influence on (*) The Man Who Wasn’t There, the Coens’ only black-and-white (10[1])film. Barbara Stanwyck (10[1])wore (10[1])an intentionally poor-fitting blonde wig as Phyllis Dietrichson, a housewife created by this (10[1])author who seduces an insurance salesman. For 10 points, name this author of the novels adapted into the noir films (10[1])Mildred Pierce, (10[1])Double Indemnity, and The Postman Always Rings (10[1])Twice. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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