Round 12: Tossup 8

Abbey Lincoln posed in an orange dress worn in this film on the cover of Ebony, but then burned it to retaliate against critics of her belief that it over-sexualized her. Bodybuilders and acrobats are extras in a scene in this film that ends with one of its stars being accidentally knocked into a pool. Near the end of this film, one of its stars dances in time with a judge’s gavel and wears a fur coat in a French courtroom to impersonate her friend. This film’s credits occur during its opening duet, “Little Rock.” One of this film’s stars sings “A kiss on the hand / May be quite continental” in a scene that inspired the pink dress in the music video for “Material Girl” by Madonna. For 10 points, in what 1953 Howard Hawks (10[1])romcom do Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe sing “Diamonds are (-5[1])a Girl’s Best Friend?” ■END■ (10[2])

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