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A cinematographer with this surname got a break while working as a set sweeper by making Mary Miles Minter’s eyes appear darker in photographs. That cinematographer with this surname used top-lighting and low-angle shots to cast shadows from Burt Lancaster’s glasses for Sweet Smell of Success, used fisheye (15[1])lenses throughout Seconds, (15[1])and won an Oscar (15[1])for capturing the harsh Texas landscape in monochrome for Hud. After enjoying a successful European period working in German films, an American actress with this surname starred alongside Marlene Dietrich in a Josef von Sternberg film (15[1])set on (15[1])an (*) express train. This was the (10[1])birth surname of a cinematographer nicknamed “Low-Key Howe.” Due to anti-miscegenation laws, an actress with this surname was disgracefully snubbed in favor of Luise Rainer for the lead role in The Good Earth. (10[2])For 10 points, give this surname of the actress considered the first Chinese-American Hollywood star, Anna May. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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