Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story
Starring: Nino Amareno, Charles Amirkhanian, Jeanine Basinger
Director: Alexandra Dean
Rating: NR
Run time: 90 min
Language: English
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story depicts the unbelievable true story of Hedy Lamarr, the screen siren who was called "the most beautiful woman in the world" and starred alongside Hollywood giants like Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable. Her impact was far greater due to herinvention of a wireless form of communication called "frequency hopping" that would help create a secret radio system that allowed Allied forces totorpedo Nazi U-Boats. This invention would eventually go on to revolutionize mobile communications all over the world, a feat that would directly leadto the creation of secure communications for wireless phones, Bluetooth, and more.
“A thoroughly engaging, eye-opening showbiz doc.” ~ Hollywood Reporter
To view trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa_AA_byQ58