Tag: Hedy Lamarr
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This Controversial Hedy Lamarr Movie Was Banned in North America
You know you’ve made a controversial movie when the Pope weighs in – and that was certainly the case for 1933’s Ecstasy by Czech director Gustav Machatý. So, what exactly got Pope Pius XI so upset? Roughly a minute of nudity and the female orgasm. While the film is extremely tame by modern standards, people…
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Olga Kurylenko to Play Hedy Lamarr in ‘Radiant’
Olga Kurylenko is set to play 1940s star Hedy Lamarr in drama ‘Radiant.’The star of ‘Oblivion‘ and ‘Quantum of Solace‘ will portray the movie star in the upcoming feature, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, according to sources close to the production.The movie centers on the unlikely friendship between Lamarr and radical composer George Antheil. Despite…