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Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (NTSC, 111 min.) : DVD video, Recorded DVD, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Every princess needs a Prince Charming. But lovely Princess Veronica didn't expect hers to be bellhop Jimmy Dobson. Hedy Lamarr is the princess, Robert Walker is the bellhop and June Allyson is a bedridden former dancer who secretly loves Jimmy in this frothy fairy tale set in prewar Manhattan's version of a palace: an elegant hotel complete with royal grounds (Central Park, of course). The fun begins when Jimmy mistakes Veronica for a new maid....
2) Bombshell
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.
3) Algiers
Publisher
Disc Plaza Entertainment
Pub. Date
[p200?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Charles Boyer plays Pepe le Moko, a notorious thief hiding out in the Casbah, who falls in love with a wealthy tourist, played by Heddy Lamarr
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While headed to Tangier to purchase a microfilm containing important war secrets, foreign spy Eric Augustine is captured by the authorities. Burlesque comedian Peanuts White, a dead ringer for Augustine, is recruited by the government to take over Augustine's mission. White is briefed, dressed to look exactly like Augustine, and thrust into the world of espionage and international intrigue. In Tangiers problems arise when he meets Lily, Augustine's...
Author
Language
English
Description
Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers. In this biography,...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xii, 464 p. , [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Providing probing and detailed coverage of Hedy Lamarr's five marriages, children, various lawsuits, radio roles and shoplifting headlines, Shearer has combined extensive archival research with insightful interview quotes. The result is a fascinating biography that recreates Hollywood's Golden Age of Glamour
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