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

Pauline Oliveros and Connie Crothers - Live At The Stone
This was intended to be Pauline Oliveros’ tribute to the life and work of pianist Connie Crothers who passed away on August 13, 2016. Sadly, Pauline Olive..(read more)
Label: Important Records / 450IMPREC450
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Accordion, Female Icons, Improvisation, Piano.

Sound American - Issue 25: The Folk Issue
Anniversary issue! With: Throbbing Gristle, Drew Daniel, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Kurt Newman ..
Publisher: Sound American / 25: The Folk Issue
Author: Sound American
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Magazines, Music Magazine, New Folk, USA.

Renée Levine Packer and Mary Jane Leach (editors) - Gay Guerrilla – Julius Eastman and his Music
Composer-performer Julius Eastman (1940-90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, clas..(read more)
Publisher: University of Rochester Press / ISBN: 9781580465342
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Black Culture, Composers, Gay Activism, USA.
