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In Hellzapoppin’, a woman wanders around the set yelling this name before a single gunshot is heard offstage. This name titles a campy Russell Rouse film that features cameo appearances by Merle Oberon, Frank Sinatra, and Edith Head as themselves. An author with this first name wrote a novel whose adaptation by Albert Lewin is in black-and-white except for an insert of a grotesque (*) painting by Ivan Albright. (10[2])The most prolific director (10[1])of so-called “race films” in the 20s and 30s had this first name and the surname Micheaux. Margaret Herrick and Bette Davis are among the many people to take credit for giving this name to an art deco knight that stands on a reel of film. For 10 points, give this colloquial name for an Academy Award. ■END■

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