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World War II

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    History Overlooked: Actress Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Valuable Radio Technology

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    Germany? Really? Cool!

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 30, 2009

    South Pacific

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2009

    Diz and the Gang

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    "Susan O'Malley: You Are Exactly Where You Need to Be"

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 17, 2009

    "Susan O'Malley: You Are Exactly Where You Need to Be"

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Master of Puppets

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2008

    Toronto International Film Festival: Day 2

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 13, 2008

    Disney & Deutschland

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    Harry Belafonte, Patriot

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 12, 2007

    War is Hell

    Hedy Lamarr may be best remembered as the glamorous, scandal-plagued star of such hits as White Cargo and Samson and Delilah. But there's a largely forgotten aspect to Lamarr's life that's much more compelling: The Austrian-born actress, alongside avant-garde composer George Antheil, invented what ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 17, 2007

    Rose

    It's a shame that this sweeping journey across the life of one woman is a bit too long

  • Film

    March 8, 2006

    Jingle Hell

    A holiday truce quells the horrors of war in the masterful Merry Christmas

  • Film

    October 27, 2004

    Burden of Paradise

    In 1944 Germany, an immaculate little town was not as it appeared

  • Film

    September 1, 2004

    The Passion of the Goy

    Gentile women defend their Jewish husbands against the Nazis in Rosenstrasse

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Fortune Cookie

    Japanese Tea Garden

  • Culture

    April 7, 2004

    Of Thee I Sing

    A brilliant production finds the real, democratic feeling behind William Saroyan's effusions

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Disease Detective

    Deborah Hayden's new book, Pox, pulls the covers off famous people with syphilis. That's right: syphilis.

  • Culture

    January 16, 2002

    The Man Who Wasn't There

    Copenhagen delivers a good lecture, but its key character never quite ignites

  • Film

    January 9, 2002

    Spy, But Why?

    Charlotte Gray went to war, and all she came back with was this lousy movie

  • Culture

    December 19, 2001

    The Babes of War

    This pacifist masterpiece has less to do with Afghanistan than the Shotgun Players think

  • Calendar

    December 9, 1998

    Cothran

    This pacifist masterpiece has less to do with Afghanistan than the Shotgun Players think

  • Film

    October 22, 1997

    Darkness Visible

    From Welles' Touch of Evil to Lang's Ministry of Fear, the Castro fetes noir with 14 Universal classics

  • News

    July 16, 1997

    The Invisible Veterans

    Thousands of Filipinos fought and spied and suffered and died under American command to help us win World War II. The U.S. government says the soldiers who survived -- now elderly, often living in poverty -- aren't worthy of military benefits. Four storie

  • Music

    October 23, 1996

    Suspicious Minds

    Thousands of Filipinos fought and spied and suffered and died under American command to help us win World War II. The U.S. government says the soldiers who survived -- now elderly, often living in poverty -- aren't worthy of military benefits. Four storie

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