Round 2: Tossup 16

In a 2017 article about this character, physicist Robert E. Wallace confirmed that his mother-in-law’s husband Jean Plummer, not Elliot Carpenter, recorded music used in the film to dub this character’s performance. This male character’s most famous dialogue inspired the title of a podcast about Hollywood history hosted by Karina Longworth. (15[2]-5[1])Until intervention by story editor Irene Diamond and screenwriters the Epstein twins, producer Hal B. Wallis (15[1])considered changing this character’s sex to cast Hazel Scott or Lena (*) Horne. This character’s employer (10[1])remarks, “I don’t buy or sell (10[1])human beings” when he is asked about (-5[1])the price to get this character to work for the Blue Parrot. (10[1])This character (10[1])pretends not to remember the melody of a song whose lyrics assert that “a sigh is just a sigh.” (10[1])Dooley Wilson’s performance as this character popularized the jazz song “As Time Goes By.” For 10 points, what Black pianist in Casablanca is never actually told to “play it again”? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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