Hedy Lamarr — Actor (32)
I Take This Woman (1940) [Movie] TMDB
I Take This Woman
director: W.S. Van Dyke actor: Spencer Tracy / Hedy Lamarr
other title: Questa donna è mia / Je profite de cette femme
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
Comrade X (1940) [Movie] TMDB
Comrade X
director: King Vidor actor: Clark Gable / Hedy Lamarr
other title: Corrispondente X / Camarade X
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
Ziegfeld Girl (1941) [Movie] TMDB
Ziegfeld Girl
director: Busby Berkeley / Robert Z. Leonard actor: James Stewart / Judy Garland
other title: Le fanciulle delle follie / Mädchen im Rampenlicht
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
Boom Town (1940) [Movie] TMDB
Boom Town
director: Jack Conway actor: Clark Gable / Spencer Tracy
other title: La febbre del petrolio / Der Draufgänger
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931) [Movie] TMDB
Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.
director: Alexis Granowsky actor: Alfred Abel / Hedy Lamarr
other title: Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. / Las maletas del señor O. F.
In the very old-fashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms (the hotel just has five). This event, probably the biggest in 300 years, starts a small wave of modernisation, yet everybody is wondering who O.F. is. Journalist Stix and architect Stark have an idea how to use this event. They proclaim, that O.F. is a former citizen of the town, who became a millionaire abroad. They tell their fellow citizens that the town still needs modernisation, like better hotels, nightclubs, shops, etc. And soon, Ostend is a boomtown, then a capital. The architect, responsible for the new buildings is finaly allowed to marry the mayor's daughter, while Stix marries the cabaret star and the widowed mayor his new secretary. The only problem is, O.F. hasn't shown up, while finance experts from all over the world are trying to solve the depression problem.
We Need No Money (1931) [Movie] TMDB
Man braucht kein Geld
director: Carl Boese actor: Hedy Lamarr / Heinz Rühmann
other title: Man braucht kein Geld
In this German comedy, an enterprising American uncle comes from Chicago goes to the tiny town of Groditzkirchen to make a fortune on credit even though he only has $10 to his name. To do so, he enlists the aide of a bank clerk and begins posing as a millionaire.
Ecstasy (1933) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb
Extase
director: Gustav Machatý actor: Hedy Lamarr / Aribert Mog
other title: Estasi / Extase
Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn't have much room for passion. She becomes despondent and leaves him, returning to her father's house. One day while bathing in the lake, she meets a young man and they fall in love. The husband has become grief stricken at the loss of his young bride, and fate brings him together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
Algiers (1938) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB
Algiers
director: John Cromwell actor: Charles Boyer / Hedy Lamarr
other title: Un'americana nella Casbah / Casbah
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.
Lady of the Tropics (1939) [Movie] TMDB
Lady of the Tropics
director: Jack Conway actor: Robert Taylor / Hedy Lamarr
other title: La signora dei tropici / Lady in den Tropen
Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
Samson and Delilah (1949) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Samson and Delilah
director: Cecil B. DeMille actor: Hedy Lamarr / Victor Mature
other title: Sansone e Dalila / Samson og Dalila
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.