Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2019 7:00 PM
90 min | Dir. Alexandra Dean | NR | 2018
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and 40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a secure radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes during WWII. Introduction by Katherine Aidala, Chair of Physics, Professor of Physics, and Chair of Engineering at Mount Holyoke College