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Post by Eλευθερί on Mar 9, 2018 10:26:37 GMT
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 9, 2018 10:49:13 GMT
I ALREADY made a post about this! Although, it was a while ago and could be here OR on the old now DEFUNCT IMDb and thus deleted...
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 9, 2018 14:53:14 GMT
This excellent documentary film is now playing in art houses in the U.s. In an interesting fashion (not at all “dry” like some docs), we learn about her early life, her movie career, and her six marriages, drug addictions, legal problems, nervous breakdown, and final days as a recluse in Florida. But it also gives up what we came for: her sideline as the inventor of the basis of so much modern technology. It is outrageous how the U.S. military took her idea, hid it away until the patent expired, then put it to use for free.
I was struck, however, by how few “classic” (i.e. enduring) films she made and how little I had seen of her Hollywood output. Until recent years when stories about her amateur science work began to become known, probably the only reason her name was still out there was the parody of it in “Blazing Saddles.”
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 9, 2018 16:46:38 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Mar 9, 2018 16:57:19 GMT
This excellent documentary film is now playing in art houses in the U.s. In an interesting fashion (not at all “dry” like some docs), we learn about her early life, her movie career, and her six marriages, drug addictions, legal problems, nervous breakdown, and final days as a recluse in Florida. But it also gives up what we came for: her sideline as the inventor of the basis of so much modern technology. It is outrageous how the U.S. military took her idea, hid it away until the patent expired, then put it to use for free. I was struck, however, by how few “classic” (i.e. enduring) films she made and how little I had seen of her Hollywood output. Until recent years when stories about her amateur science work began to become known, probably the only reason her name was still out there was the parody of it in “Blazing Saddles.” She should get a movie about her research. Only I don't know who could play Hedy friggin Lamarr? |
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Post by Eλευθερί on Mar 10, 2018 1:37:44 GMT
I ALREADY made a post about this! Although, it was a while ago and could be here OR on the old now DEFUNCT IMDb and thus deleted... philmboards-dot-com/board/p/2041440/ (for ^ philmboards, replace the -ph- with -fi-) |
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Post by petrolino on Mar 10, 2018 1:46:44 GMT
Hedy Lamarr rocks.
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 12, 2018 20:31:06 GMT
Just recently saw this doc on the PBS "American Experience" series and loved it. Finally, some justice for the woman who could have changed WW2 single-handedly, and certainly changed the world as we know it today. I loved seeing the interviews with her children describing her brilliance and her determination. And, most of all, hearing her recorded interviews with a reporter, who long after she died, re-discovered his tapes and was able to present her story told in her own words. It's a disgrace that she never made a dime off her invention, which she donated to the government during WW2 in order to fight the Nazis, whom she hated. The only good news is that in 2014, 100 years after her birth, she was finally inducted into the inventors Hall of Fame. Not enough, but at least some acknowledgement for the amazing woman she was. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 20:54:18 GMT
Hedy Lamarr was brilliant and its time she gets the credit that she deserves.
Anyway lets not forget that George Antheil also played a part in it. Of course i am sure its sexist of me to say that.
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 12, 2018 21:03:40 GMT
Hedy Lamarr was brilliant and its time she gets the credit that she deserves.Anyway lets not forget that George Antheil also played a part in it. Of course i am sure its sexist of me to say that.
Just to let you know, he is fully credited in the documentary by her and others (himself included) as the person who helped her facilitate her invention by way of his experience with player pianos. And - something I didn't know - she asked him later to participate in another of her inventions, but he declined. They made no money off the frequency-hopping creation, and he decided he needed to concentrate on making a living instead. But he was co-owner of the patent, and she couldn't have accomplished her goal without him.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 12, 2018 23:40:31 GMT
I know all that . . . . but I still think of her mainly as a fabulous babe.  |
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Post by Eλευθερί on Jun 13, 2018 0:20:44 GMT
I know all that . . . . but I still think of her mainly as a fabulous babe. You sure that's not Vivien Leigh? jk |
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