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A scene in which a villain walks into an empty saloon exemplifies this director’s use of long dissolves within a single scene. This director’s son of the same name founded the American Film Institute. This director quit making comedies after shooting footage at Dachau that was shown as evidence (-5[1])during the Nuremberg Trials. (-5[1])A film by this director climaxes with a fistfight in a diner set to Mitch Miller’s “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” Edith (15[1])Head once went to a party with 37 copies of (15[1])a violet-busted (15[1])gown she designed for Elizabeth Taylor in this director’s adaptation of An American Tragedy. In a film by this director, Jett cackles “my (*) well came in, Bick!” while drenched in oil. X-23 recites (10[1])a monologue (-5[1])from a film by this director as a eulogy for Wolverine at the end of Logan. (-5[1])This director cast James Dean in his final role, three years after making a film about a Wyoming farmhand played by Alan Ladd. (10[1])For 10 points, name this director of A Place in the Sun, Giant, (-5[1])and Shane. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: George Stevens [or George Stevens Sr.; accept George Stevens Jr.] (The lead-in describes this scene depicting Jack Palance in Shane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfAd2pwS4eM)
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