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

Echo Park Film Center - This is the L.A. River
Echo Park Film Center is a non-profit media arts organization located in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. EPFC provides equal and affordab..(read more)
Label: Echo Park Film Center
Artist: Echo Park Film Center
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: 16 mm, Community Art, DIY, Documentary, USA.

Robert J. Flaherty - Nanook Of The North
Robert J. Flaherty’s groundbreaking “Nanook Of The North” (1922) was the first long anthropological documentary in filmhistory.The film is abo..(read more)
Label: Living Colour Entertainment / 1200001
Artist: Robert J. Flaherty
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Cinema, Documentary.

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.
