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Hedy Lamarr by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1938. Hedy is reading
NoëlCoward’s first autobiography Present Indicative in this photo, published in 1937. Fresh from Austria and still learning English, Lamarr recited most of her lines in her first American film Algiers by learning the script phonetically. She became fluent in the language very soon afterwards.
“I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they’ll run the other way.” – Hedy Lamarr
Noir By Night 