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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 230855" data-attributes="member: 7">I caught a little of Bombshell while it was on Netflix. Is it still there? I&#039;m not even sure. It was a very well-produced documentary from what I remember of it, and I&#039;d certainly agree that she was a troubled individual that never found her true place in life. Her life had purpose, but seemed to lack focus. She was an actress, inventor, producer. Her life was cluttered, but without anything with any considerable depth. Discussions about her film career are always spotty. She seemed destined for stardom, based solely on her looks, but her body of work is overtly unremarkable. I have a Leading Ladies book that says Louis B. Mayer was baffled once he found out that Lamarr, his &quot;new Garbo&quot;, was fool&#039;s gold. It speaks of her awkwardness and her mismanagement of her own career in turning down major roles in Gaslight and Casablanca, two career-defining roles that went to Ingrid Bergman. Mayer was said to have lost interest in Lamarr once she proved &quot;too hard to please&quot;, and he therefore shoved her into less rewarding films that typified the vast majority of her career. Of course, I know all this is one author&#039;s opinion, but it certainly seems valid one viewed in context of her career. She evidently misjudged what scripts were presented to her, and therefore spent most of her time playing basically mediocre parts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 230855, member: 7"] I caught a little of[I] Bombshell[/I] while it was on Netflix. Is it still there? I'm not even sure. It was a very well-produced documentary from what I remember of it, and I'd certainly agree that she was a troubled individual that never found her true place in life. Her life had purpose, but seemed to lack focus. She was an actress, inventor, producer. Her life was cluttered, but without anything with any considerable depth. Discussions about her film career are always spotty. She seemed destined for stardom, based solely on her looks, but her body of work is overtly unremarkable. I have a[I] Leading Ladies[/I] book that says Louis B. Mayer was baffled once he found out that Lamarr, his "new Garbo", was fool's gold. It speaks of her awkwardness and her mismanagement of her own career in turning down major roles in[I] Gaslight[/I] and[I] Casablanca[/I], two career-defining roles that went to Ingrid Bergman. Mayer was said to have lost interest in Lamarr once she proved "too hard to please", and he therefore shoved her into less rewarding films that typified the vast majority of her career. Of course, I know all this is one author's opinion, but it certainly seems valid one viewed in context of her career. She evidently misjudged what scripts were presented to her, and therefore spent most of her time playing basically mediocre parts. [/QUOTE]

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