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The Hedy Lamarr Story

Dir. Alexandra Dean USA 88 min

2017 Zeitgeist Films

Hedy Lamarr, the icon who was the inspiration for Snow White, was also a technological trailblazer whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology. Weaving interviews and clips with never-before-heard audio tapes of Hedy speaking on the record about her incredible life—from her beginnings as an Austrian Jewish emigre to her glittering Hollywood life to her ground-breaking but completely uncredited inventions to her latter years when she became a recluse, impoverished and almost forgotten.

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Science on Screen© is a national series which creatively pairs classic, cult, and documentary films with lively talks led by notable figures from the world of science, technology, and medicine.

Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Film Streams first participated in the program in 2016.

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