Packet 10: Tossup 22

Garson Kanin wrote a 1950 film set in this city in which a woman goes through a meticulous (15[1])routine before beating her boyfriend at gin rummy. (15[1])Betty White’s debut role (15[1])and Charles Laughton’s final role were both in a 1962 film set in this city that was the first mainstream movie to depict (15[1])a gay bar. The cast’s names appear on a briefcase on Saul Bass’s (15[1])poster for that Otto Preminger film set in this city. Judy Holliday beat Gloria (15[1])Swanson and Bette Davis (-5[1])to win Best Actress at the 1950 Oscars for a comedy set in this city, Born (*) Yesterday. The title character of a film set (-5[1])in this city is called “Tarzan” (10[1])after a montage depicting him punching several of his foes. At the end of a film set in this city, an offscreen gunshot terrifies people in a room where the title character had monologued about “lost causes.” The head of the Boy Rangers talks non-stop in this city for over 24 hours (10[1])in that 1939 Frank (10[2])Capra film. For 10 points, (10[1])James Stewart’s character Jefferson Smith “goes to” what city? ■END■ (10[2])

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