The Silver Screen Oasis

Last night was the West Coast opening party for Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story sponsored by Chateau Marmont, which was a great success, and Alexandra Dean is obviously very busy right now, but will return when she has a break in her hectic promotional schedule.

Good question, Moraldo.

If Alexandra Dean cannot respond to posted questions this evening, she will drop by as soon as it is convenient as she has a screening of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story in L.A. Thank you all for your wonderful questions.

Alexandra Dean is traveling and taking a break. Her visit will continue soon.

https://youtu.be/P8hdYPiSALw Mel Brooks participated in an interview for Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story . Can you share with us how that came about? In this enticing trailer for your film, Hedy makes that comment that "You have to make yourself heard." Do you feel that you have made Hed...

Fabulous news, Moira!!!!! You are going to enjoy every minute of it!

Thank you for these wonderful responses, Alexandra!

I am very interested in the growing interest across the country for your documentary about Hedy. Can you share with us any more information about additional screenings scheduled?

Here is an article appearing on the TCM Website that Robert Osborne wrote for Hedy Lamarr's Star of the Month Celebration...I think it's a sweet tribute to Hedy's friendship with Robert Osborne. " ROBERT OSBORNE ON HEDY LAMARR "That face, that face, that wonderful face..." began the l...

One aspect of the documentary that held me spellbound throughout the sequence concerned the actual development of the frequency-hopping. The graphics and the accompanying descriptions of the process illuminated the theory in such a concise way. It was so well-conceived. Was this difficult to grapple...

Can you shed some light on Hedy's process for devising or inventing new products or theories? Why did she seem so interested in creating inventions?

I enjoyed meeting you and your lovely husband, Chris, in Dallas with publicist Kelly Kitchens for the Dallas VideoFest/Dallas DocFest.The screening was popuar and very well-received. And it seems that's the reaction all across the country. I'm so encouraged that your documentary has received such wo...

Hidden Figures is a wonderfully inspiring 2016 film with Taraji P. Henson, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, and Octavia Spencer about the women involved in the NASA race for space which hits close to home for me. I teach at a local college where the children and grandchildren of some of ...

We are currently experiencing some techinical issues, but our Q & A will continue once the issues are solved. Thank you all for your patience!

Now we can begin! We'll go to the Guest Star link on the Board Index page for your Q & A....

Wonderful! Glad we've overcome the glitch!

Our Q & A begins tomorrow with Director of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Alexandra Dean. https://i.imgur.com/FN3OczQ.jpg Here are two more recent articles featuring interviews with Alexandra Dean-- PACIFIC STANDARD: https://psmag.com/social-justice/a-silver-screen-bombshells-ingenious-invent...