17 January, 2018

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: The Ecstasy of Hedy Lamarr - The Hairpin

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: The Ecstasy of Hedy Lamarr - The Hairpin:



A small Motion Picture piece from 1941, suggestively entitled “Hedy’s Secret Weapon,” broke the news that The Ecstasy Girl was also a Girl Inventor: “They say it isn’t right, that it shouldn’t happen. Anyone as fabulously beautiful as Hedy Lamarr simply cannot possess brains!” Yet it was “undeniably true” — Patent Number 2292387 belonged to Lamarr.
Over the course of the two-page feature, Anthiel gives full credit to Lamarr, claiming his work on the patent was merely technical.


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