Deborah Lipp

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1. He magically gets the cops to dance to a Latin beat.
Solved by Evn (comment #1) and Roberta (comment #3).

2. A tango at a charity ball, featuring the hero and the villain’s girlfriend.
Solved by MJ Ray (comment #13).

3. He’s supposed to be performing a lovely ballroom dance, but he’s drunk; she covers for him and makes it look like a comedy dance routine.
Solved by Roberta (comment #3).

4. As soon as his parents are out of town, he dances alone to rock & roll.
Solved by Evn (comment #2) and Roberta (comment #3).

5. Her costume is stolen while she’s on break, and she becomes hysterical, but she must return to the dance in dirty clothes.
HINT: Although this movie revolves entirely around dance, and takes place entirely at a dance, it is not a musical.
Solved by Melville (comment #14).

6. The dairyman dances by himself in the barn while tending the animals.
Solved by Ben (comment #10).

7. With garbage can lids on their feet.
Solved by Melville (comment #7).

With a late-night save by Melville, we have 100% solved! We have two ties, one where the posts overlapped, one where the correct answer was provided and trapped by spam filters, and then solved by someone else. So please share your award.

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1. He tells her he loves her. She tells him she’s engaged to another man. He pulls the tablecloth, and everything on it, off the restaurant table.
HINT: He pulls the tablecloth with his teeth.
Solved by Melville (comment #25).

2. He tells her he loves her. She slaps him across the face, but soon, she’s in his bed, in an apartment in Brooklyn.
Solved by Nobody in Particular (comment #3) and Daven (comment #6).

3. She slaps him across the face, but soon, she’s in his bed, in a hotel room in Berlin.
HINT: The villain of this movie is modeled after Rupert Murdoch.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #22).

4. At the very end of the movie, she finally realizes she loves him, and tells him so. But it’s too late, he leaves anyway.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #1).

5. At the very end of the movie, he finally realizes he wants to be with her, and tells her at a press conference.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #1).

6. At the very end of the movie, he finally realizes he wants to be with her, and tells her at a New Year’s Eve party.
Solved by Evn (comment #4) and Daven (comment #6), three minutes later.

7. She wants to be loved, and she is. But she wants to be craved, and she is not.
Solved by Amy (comment #10).

Note: Nobody in Particular’s answer to #2 got stuck in the spam folder. So he solved it before Daven but it never showed up. Both get credit. NiP’s comment was restored to chronological order, making his #3 and everyone else’s moves forward.

It took a little longer, but that was probably the holiday. They’re all solved!

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1. Christmas with Christmas; fireworks in Istanbul.
Solved by Brandi (comment #4).

2. A diamond necklace, and fireworks on the Riviera.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

3. A wedding anniversary; the husband points out that he gave up his Independence on Independence Day, and never regretted it.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

4. Fireworks in the shape of a dragon from a beloved out-of-town visitor.
Solved by maurinsky (comment #2).

5. As they watch fireworks, she throws the gift he gave her into the water so she’ll always know where it is.
HINT: This romance is a cult classic and features a woman best known for her role in a disturbing horror classic.
Solved by Heather (comment #6).

6. He has writer’s block from missing his wife so much, so they bring her to him.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

7. “If I had known I was gonna meet the president I would’ve worn a tie.”
Solved by Evn (comment #3).

All solved. Only one hint needed this week, and it was a murderously (hee) hard question. In the Kisses category, Roberta held a coupe.

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Murder

1. A pen someone gave him at the party.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #3).

2. A hyper-inflating gas pellet.
Solved by norbizness (comment #11).

3. Webley-Fosbery semi-automatic revolver.
HINT: This rare gun belonged to a character much talked about, but never seen on-screen in this classic film noir.
Solved by Melville (comment #18).

Kisses

4. Holding the phone together while listening to a call from an out-of-town friend.
Solved by Roberta (comment #1).

5. Over a dog named Brinkley.
Solved by Roberta (comment #1).

6. In an ice fortress.
Solved by Roberta (comment #1).

7. First they coat themselves in paint, then they kiss in the shower while washing it off.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #3).

That was fast!

I didn’t realize this in advance, but three movies had Bond connections this week. #3 was a Bond movie. #5 starred a Bond girl, and was directed by the just-announced director of Bond 22. #6 featured Daniel Craig in a supporting role.

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