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After a year-long court fight, Texas Oil man W. Howard Lee, 51, fifth husband of ex-Cinestar Hedy (Ecstasy) Lamarr, 45, got a divorce, terminating what was, according to Lee, a most unecstatic six-year marriage. Hedy did not contest Lee's suit or his testimony that she had often belted him, reviled him, squandered his money, and accused him of swiping her jewelry. Day after the divorce, Hedy, gazing raptly at one of her own oil paintings (title: Chinatown), told newsmen that the marriage had gone bad because she had been too much a "mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 2, 1960 | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

...Hedy Lamarr, Crowther claims, earned her chance in Hollywood by sailing from London to New York on the same ship with Mayer, "ostensibly traveling as a sort of governess for a boy violinist." Around the studios, says Crowther, "it was long suspected that Mayer was after Jeanette MacDonald and Myrna Loy, both of whom had the experience of being indulged and then disfavored by him." And to Luise Rainer, Mayer complained: "Why don't you sit on my lap when we're discussing your contract, the way the other girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Louis the Lion | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

...crammed with this sort of peep-show item. Some readers may be fascinated to learn that Eva Marie Saint has "a perfectly good figure," that Mitzi Gaynor, in the right kind of "red-spangled straight jacket," exhibits a "rounded female figure, good bosom, tiny waist," or that Hedy Lamarr, though "she's slim, actually," does not allow herself to be padded out. As for Anna Magnani, "When she undressed, we were amazed. Under the black slacks and sweater was the most exquisite of black French foundations." Sophia Loren refuses to wear blue jeans, and Designer Head agrees with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: How Not to Wear a Tub | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...example of what the sport has added to the face of the U.S. A broken-down mining settlement as late as 1946, Aspen now boasts some 50 ski lodges, offers a wide range of overnight accommodations, from Ed's Beds ($2.75 and down) to the luxurious new Villa Lamarr ($8 and up), financed by Hedy Lamarr's estranged husband Howard Lee and promptly dubbed Hedy's Beddies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bonanza in the Wilderness | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...mood somewhat short of ecstasy, Cinemactress Hedy Lamarr, 44, and five times wed, departed (legal separation) from her latest, Houston Oilman W. Howard Lee, fiftyish. For keeping her distance, Hedy will get $100,000 a year, an additional $105,000 in a lump sum. "I feel sure Howard and I will never divorce," she sighed. "Basically, we are very fond of each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 18, 1958 | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

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