Packet 6: Tossup 7

Director and star required. In Notes on “Camp”, Susan Sontag wrote that “camp is” all of this director-star duo’s films, but “especially” the last one, (-5[1])whose screenplay was by John Dos Passos. Adolphe Menjou’s character is a “surrogate” for (15[1])this director’s fascination with this star, according to an essay by Laura Mulvey. This star wrote the story of a film by this director in which this star enthralls a dying chemist by taking off a gorilla costume. (15[1])Many critics chastised (15[1])this director for an implausible ending in which this star walks across a desert after kicking off (*) her high heels. In a film by this director, this star of Blonde Venus seduces a woman (10[1])while (10[1])wearing a top hat (10[2])and tuxedo. This (10[1])director (10[2])and star had an affair (10[1])while making (10[1])a film in which this star of Morocco sings “Falling in Love Again” as cabaret performer Lola Lola. (10[1])For 10 points, what two Germans directed and starred in The Blue Angel? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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