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

Roscoe Holcomb - Across The Rocky Mountain
On Across The Rocky Mountain one can hear a voice that comes in like no other. The voice sings of hard work and poverty, of the beauty of the Appalachians and t..(read more)
Label: Jeanne Dielman
Artist: Roscoe Holcomb
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '50s, '60s, Banjo, Folk, Songwriters, USA, Vinyl.

Karin Pendle and Melinda Boyd - Women In Music – A Research And Information Guide
Women in Music: an annotated bibliography emerging from more than 25 years of feminist scholarship on music. This book testifies to the great variety of subject..(read more)
Publisher: Routledge / ISBN: 9780415867122
Author: Karin Pendle and Melinda Boyd
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Female Icons, Feminism, Gender Theory, Music Theory.

McSweeneys - #42
This issue (2012) is devoted to multiples. Here appearing are 42 versions of twelve stories. What makes the difference ? The translations ! In this issue one ma..(read more)
Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing / 42
Author: McSweeneys
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Literature, Magazines, USA.
