Round 9: Tossup 9

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 lenses throughout Seconds, 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 set on an (*) express train. This was the 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. For 10 points, give this surname of the actress considered the first Chinese-American Hollywood star, Anna May. ■END■ (10[1])

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