Donatello & Fosco Dubini / Barbara Obermaier - Hedy Lamarr – Secrets Of A Hollywood Star
MGM-tycoon Louis B. Mayer called Hedy Lamarr “the most beautiful girl of the century.” A psychological portrait of glamour star Hedy Lamarr who became scandalously famous in 1933 as the first nude on the screen with her appearance in the Austrian/Czech film Ecstasy. She then had an extraordinary career in more than 25 Hollywood films. But.. she also invented a torpedo guided system which was patented in 1942 and serves today as the basis for mobile phones.
The documentary (2006, 85 mins) contains interviews with Mickey Rooney, Lupita Kohner, Kenneth Anger and many other personal friends of Hedy. Also featured is the trailer “Jean Seberg – American Actress (5 mins), the trailer “Thomas Pynchon – A Journey Into The Mind (3 mins) – several documents and photos in ROM-format. Finally, the 2-disc DVD offers Hedy Lamarr’s legendary scandal film Ekstase (1933, 79 mins) in an uncut version.
Languages English and German, subtitles English and German.
€29.50

Grapefruits - #01: Imaginary Sound
Coming in juicy cover colours, Grapefruits is a fanzine about female* composers and sound artists, made by Elisa Metz and Nathalie Brum from Cologne. The name w..(read more)
Publisher: Grapefruits / 01- imaginary sound
Author: Grapefruits
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Fanzines, Female Icons, Music Magazine, Sound Art, Zines.

Marie Menken - Visual Variations
The structure of Menken’s filmic sentences, her movements, and her rhythms are those of poetry. She transposes reality into poetry.
Label: Re:voir / barcode: 3493551101925
Artist: Marie Menken
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: '50s, '60s, 16 mm, Artist Film, Avant-Garde, Super 8, USA.

Leah Broad - Quartet – How Four Women Challenged the Musical World
Highlights the lives, loves, and musical careers of four extraordinary women: Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell and Doreen Carwithen. Leah Broad resur..(read more)
Publisher: Faber / ISBN: 9780571366118
Author: Leah Broad
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Biography, Composers, Female Icons, Pioneers, UK.
