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Hedy Lamarr: Europe
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Hedy Lamarr's life story is far more interesting than any of her movies. She quit school at the age of 16, and got a job working for director Max Reinhardt. Starting as a production assistant, Hedy eventually appeared in a couple of films in bit parts before making the headlines starring in the Czech film, Ecstasy. In it, she appeared nude on screen, and this shocked even European audiences.
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[W]hen Lamarr and Antheil met in 1939 at a dinner thrown by actress-singer Janet Gaynor, they soon found many common subjects of interest. Their discussions included the Nazi occupation of Lamarr's homeland Austria, endocrinology, glands, Europe, Hitler and munitions.
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Synopsis: This soapy drama stars Hedy Lamarr as a would be model who meets a research doctor en route to the US from Europe. They meet when Dr. Spencer Tracy prevents her from taking a suicidal plunge from the upper decks of the ocean liner. It seems that Lamarr had been involved with married man KentRead More
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As a celebrity wife of Austria's largest munitions manufacturer and a control freak, Lamarr had to entertain Europe's most influential power brokers, including Nazis and fascists. Many of these social events put Lamarr right in the middle of many interesting conversations on existing and emerging warfare techniques.
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