Packet 6: Tossup 18

In the 1970s, Al Dettlaff dressed up as “Father Time” to show a movie produced by this filmmaker, but refused to sell its print to AMPAS, even after Robert Wise let him pose with his Oscar. A short by this filmmaker titles Josef von Sternberg’s autobiography, Fun in a Chinese Laundry. This filmmaker’s studio was nicknamed (15[1])“Black Maria” for resembling cop (15[1])vans. (15[4])Flaubert (“flo-BAIR”), Beethoven, and this filmmaker are Walter Murch’s three “Fathers of Film.” This filmmaker, who produced a movie that uses a trick shot to depict a queen’s (*) execution, shot footage of an author walking at Stormfield mansion in Redding, Connecticut. William Dickson’s kinetoscope was financed by this filmmaker, (10[3])whose (10[1])company produced The Kiss, Fred Ott’s Sneeze, (10[1])the first film of Frankenstein, and The Great Train Robbery. This producer wasn’t present when one of his (10[1])crews filmed the murder of Topsy, an elephant. For 10 points, (10[1])what filmmaker (10[1])is credited with inventing the lightbulb? ■END■ (10[1])

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