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Hedy Lamarr: Dishonored Lady/Strange Woman
The first title on the double bill is one of the rare instances where "B" film director Ulmer was given a grade "A" cast to work with... and he doesn't disappoint. In The Strange Woman, screen vixen Lamarr gives one of her finest performances as a strong-willed young lady in 19th-Century Maine, who affects the lives of three very different men. In the second feature, Dishonored Lady, a taut little thriller, Lamarr plays a glamorous but neurotic art director for a leading women's magazine who finds herself under suspicion of murder. Bonus Features: Scene Selection| Trailers| Short Subject - "Made In USA." Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 182 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1946-1947; SRP - $4.99.
Manufacturer: Vci Video
Price Range: $2.29 - $4.99
 Hedy Lamarr: Dishonored Lady/Strange Woman
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rating: 4
This is a really good set of two of Lamarr's better films. I'm glad they packaged these two together, as they're both very entertaining and Lamarr is great in both. Good plots, good acting. Even though her Samson & Delilah film is more known than either of these, I really do prefer these over Samson & Delilah. I think they're both very good movies that are just as entertaining today as they were years ago. Two pretty different roles for Lamarr between the two films, and this is nice to see.
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Hedy Lamarr - a magnificent actress!
rating: 5
My review will be very short since there are at least 2 prior very thorough reviews. Hedy Lamarr was more than the "most beautiful woman in Hollywood". She never received the respect deserved for her acting ability. Ah, the curse of a physically gorgeous woman! And she was a brain too - inventor of what would become wireless technology. She is superb in both of these films which are probably 2 of her best performances next to "Samson and Delilah". The dvd quality is extremely good for the price. I'm always concerned about films in the public domain because print quality varies. Hedy is of course, stunningly beautiful and gives inspired & emotive performances. I always liked her film work and hope that someday, she will receive the overdue praise as a fine actress. She was extremely good at portraying the mysterious and aloof woman - something the great Kate Hepburn could not do. And let's face it, audiences LOVE bad girls. And Hedy in "Samson & Delilah" was one very very naughty girl. Vive Hedy Lamarr!
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The exquisite Hedy Lamarr!
rating: 5
Few words can describe this radiant, raven haired goddess. This DVD is a fantastic buy showcasing Hedy Lamarr in two of her better dramatic peformances. As Hedy's catalogue of movies available on DVD is fairly limited, this disc a must have for Hedy Lamarr fans.
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Lamar the Actress and Woman at her film FINEST.
rating: 5
What a perfect pairing of films. After her production role of the fascinating and morally complex STRANGE WOMAN (see my separate 5 star review for that), Hedy was awarded this great murder mystery, based on a true story, DISHONORED LADY.
I saw this on a very poor VHS transfer (not purchased through Amazon). The script is wonderful - a bit melodramatic, the casting is great, but the post production aspects, especially the music are a real disappointment because Hedy shines in this film with HER FINEST ACTING WORK ON FILM. In another role that is complex and real in its portrayal of a "party girl" trying to straighten out her life, her self, when she becomes a murder suspect.
This is a real "slice of time" film in that it deals with women who were working, "like men" who "thought like men" i.e. enjoied and wanted careers; which was considered a real social problem at the time as men came back from the war and wanted their jobs back. Women were meanwhile enjoing the freedom of having their own jobs their own independence, and this was seen as transgressive, especially if the woman, like this one, was also sexually liberated.
The script hits all these notes appropriately, but the awful operatic music hammers away. Fortunately, that wasn't on the set. Hedy gives a layered, thoughtful, and - a rarity - a relaxed, humorous, and joyful performance. She has a "drunk scene" that is playful and completely real, a very subtly funny portrayal of being "pleasantly inebriated." All this makes me think this must be who she truly was. She had just finished a film she had fought for, and was working on this fantastic character who liked working and was interested in science (as she was herself). It is simply a MUST see for any Hedy Lamar film (as is THE STRANGE WOMAN for other reasons)- for a glimpse of her entire range.
Looking at her bios, this was a turning point where she started her disenchantement with roles she was being offered. She is beautiful and tempestuous in the later SAMPSON AND DELILAH, but her heart is not in that the way it is in this film. And she slowed down her acting quite a bit after these.
See this to see Hedy Lamar the actress surrounded by a great supporting cast (including Margaret Hamilton - Dorothy's wicked witch), in a film which I feel is her finest work.
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Great
rating: 5
The DVD is super, that is that I expected. Two fine films withe beautiful Hedy Lamarr
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