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The director of this film claimed the lead actress was “motivated by her antipathy toward me,” and after filming, that actress allegedly told her friend “I just finished the worst (-5[1])picture in the world.” (15[1])When (-5[1])the protagonist of this film is asked if he loves a woman, he repeatedly avoids the question by insulting her before finally yelling “Yes, but don’t hold it against me.”After bragging about his (*) hitchhiking abilities, (10[1])a man in this film makes a frantic series of gestures that fail to stop a car (10[1])until the woman he’s with pulls up her skirt. A character in this film uses a Biblical metaphor for a blanket separating his bed from a woman’s, (10[1])later referenced in a telegram he sends reading “the walls of Jericho are toppling!” For 10 points, Claudette Colbert stars opposite Clark Gable in what pre-Code romantic comedy directed by Frank Capra? ■END■ (10[1])

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