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Enter to Win: Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr

ENTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN a copy of Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr! In this authoritative biography, Shearer (Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life) surveys the career of actress Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000), born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna. In her teens, she was cast in German films, and in 1933, after she appeared nude in Ecstasy, she was catapulted to international fame. During an Atlantic crossing on the Normandie, Louis B. Mayer offered her an MGM contract and changed her name to Hedy Lamarr. Promoted as "the most beautiful girl in the world," she appeared in more than two dozen films between 1938 and 1958. Metro denied her a loan out to do the lead in Casablanca, but her vibrant screen presence in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949) left a lasting impression on both filmgoers and Paramount; it raked in over million to become the most profitable Paramount production up until that time. She faded from films in the 1950s, made numerous 1960s TV appearances and then dropped from the limelight, retiring to Florida in 1987. Providing probing and detailed coverage of her five marriages, children, various lawsuits, radio roles and shoplifting headlines, Shearer has combined extensive archival research with insightful interview quotes. The result is a fascinating biography that recreates Hollywood's Golden Age of Glamour.

The Midnight Palace has teamed with St. Martin's Press to give away FOUR copies of Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr! Enter now for your chance to win!

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Below is 1 trivia question. We will be choosing 4 winners at random from all the correct submissions. This gives everyone a fair and equal shot at winning. We have many visitors in different time zones, so accepting only the first correct submission would be unfair. There is an email link below the questions where you can submit your answers. Winners will be notified by email. Please make sure that you put "Hedy Lamarr Book Contest" in the subject of your email!!! Contest ends Monday, December 6, 2010. GOOD LUCK!!!!!

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In the mid-1960s, Hedy Lamarr owned a mansion which was used in a very famous film. What is the name of the film?

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