Take Two: “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” (Not rated)

Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous Hollywood star of the 1940s and 50s. Often cited as the most beautiful woman in the world, she’s probably best known for the Cecil B. DeMille classic, “Samson and Delilah.” She had a unusual secret. She was also a brilliant inventor who developed ‘frequency hopping’ technology and donated it to the US military during WWII, never receiving a dime. That technology enables cell phones, bluetooth, wi-fi…an industry worth $64 billion today. It’s a story stranger than fiction.


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