Packet 1: Tossup 9

An actor with this surname starred opposite his ex-wife in a film whose final line is her telling him, “stand still, it’ll all be over in a minute” at their characters’ wedding. That actor with this surname wryly says his “permanent address” is “City Dump 32” while being interrogated to (15[1])confirm that his love interest won a scavenger hunt for a “forgotten man” during the Great Depression. An MGM actress (15[1])with this surname known for editing and choreographing her own solo numbers (-5[1])tap danced to “Begin the Beguine” in the last Broadway Melody film opposite (*) Fred Astaire. (-5[1])An actor with this surname used his signature (10[1]-5[1])sardonic, quippy diction as an impresario in The Great Ziegfeld and a butler in My Man Godfrey. The fox terrier (10[1])Skippy starred (10[1])with that actor (10[1])with this surname in a series (10[1])of murder mysteries inspired (10[1])by Dashiell (10[1])Hammett. For 10 points, Myrna Loy’s most frequent (10[1])co-star was an actor (10[1])with what surname who played Nick Charles in The Thin Man? ■END■ (10[1]0[5])

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