Sunday Documentary film: Bombshell - The Hedy Lamarr Story

This documentary is about how the most beautiful woman in the world was deeply misunderstood. In the 1930s and 40s, actress Hedy Lamarr was given that heady moniker—praised across Hollywood for her smoldering visage and European sensibility. She was stunning, to be sure, her beauty coupling well with a sensual mystique and a gift for acting that landed the MGM star in films alongside future icons like Judy Garland and Clark Gable. Though she never reached the same level of celluloid canonization, Lamarr had a another gift to offer the world, one that has built her a legacy far greater than her films ever did. The actress, it turned out, was also a brilliant inventor who made movies by day and labored over pet inventions by night, eventually creating and patenting a form of frequency hopping that is still used in modern technology. Do you like Wi-Fi? You can thank Lamarr for that.