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1) Bombshell
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Story of a group of Paisanos, descendants of early Mexican settlers in Northern California. They live in the tiny town of Tortilla Flat and spend their days eating, drinking and relaxing in the sun. When one of them inherits two houses the rest are soon living in the houses without paying rent! The situation is further complicated when the house owner falls for a beautiful woman.
3) Algiers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A criminal eludes capture in the Casbah section of Algiers until he is lured out of hiding by a beautiful woman.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping...
Author
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"The latest by prolific children's book author Jan Wahl, Hedy and her Amazing Invention teaches kids about the pioneering scientific work and inspiring courage of Hedy Lamarr, the famous Hollywood actress who fought against old-fashioned parents, a domineering husband, prejudice, and stereotypes to become an accomplished inventor whose work helped pave the way for many of the communications technologies we enjoy today" -- Amazon.com.
8) Hedy's folly
Author
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5 hr., 52 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers. In this biography,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xii, 464 p. , [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Providing probing and detailed coverage of Hedy Lamarr's five marriages, children, various lawsuits, radio roles and shoplifting headlines, Shearer has combined extensive archival research with insightful interview quotes. The result is a fascinating biography that recreates Hollywood's Golden Age of Glamour.
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