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- The only woman in the room / by Benedict, Marie,author.;
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 in Hollywood, where she becomes Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But Hedy is keeping a secret even more shocking than her Jewish heritage: she is a scientist. She has an idea that might help the country and that might ease her guilt for escaping alone -- if anyone will listen to her. A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000; World War, 1939-1945; Women scientists; Jewish women; Motion picture actors and actresses; Austrian Americans;
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- Algiers. by Cromwell, John,film director.; Hale, Alan,actor.; Boyer, Charles,actor.; Lockhart, Gene,actor.; Lamarr, Hedy,actor.; Calleria, Joseph,actor.; Gurie, Sigrid,actor.; Film Masters (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alan Hale, Charles Boyer, Gene Lockhart, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleria, Sigrid GurieOriginally produced by Film Masters in 1938.Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr, in her American film debut, are the ill-fated couple in this Hollywood remake of the French classic Pepe le Moko. Boyer is Pepe, the jewel thief hiding out in Algiers' maze-like and mysterious Casbah. Pepe is a master criminal who rules his field, but when he meets the beautiful Parisian Gaby (Lamarr), he begins to question his shady existence. Directed by John Cromwell (Dead Reckoning, The Prisoner of Zenda) with dialog by noir master James M. Cain, ALGIERS was an influence on everything from Pepe Le Pew cartoons to the making of Casablanca.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Motion Pictures.; Crime.; Nineteen thirties.; Detective and mystery films.; Film noir.;
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