Film collectors, film
buffs and fans of Hedy Lemarr will have plenty to take notice of on Sept. 30 as
that is the street that the Film Chest has selected for its latest DVD
collectible (in cooperation with Synergy Entertainment).
Priced at just $17.98, this
four-disc/four-film collection is titled Silver Screen Legends: Hedy Lamarr
and includes four of her starring roles, including her first English-language
and major studio debut, director John Cromwell’s 1938 drama, Algiers.
This remake of novelist Henri
La Barthe’s Pépé le Moko (1937, French-language version starring Jean Gabin
and Mireille Balin) was shot on location (the arrival of World War II would put
an end to that) and teamed Hedy Lamarr as Gaby with Charles Boyer as Pépé le
Moko.
The result was that Algiers
was box office hit and earned four Oscar nominations — Best Actor for Charles
Boyer, plus Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Gene Lockhart), Best
Cinematography (James Wong Howe) and Best Art Direction (Alexander Toluboff).
Next on the list is
director Edgar G. Ulmer’s 1946 film noir thriller, The Strange Woman,
teaming Lamarr with George Sanders and Louis Hayward (Gene Lockhart is also
counted among the impressive cast).
The following year, 1947,
Hedy Lamarr was cast in a film remake of Margaret Ayer Barnes and Edward
Sheldon’s stage play, Dishonored Lady. Her co-stars were Dennis O’Keefe and John
Loder and direction was handled by Robert Stevenson (Oscar-nominated in 1964
for his direction of Mary Poppins).
Lastly, director Richard
Wallace’s 1948 film release of Let's Live a Little is a change of
pace for Lamarr … after dramas and film
noirs, a romantic comedy. Robert
Cummings and Anna Sten are her co-stars.
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