What is the first movie mentioned by name in Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer (1961)?
The first movie mentioned by name in Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer is Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford.
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In H. G. Wells’s novel, what is the name of the Invisible Man?
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