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Happy Heavenly Birthday to Hedy Lamarr!

November 9, 2022 By Joi

Hedy Lamarr, The Strange Woman
Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr was born on this date in  1914 in Vienna. The Austrian beauty is known by most for her brains as much as she is her beauty. She was a very, very bright woman.

How bright? She received an award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1997 for her pioneering work in spread-spectrum technology. THAT’S how bright!

 

Fast Facts About Hedy Lamarr:

  • Believed Delilah to be her best performance of her career, with Samson and Delilah being her favorite of her films.
  • She was married six times. Sometimes Mr. Right is impossible to find even when you look like a goddess!
  • Sued Mel Brooks for mocking her name in the film Blazing Saddles by naming a character “Hedley Lamarr.” They settled out of court. She absolutely had a point, in my opinion because the name “Hedley Lamarr” as followed her since.
  • She was introduced to one of her husbands by Bette Davis.

Hedy Lamarr led a fascinating life, filled with as much drama, mystery, and intrigue as any movie she appeared in. The highs of her life – including her children, brains, beauty, and films – are wonderful to celebrate. She’s a very inspiring lady to read about! The lows of her life show that absolutely anyone – no matter how bright or beautiful – can fall prey to desperation and hard luck. Everyone is capable of making mistakes in life. The really, really horrible thing is they often come one after another – one mistake leading to the next and to the next. When you’re up against it and nothing is going right, you get desperate and do things you normally wouldn’t even dream of.

As a fan of Hedy Lamarr’s I dearly wish she had had people around her to support her and help her when she needed it most. Like another lovely actress, Veronica Lake, her life didn’t end as beautifully as it should have and, maybe it’s because I’m a fan of these actresses, but I think a great deal of fault lies in the fact they didn’t have a strong support system. They were left to fend for themselves in a world that suddenly had turned cruel and unkind to them.

I can’t even imagine how jolting it had to have been to have been one of Hollywood’s most cherished princesses for a while – a beauty who had people flocking all around her, only to become all but abandoned in what must have felt like a very cold world.

I’m thankful we have Hedy Lamarr’s films and her photos to remember her by. A beautiful actress worth remembering and celebrating. I’ve read a great deal about this actress and I always come away with the same thought: “She was strong until she simply couldn’t be strong any longer.”

Hedy Lamarr, The Strange Woman

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Hedy Lamarr: Beautiful Promotional Pictures from Ziegfeld Girl

November 29, 2021 By Joi

Hedy Lamarr, Ziegfeld Girl

Hedy Lamarr

When I think of Hedy Lamarr, I always pictures these promotional pictures from the wonderful 1941 film Ziegfeld Girl, directed by Robert Z. Leonard and Busby Berkeley (musical numbers).

I often get frustrated when I read negative things about Hedy Lamarr’s acting (whether it’s from directors, other actresses, or fans). She was not, obviously, on par with say Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, or Katharine Hepburn but, come on… so few were!

She gave each role precisely what it needed and added to each film with her lovely, warm presence. She was a brilliant, beautiful woman and old Hollywood was lucky to have her!

You can find Ziegfeld Girl (Amazon link) on dvd or watch the movie on Prime Video.

Hedy Lamarr, Ziegfeld Girl

Hedy Lamarr, Ziegfeld Girl


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Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, and Hedy Lamarr in Algiers (1938)

July 5, 2021 By Joi

Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, and Hedy Lamarr in Algiers

Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, and Hedy Lamarr in Algiers

Okay first of all, can we just take a moment to appreciate this fact: Few women could ever post near the gorgeous Hedy Lamarr and stand a chance of even being noticed, let alone sharing her spotlight evenly… yet Sigrid Gurie does just that.

Talk about a couple of beautiful faces, holy cats, they were stunning!

Sigrid Gurie was a talented (and obviously very beautiful) actress who was, in my opinion, horribly mis-managed. Touted as the Norwegian Garbo, she made headlines in the early 1940s when the press found out she was born in Brooklyn and not Norway. She only made a dozen movies and I will always SO wish there had been more. She had an incredible onscreen presence and moved with the grace and elegance of Grace Kelly or Lena Horne.

Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr are wonderful in this very good film – one that doesn’t get nearly enough attention.

Did You Know?

  • Charles Boyer’s often repeated, and parodied, line “Come with me to the Casbah” was in the trailers for Algiers but was never actually used in the film.
  • The title of this movie inspired another movie that I’m certain you’ve heard of… Casablanca.
  • While Hedy Lamarr would win the role of Gaby, Producer Walter Wagner wanted either Dolores del Rio or Sylvia Sidney for the role.
  • Animator Chuck Jones based the Warner Brothers cartoon character “Pepe le Pew” on the “Pepe le Moko” character played by Charles Boyer in Algiers.

Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, and Hedy Lamarr in Algiers

Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, and Hedy Lamarr


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Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

April 22, 2021 By Joi

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner are three of the stars who made 1941’s Ziegfeld Girl such a joy to watch. The movie also stars James Stewart as Lana Turner’s love interest (and talk about chemistry… these two certainly had it!).

The photo below is a “behind the scenes photo” – I love these types of photos. I always love to imagine if certain stars are “in character” or showing their own genuine expressions and emotions. Hedy Lamarr and Judy Garland are either in character, here, or greatly concentrating on their next scene.

While positivity runs throughout my dna (seriously, I have been called Mary Poppins more times than I could count.. unless, of course, I put down my umbrella and really focus), I have one bone to pick about this film.  Why wasn’t Judy Garland given dresses as beautiful as the ones given to Lana and Hedy?! She had a lovely figure and was absolutely beautiful. I just wish more effort had been put into her costumes – especially in the one pictured here.

I understand that her character was different from the other actresses characters, but still. I wish she had been given a prettier dress, period.

Okay, that’s out of my system. Back to my umbrella….

You can find Ziegfeld Girl (Amazon link) on dvd or watch the movie on Prime Video. Just be warned… James Stewart and Lana Turner will leave you speechless and wishing SO HARD that they’d made many more movies together.

Behind the Scenes of Ziegfeld Girl

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner, Behind the Scenes

 

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Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner: Ziegfeld Girl

April 16, 2021 By Joi

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Talk about three beautiful faces! Hedy, Judy, and Lana were as beautiful as it gets. Sadly, Judy never seemed to realize just how beautiful she was. From what I’ve read, she considered Lana Turner to possess the ultimate beauty but, each time I see Judy’s angelic face, I think, “Girl, you should have paid more attention to the mirror… you were a beauty in your own right!”

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) is a colorful, enjoyable extravaganza with an a great cast. In addition to the three talented ladies pictured here, the movie also starred James Stewart, Jackie Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, Eve Arden, Ian Hunter, and Tony Martin.

Lana Turner and James Stewart, Ziegfeld Girl

Lana Turner and James Stewart

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before – once or a million times, I forget which – but James Stewart and Lana Turner’s storyline is my favorite part of this movie.  They had an extra special chemistry together that rivaled any other film couple… including Maureen O’Hara/John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy, and Lauren Bacall/Humphrey Bogart.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Hedy and Judy Garland too… James and Lana just brought a little extra magic.

You can find Ziegfeld Girl (Amazon link) on dvd or watch the movie on Prime Video. Just be warned… James Stewart and Lana Turner will leave you speechless and wishing SO HARD that they’d made many more movies together.

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner

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Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor: Lady of the Tropics

November 17, 2019 By Joi

Lady of the Tropics - Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor

 

Today’s picture of the day is one of the loveliest actresses ever (and one of the brightest people ever as well), Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor. This is a promo pic from their 1939 film Lady of the Tropics (Amazon).

This film was an Oscar nominee for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White.

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Hedy Lamarr, Samson and Delilah (Picture of the Day)

October 10, 2019 By Joi

Hedy Lamarr, Samson and Delilah

Hedy Lamarr, Samson and Delilah (1949)

Some pictures of the day speak so splendidly on their own that they don’t need any help from me. I’d say this is one of those days, so I’ll get back to making supper!

Hedy Lamarr as Delilah in Samson and Delilah (Amazon) is a splendid thing.

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