Hedy Lamarr – MRQE

Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (TV)

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin’s vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

“Secrets of a Hollywood Star” is another documentary made after “Calling Hedy Lamarr” in 2006. It features interviews with Hedy’s friends in both Europe and Hollywood and her film/studio partners.

Crossroads

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.

The Female Animal

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he’s the ‘caretaker’ of her beach house. Vanessa’s sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an ‘octopus’ boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids…

My Favorite Spy

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy’s girlfriend, who is also a spy.

A Lady Without Passport

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.

Samson and Delilah

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. The classic story of Samson and Delilah as told by Cecil B. DeMille.

Let’s Live a Little

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate … and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is a psychiatrist and author of a new book. When the executive goes over to discuss the ad campaign, the psychiatrist turns out to be a woman. But what does he really need? Romance? Or analysis?

Dishonored Lady

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.