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Early in this film, a group of drunk men refer to a man on a call in a phone booth as a “man biting a dog.” Upon wrapping this film, its lead actress remarked, “I just finished the worst picture (15[1])ever.” In this (15[1])film, a rich man is bemused to read a long itemized (15[1])list of compensation totalling just (15[1])39 dollars (15[1])and 60 cents. A woman in this film cites Abraham Lincoln as an example of a “natural born piggy-backer.” In a scene from this film that may have inspired the mannerisms of Bugs Bunny, a woman says she has “proven once and for all that the (*) limb is (10[1])mightier than the thumb” (10[1])to a man (10[1])who had chewed on raw carrots while trying to hitchhike. (10[1])This film’s (10[1])protagonists (10[1])refer to a blanket draped over a wire between their beds as the “walls of Jericho.” (10[1])The story “Night Bus” by muckraker journalist Samuel Hopkins Adams inspired this film, which was the first to sweep the “Big Five” Academy Awards. For 10 points, what Frank Capra rom-com stars Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable? ■END■ (10[1])

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