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SHE HOPED TO SHOW THE WORLD HER MIND WAS BEAUTIFUL, TOO
posted by an pham on monday, april, 16th, 2012.
Sorry for the lack of updates recently but I really had no time at all. Here's a quick, improper update: CBS just showed a brief video remembering Hedy Lamarr with small interviews with author Richard Rhodes and Hedy's son Tony. The clip features some nice photos too, which have already been added to the gallery. Check it out!
"She set aside one room in her home, had a drafting table installed with a proper lighting and proper tools and a whole wall in the room of engineering reference books, and invented. When she gave the technology away, it seems to her the very least they could do is pat her on the head and give her some acknowledgement. But even after she passed away, her orbituaries began with what everyone already knew: Her beauty. They generally made only a glancing reference to that invention, the one she hoped could show the world that her mind was beautiful too."
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To Tell The Truth
posted by an pham on tuesday, january, 10th, 2012.
Thanks to Hedy Lamarr's grandson for putting this rare clip up on youtube. Hedy Lamarr, her son Tony, daughter Denise, and her daughter in law all made an appearance in this special episode of "To Tell The Truth" in the late 1960s. I haved also added 60+ screencaptures up in the gallery. Check out the links under the picture for the youtube video and screencaps.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HEDY!
posted by an pham on tuesday, november, 9th, 2011.
Wow, it has been so long since I made a proper update, although as you noticed , I still added new pictures every now and then. I came home just five minutes ago, excited to make a happy birthday update when I received in the mail the complete, hard cover version of Hedy's Folly. How good timing it is? I haven't been around a lot really to scan pictures and articles (though believe me, I still have tons to share), all I've done in the last couple of months is adjusting to the new intense graduate program. So, I just want to wish Hedy a very very lovely birthday, wherever she might be! She might be just staying home, and inventing, cause that's what she loved to do the most. In his memoir, George Antheil recalled why Hedy never had time for anybody else, anything else:
"Here, then, and at long last must suddenly come the true solution as to why Hedy does not go out upon joyous evening relaxations to which all Hollywood would only too willingly invite her, why her "drawing room," sure enough, is filled both with unreadable books and very useable drawing boards that look as if they are in constant use. Why apparently she has no time for anybody except something ultra mysterious about which no inside Hollywood columnist has dared to even venture a guess. Believe it or not, Hedy Lamarr stays home nights and invents! I believe it because I know."
For those who won a copy of the new book, I already sent you each a galley. You will also receive an official copy of the book once it's officially released (Nov, 29th that is).
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