Round 8: Tossup 19

This actress performs several magic tricks while singing “Now You See It” in her introductory scene from a film that was the first to pair her with her co-star in The Glass Key. As a prank, this actress hid a 40-pound weight under her skirt before (15[1])a scene from a René Clair film that required her to be carried by her co-star Fredric March. Edith Head designed dresses to conceal this actress’s teenage pregnancy for a film in which she asks for “an introduction to Lubitsch” from a man she calls “Mr. Smearcase.” This actress, whose films opposite Alan Ladd include the noir This Gun for (*) Hire, inspired the sitcom Bewitched via her role in I Married a Witch. Kim Basinger’s character in L.A. Confidential styles herself after this actress, who starred as “the girl” opposite Joel McCrea in the Preston Sturges film (10[1])that inspired the title of the Coen brothers’ film O Brother Where Art Thou?. For 10 points, what star of Sullivan’s Travels was known for her “peek-a-boo” blond hairstyle? ■END■

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