Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
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1h 28m
Directed by Alexandra Dean • Documentary • 2017 • US • English
Featuring Mel Brooks, Peter Bogdanovich, Diane Kruger
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 glamor icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a secure radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes during WWII.
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