In this film’s “telephone scene,” Luise Rainer’s character calls her ex-husband to congratulate him on his new marriage, changes her mind too late, and fights back tears. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this extravagant 1936 MGM film. In a costly set piece in this film, the camera ascends a spiral staircase that resembles a wedding cake as tuxedoed men sing “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody.”
ANSWER: The Great Ziegfeld
[10m] Overhead camera moves and “kaleidoscope” shots were the trademark of this director, who included shots of women’s legs in his choreography for the musical numbers in films like Ziegfeld Girl and 42nd Street.
ANSWER: Busby Berkeley [or Berkeley William Enos]
[10e] Meet Me in St. Louis and An American in Paris are films by a director with this surname, who cast his wife Judy Garland in the film Ziegfeld Follies. Their daughter with this surname played Sally Bowles in Cabaret.
ANSWER: Minnelli [accept Vincente Minnelli or Liza Minnelli]
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