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Bombshell : the Hedy Lamarr story / Zeitgeist Films ; Kino Lorber ; Reframed Pictures presents ; American Masters ; written and directed by Alexandra Dean.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 031 107
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000.
- Lamarr, Hedy.
- Inventors--United States--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- burning
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Kino Lorber, Inc., [2018]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired; open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- digital optical surround Dolby Digital
- widescreen (1.78:1)
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- 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.
- Participant:
- Interviewees: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Fleming Meeks, Peter Bogdanovich, [and others].
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Buddy Squires; editors, Lindy Jankura, Penelope Falk, Alexandra Dean; music, Jeremy Bullock, Keegan Dewitt.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2017.
- Special features: interview with director Alexandra Dean; outtakes with Gillian Jacobs, Mel Brooks and Robert Osborne; original theatrical trailer.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1030441784
- Publisher Number:
- 738329231644
- 738329230432
- K23043 Kino Lorber/Zeitgeist Films
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