Hedy Lamarr was one of the Thirties’ most glamorous ... Her US film debut was 1938’s Algiers opposite Charles Boyer. She acted with Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy and made more than 30 films ...

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 ...

Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, "native quarter" of Algiers. A French ...