Packet 10: Tossup 3

An actress’s pet monkey stole her jewels while shooting an adaptation of a work by this author that replaced its eight-word title with the catchier Boom! On her first day shooting a film based on a work by this author, that actress (15[1])suffered survivor’s (15[1])guilt after a plane crash killed her husband Mike Todd. (-5[1])Joanne Woodward delivered the first mainstream film use of “son of a bitch” in a film written by this author, who waited until Anna Magnani (“mahn-YAH-nee”) learned English to write a screenplay about a seamstress. In a film written by this author, (15[1])Carroll Baker popularized a style of (*) nightgown. Richard Brooks insisted on filming a 1959 adaptation of a work by this author in color in admiration of the blue and violet irises of Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor. Manuela (10[1])replaces a (10[1])stoned actress (-5[1])in a performance (10[1])of a play by this author in All About My Mother. (10[1])For 10 points, name this playwright who wrote Vivien Leigh’s line “I have always depended upon the kindness (10[1])of strangers.” ■END■ (10[2])

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