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FLiCX: Bombshell–The Hedy Lamarr Story

Posted by on Monday, November 6, 2017 in Archives, News.

Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017
6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.  
Belcourt Theatre
2102 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN

Dir. Alexandra Dean | USA | 2017 | 86 min.

Participants who commit to checking in with the FLiCX administrator by no later than 6:45pm may RSVP on this page for tickets purchased by the Dean of Students office. We will not be able to accommodate latecomers.

Since seating is limited, we must remind participants of the following:

  • that if you RSVP in the affirmative, and your plans change, you are expected to log back in and change your status to “not attending;”
  • that Vanderbilt participants must RSVP for themselves, and may not be “guests;” and
  • that non-Vanderbilt guests are limited to one per participant.

“Starlet, screen siren, the most beautiful woman in the world,” all phrases used to describe 1940s Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr. This illuminating documentary adds “inventor” to the list. Lamarr’s legion of fans never knew that she was Jewish and that she developed a “secret communications system” that helped the Allies beat the Nazis and which is the basis for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies.