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01793aam a2200301 i 4500 001 94E1733030FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230802011922 008 190410s2018 xx 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9780990742036 020 $a 0990742032 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NHS $d OCLCF $d BDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Porter, Margaret Evans, $e author. 245 10 $a Beautiful Invention: $b a novel of Hedy Lamarr / $c by Margaret Porter. 250 $a 1st edition. 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b Gallica Press, $c [2018] 300 $a 368 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "Hedy Kiesler, Austrian actress of Jewish heritage, scandalizes Europe with her nudity in the art film Ecstasy. Her hasty marriage to a wealthy munitions merchant disintegrates as he grows increasingly controlling and possessive. Even worse--he supplies deadly weapons to Hitler's regime. She flees husband and homeland for Hollywood, where Louis B. Mayer transforms her into Hedy Lamarr, an icon of exotic glamour. Professional success clashes with her personal life as marriage and motherhood compete with the demands of studio and stardom. Motivated by the atrocities of World War II, Hedy secretly invents a new technology intended for her adopted country's defense--and unexpectedly changes the world"--Back cover. 600 10 $a Lamarr, Hedy, $d 1913-2000 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Motion picture actors and actresses $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women inventors $z United States $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 1 952 $l TZPC572 $d 20230802013743.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=94E1733030FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search