Round 1: Tossup 14

This author was the dedicatee and co-writer of an animated film about a mockingbird who thwarts a portrait that comes to life and takes the place of its subject, a king. The actress Michèle Morgan was strongly associated with a pick-up line by this screenwriter in which her beret-wearing character Nelly replies “kiss me!” to a man who tells her, “you got beautiful eyes, y’know.” Arletty starred in Daybreak, a film written by this screenwriter of the movie that was the main influence on Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (“luh AHV-ruh”). Yves Montand’s rendition in Gates of the Night introduced a song with lyrics by this author and music by Joseph Kosma. A film written by (15[1])this author centers on a courtesan (15[1])beloved by an aristocrat, (-5[1])a thief, an actor, and a mime. This author wrote the scripts of the poetic realist (*) Marcel Carné (“kar-NAY”) films Port of Shadows and Children (10[1])of Paradise. For 10 points, what poet (-5[1])of Paroles (“puh-ROLE”) wrote the lyrics to a jazz standard that inspired (10[1])the film Autumn Leaves? ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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