Federico (Fritz) Mandl, Austrian-born ... His grande affaire was Second Wife Hedy Kiesler (Lamarr) of Ecstasy fame. Even before Hedy went to Hollywood and divorced him, Fritz was immersed in ...

Her life is explored in a new documentary, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. Director Alexandra Dean spoke with Smithsonian.com about Lamarr’s unheralded work as an inventor. The interview has ...