E. Ann Kaplan argues that Anne Baxter’s role in The Blue Gardenia is an exception to this genre’s typically male gaze. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this genre of film whose seductive “femme fatale” characters include Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon and Phyllis in Double Indemnity.
ANSWER: film noir [prompt on detective films]
[10m] This title femme fatale of a 1946 film performs a striptease to “Put the Blame on Mame” to anger her ex-lover, the gambler Johnny Farrell. Rita Hayworth plays this character, who is introduced with an iconic hair flip.
ANSWER: Gilda [or Gilda Mundson]
[10h] This woman gained fame for playing the femme fatale role in They Drive By Night. She became the sole female director of Hollywood noirs, tackling taboo subjects in films like The Bigamist and The Hitch-Hiker.
ANSWER: Ida Lupino
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