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Lives Behind the Legends: Hedy Lamarr – The Beautiful Inventor Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr is known as one of the most beautiful actresses to come out of classic Hollywood. She was so alluring, that the looks of animated characters such as Snow White and Catwoman were inspired by her. But He read more

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) is that rare documentary that is somehow uplifting–even when its tale is not. The fact that Bombshell is a story of triumph amidst adversity makes it a perfect film for our time. I knew the bare outlines of Lamarr’s story: the scandalous film that read more

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) is that rare documentary that is somehow uplifting–even when its tale is not. The fact that Bombshell is a story of triumph amidst adversity makes it a perfect film for our time. I knew the bare outlines of Lamarr’s story: the scandalous film that read more

Yesterday, one of the women who was considered one of the most beautiful figures of the silver screen would have been 104 years old. She’s not with us anymore, but that’s not a valid excuse not to celebrate her. I’m talking about Hedy Lamarr! It’s my blogging friend Samantha read more

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Exclusive Interview with Director Alexandra Dean Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story When it comes to women, whether in real life or as depicted in art, there always seems to be a tendency to place them in some sort of dichotomy. They’re either a whore or a Madonna, a read more

As a 5-year-old she completely took apart and put back together her toy music box. She was a child who was very close to her father, a bank director with an interest in inventing. Regularly during their walks through Vienna, where she was born in 1914, he would explain to her the inner workings of m read more

“Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” Landmark Theatres Movie Ticket Giveaway: Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Denver, San Diego, San Francisco, Berkeley “A thoroughly engaging, eye-opening showbiz doc!” – The Hollywood Reporter Do you live near, or expect to be in, any of read more

“Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” Movie Ticket Giveaway Contest “A thoroughly engaging, eye-opening showbiz doc!” – The Hollywood Reporter Do you live near, or expect to be in, the Chicago area between Jan 22 and Jan 25? If so, we have a very special ticket giveaway contest just for read more

The new documentary, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, had its Texas premiere at the Dallas Docfest, held this weekend from Thursday, October 5, to Sunday, October 8, at the Studio Movie Grill. Director Alexandra Dean attended the screening and participated in a Q & A before the film on Friday read more

When I started reading Stephen Michael Shearer’s biography, Beautiful, on actress Hedy Lamarr I had no idea a documentary about the raven-haired starlet was being produced. Bombshell: The Life of Hedy Lamarr recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival to great reviews and I can’t wai read more

This posting is my contribution to the Marathon Stars Blogathon hosted by Virginie at The Wonderful World of Cinema and Crystal at The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood blogs. Please do visit and read the other postings! The challenge for the Marathon Stars Blogathon was to watch 5 films featuring read more

Share This! Hedy Lamarr set the world aflame with her beauty in Algiers! Now you see her in the arms of a dashing Bob Taylor! Second time’s the charm, right? Or is that supposed to be the third time? In any case, after Hedy Lamarr’s American debut in Algiers, MGM was eager to get her into another read more

Many of you vaguely know her name from the Blazing Saddles spoof of it. (Remember Hedley, played by Harvey Korman?) Others may remember that she made a scandalous entry into film, or that she  simply had one of the loveliest faces ever to appear on screen. But today Google Doodle is celebrating the read more

Many of you vaguely know her name from the Blazing Saddles spoof of it. (Remember Hedley, played by Harvey Korman?) Others may remember that she made a scandalous entry into film, or that she simply had one of the loveliest faces ever to appear on screen. But today Google Doodle is celebrating the g read more

Share This! M-G-M THRILLS! Such a nondescript tagline should let you know right away that all is not well with MGM’s 1950 film A Lady Without Passport.  Additional language from promotional collateral at the time includes lines like, “How long can she remain,” and “That ̵ read more

Here are five of Hedy Lamarr's films that I've enjoyed through the years. Feel free to comment on your own favorites. Algiers (director John Cromwell, 1938) Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr rock the Casbah in Algiers (1938). This was Lamarr's first Hollywood film. It was a huge hit and imp read more

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Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr is one of the least remembered of the classic Hollywood beauty queens, but for moviegoers in the 1930s and 1940s her name conjured up visions of exotic glamour and mystery. The 100th, or possibly *101st, anniversary of Lamarr's birth will be this Sunday. In thi read more

Share This! From the start I Take this Woman was to be Louis Mayer’s vehicle for propelling his latest star, Hedy Lamarr, into the stratosphere. He had the story already picked out along with a working title of Cinderella. He had a hand picked director in the enigmatic Josef von Sternberg who read more

I am, once again, honored to feature a guest post written by Manish Tripathi (@manishtpa) on this blog. ___________________________________________ It’s funny how things in life turn out, and how one thing leads to another, quite often without the expected outcomes.  This is certainly true for read more