In an opening tracking shot, the gloved hands of a character played by Danielle Darrieux hovers over a vanity and a closet of fur coats before selecting these objects. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these title objects from a sumptuous romantic drama directed by Max Ophüls. They are pawned, claimed lost at the opera, and repeatedly exchanged between Constantinople and Paris by Lola and Baron Donati.
ANSWER: the earrings of Madame de… [accept Louise’s earrings]
[10e] In The Earrings of Madame de…, Donati is played by this actor, better known as the director of the Italian neorealist films Umberto D. and Bicycle Thieves.
ANSWER: Vittorio De Sica
[10h] The other male lead, André, is played by this prolific French-American actor who had earlier starred with Darrieux in Mayerling. In a 1944 George Cukor film, he portrayed a villain who fails to find jewels sewn into an opera singer’s costume.
ANSWER: Charles Boyer (The other film is Gaslight.)
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