It is purely coincidental that Hedy Lamarr posed for “Leg Art” for the first time in her career during the filming of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “The Heavenly Body,” on Sept. 28, 1943.

There are few talents who can truly match the legacy of Hedy Lamarr. Once deemed the world’s most beautiful woman, she was a pioneer both on the screen and as an inventor, having given the world ...