Record Number |
788302 |
Title |
Bombshell : the Hedy Lamarr story [videorecording]. |
Publisher/Date |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2018. |
©2017. |
Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (86 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 12 cm. |
Contents note |
Catalogued from container. |
Madman Entertainment : MMA9268. |
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2017. |
Creation Note |
Director, Alexandra Dean. |
Performer note |
Interviewees, Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Osborne. |
Summary Note |
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. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
Language note |
In English; with optional English subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); closed-captioned. |
Subject - Name |
Lamarr, Hedy, -- 1913-2000 |
Subject |
Inventors -- United States -- Biography |
-- United States -- Biography. |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography |
Documentary films -- United States |
Documentary films. |
Biographical films. |
Historical films. |
Nonfiction films. |
Added Author |
Dean, Alexandra film director. |
Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939- |
Osborne, Robert |
Corporate Author |
Reframed Pictures publisher. |
Madman Entertainment (Firm) distributor |
Added title |
Bombshell : The Hedy Lamarr story (Documentary film : 2017) |
Shelf Location |
DVD 791.43092 BOMB |