Packet 2: Tossup 16

In a 2017 article about this character, physicist Robert E. Wallace confirmed that his mother-in-law’s husband Jean Plummer, not Elliot Carpenter, recorded music used in the film to dub this character’s performance. This male character’s most famous dialogue inspired the title of a podcast about Hollywood history hosted by Karina Longworth. (15[2]-5[1])Until intervention by story editor Irene Diamond and screenwriters the Epstein twins, producer Hal B. Wallis (15[1])considered changing this character’s sex to cast Hazel Scott (15[1])or Lena (*) Horne. (10[1])This character’s employer (10[1])remarks, “I don’t buy or sell (10[1])human beings” (10[1])when he is asked about (-5[1])the price (-5[1])to get this character to work for the Blue Parrot. (10[1])This character (10[1])pretends not to remember the melody of a song whose lyrics assert that (10[1])“a sigh is just a sigh.” (10[1])Dooley Wilson’s performance as this character (10[1])popularized the jazz song “As Time Goes By.” For 10 points, what Black pianist in Casablanca is never actually told to “play it again”? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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