Such a frustrating disappointment

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

(Flash Review)Is it possible for a beautiful and famed leading lady to also be taken seriously for her mind? Hedy Lamarr was a successful actress whose career kicked off in the early 30s. At one point she was regarded as the most attractive actress in Hollywood. But she also had an inquisitive mind of an inventor. During the time of WWII, she ended up inventing a significant security war device; a radio frequency-hopping signal that could not be tracked or jammed that she never received proper recognition for. Was the public too distracted by her good looks or multiple marriages to believe that idea was her brain child? The military sure thought so as they thought she was too pretty and she would be more effective selling war bonds. Thus her intellect wasn't respected. She married a total of seven times and after her acting career tanked, she built a ski resort in Aspen! She led a tough emotional life with career, family, men and trying to be a strong woman in the 40s. Would she ever get her intellectual redemption? This was a pretty solid documentary with archival audio interview footage, acting snippets and assorted interviews. There were a few spots with modern graphics for visual assistance and overall it was a straight-forward professional effort.

This is a inspired and eye opening documentary about a brilliant and beautiful, rare being. I am moved by Hedy Lamarr's story, this documentary was thoughtfully made and exciting. It is a deep telling of her contributions to the world and a of a slice of western cultural history. The Navy needs to give Ms. Lamarr's family a huge amount of money. In this time of the post - studio and post - Weinstein Hollywood, the stories of what so many women endured in the film industry need to keep being told. Thank You

A look at the amazing life of Heady Lamarr through the eyes of her children, the few left who know her, and 4 tapes of a conversation a writer made in 1990 when she wanted to sell her story to Ted Turner. Her story reads like a Hollywood screenplay. Truly amazing! The documentary does have several maddening shortcomings. There is no explanation as to why only one attempt was made to tell the armed forces (Navy) about her frequency hopping invention. For example, why didn't she to Howard Hughes, who she'd been both good friends and a lover with? Many aspects of her personal life are also left out, buy adding them would have expanded the documentary to two hours. Still, this is a star vehicle, and as always, Hedy carries the day. I was impressed by Alexandra Dean's detective work piecing together how Hedy probably thought up the idea. And for those who sniffed at the graphics, they reflected the style of her drawings, and not a superhero movie. One small technical point that was missed is that frequency hopping is also the basis of multi-spectrum quiescent radar and sensors. As a result, the value of the market that uses her basic idea is far larger than the $30 billion listed at the end of the documentary. I highly recommend it, especially her reciting of the Kent M. Keith's "The Paradoxical Commandments" at the end. Considering her life, it's hard not to tear up.

I mentioned that the documentary was even-handed because all too often, I've seen biographies of various celebrities which either only focus on the bad or only the good about folks. Folks have positive and negative qualities...and Hedy Lamarr is no exception.The film is a biography of the actress that also focuses on her inventing the concept of rotating frequencies...enabling a sub, for example, to launch a radio-guided torpedo without worries about the enemy jamming the signal. It's a strange invention for an actress to have made...and the film helps to show that Lamarr was not just a pretty face. It also, sadly, talks about her personal life...which was filled with husband and husband and disappointment after disappointment. And, it talks about Lamarr's drug use (created by the studio) and her odd personality quirks. All put together, it makes for an intriguing look at a fascinating lady. Well worth seeing...and a nice film about a feminist in 1930s-40s Hollywood.