Presents the life and career of the Hollywood actress, whose beauty and acting ability led to starring roles in over thirty films and who was also the co-inventor of a frequency-hopping technology still used today in cell phones.
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Ruth Barton is lecturer in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She has written several books on Irish cinema, including Jim Sheridan: Framing the Nation (Liffey), Irish National Cinema (Routledge) and Acting Irish in Hollywood (Irish Academic Press). She is a regular contributor to arts programs on national radio and is an occasional book reviewer for the Irish Times.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. x+ 281 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photos. Biography of Hollywood Golden Age actress and inventor, Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000). Born in Austria, she began her film career in Czecholslovakia under her real name, Hedwig Kiesler, most notably with the female leading in the controversial, award winning film "Ecstacy" (1933), thought to be the first non-pornographic film to depict sexual intercourse and female orgasm. after fleeing form her first husband, Hedy went to Paris and london, met Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a contact and she moved to America. Her performance in "Algiers" (1938) as well as her breathtaking beauty made her a star. Hecy, however, was far more than just a pretty face or a movie star---at the beginning of World War II, she and composer George Antheil invented a radio guidance system with frequncy-hopping ability for Allied torpedoes. Artikel-Nr. E30938
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hedy Lamarr's life was punctuated by salacious rumors and public scandal, but it was her stunning looks and classic Hollywood glamour that continuously captivated audiences. Born Hedwig Kiesler, she escaped an unhappy marriage with arms dealer Fritz Mandl in Austria to try her luck in Hollywood, where her striking appearance made her a screen legend. Her notorious nude role in the erotic Czech film Ecstasy (1933), as well as her work with Cecil B. DeMille (Samson and Delilah, 1949), Walter Wange. Artikel-Nr. 9780813126043
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Zustand: New. In Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film, Ruth Barton explores the many facets of the screen legend, including her life as an inventor.Über den AutorRuth Barton is lecturer in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She . Artikel-Nr. 16315317
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