Trivia Time - Part 33

Due to computer problems (hard drive crash), I may not respond as quickly as usual. My wife has kindly loaned me her Mac laptop (normally used to support a NASA mission) to do this post.

Who Am I? When handed a script written expressly for him, this person commented that it was the first script he had ever received that didn't have Gary Cooper's fingerprints on it. "When they can't get Coop, they come for me", he said. Who am I?

#1. What was the name of the film mentioned above?

#2. Who was the director?

#3. In the MGM film, The Heavenly Body, what was the name of the name of the observatory where William Powell worked?

#4. What was the big event that was supposed to be the crowning achievement of William Powell's character's career? Be specific.

#5. In The Heavenly Body, what were the four different ways of drinking vodka?

#6. Aaron Copeland composed the scores for three of this director's films. Name the director and the films.

#7. During World War II, President Roosevelt directed each of the major studios to create a "propaganda" film showing the plight of the Russians under the Nazi regime and depicting them as our friends and allies. Name the films from Warner Brothers, MGM and Samuel Goldwyn.

#8. In which film(s) did Walter Brennan actually sing? Who wrote the lyrics to the song(s)?

#9. In how many movies did Dana Andrews play a bombadier? Name the films.

#10. In the Preston Sturges film Hail the Conquering Hero, which Paramount film was advertised on a billboard at the railway station in the closing sequence?