Packet 10: Tossup 17

In a Hitchcockian romance titled for a river that flows through this city, a woman who wears green eyeshadow and a blonde wig looks exactly (15[1])like the protagonist’s lover, who (15[1])performs as a mermaid in a bar show. The star (-5[1])of a 1932 film titled for this city clutches her cheeks in a promotional still that inspired Freddie Mercury’s pose on the album cover for Queen II. (15[1])This city titles a film whose Irish protagonist foreshadows the film’s ending by telling a story about the bloody frenzy of sharks attacking each other. This city is the setting (15[1])of a 2000 romance by Lou Ye (“low yeh”) and a Hou Hsiao-Hsien (15[1])(“hoh shao-SHEN”) film about (*) sex (10[1])workers called “flower girls.” (10[2])Josef von Sternberg (10[1])cast Anna May Wong alongside Marlene (10[1])Dietrich (10[1])in a film titled for a train to this city. In the (10[1])climax of a 1947 film titled for this city, the villains hunt the bleached-blonde heroine at a funhouse containing a hall of mirrors. For 10 points, an Orson Welles noir film stars Rita Hayworth as a “Lady From” what Asian city? ■END■ (10[1])

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