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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - official US trailer

Startlet. Screen Siren. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World. All phrases used to describe 1940’s Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr. Alexandra Dean’s illuminating documentary adds Inventor to the list.

  
Lonely Hearts (2006)
Lonely Hearts (2006)
2006 | Drama, Mystery
5
6.0 (2 Ratings)
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A decent crime drama based on a true story of a murdering couple in the 1940's and 50's. It has an exceptional cast, but wanders between crime drama and the sub stories a bit too much. A slow paced film without a lot of action. Ok but could have been a lot better.
  
First Term at Malory Towera
First Term at Malory Towera
Enid Blyton | 2016 | Children
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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A good old fashioned school story
The first book in the Malory Towers series. One of my favorite books as a child and still loved today. It's very much set in the 1940's but it mostly adds to the charm.
  
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Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Official Trailer

In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN is the incredible true story of what inspired Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic Wonder Woman character in the 1940's.

  
Showgirls of Las Vegas (Images of America: Nevada)
Showgirls of Las Vegas (Images of America: Nevada)
Lisa Gioia-Acres | 2013 | History & Politics
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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I absolutely love this book! I personally purchased mine at Nancy Williams costume company shop a few years back and had the privilege to have Nancy herself sign the book. ( Nancy was one of the showgirls back in the 1940's) Such great photos and the history of the Vegas showgirls!
  
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Botticelli's Bastard
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Botticelli's Bastard + Giveway This my first in this kind of book dealing with art and history. It a good book and interesting. It deals with Germany and take over of Europe in the 1940's. I liked the idea of the painting talking and telling detail about his owners. That what is been so neat about it. I love the fact that Giovanni started with a discovery of stolen art.
 
Giovanni has some family problems that it so funny in a way that he find a discovery to lift his spirit. The author was good and i enjoyed the book. I rate this book at 4 1/2 stars. Those the painting stories about himself is so funny that you want to laugh. It makes you want to find out more of they mystery of the painting. If you want you can enter the giveaway try and win a copy.
 
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Johnny Graphic and the Etheric Bomb
Johnny Graphic and the Etheric Bomb
D.R. Martin | 2012 | Children, Paranormal, Young Adult (YA)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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[Johnny Graphic and the Etheric Bomb] by [D.R. Martin] was an incredible adventure. In the classic sense of serial adventures from the 1940's the young cub photographer, who happens to see ghosts and is 12 yrs old, has to save the world from a horrible new bomb. Along with his sister, Melanie and other friends, they travel the world to solve the mystery and stop destruction.

As a teacher who just spent the past three weeks teaching about the making of the atomic bomb this book seemed to parallel that with a 'ghostly' twist. (I know bad pun.) I will be looking forward to reading book two. Also did I mention besides ghosts there are zombies. Highly recommended.
  
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Across a War-Tossed Sea
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This book talks about thing on the WWII. Though it mostly though the eyes of two children that are British. You hear their account about how WWII started. You getting from two children that were sent to America to escape the war that Germany and Great Britain.


You read about what the Nazi are doing and POW's and war effort and the allies. You also see what it like for British children learning to fit into the American life style and how to learn to make friends. You also learn about American Americans they used the word "Negro". You learn what life is like in 1940's and segregation's and things that were going on back then.
  
War-Torn Heart
War-Torn Heart
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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》A lovely story set in the 1940's. It is a unique story in that it focuses on the thoughts, actions and emotions of the people left state side. I thought it was an encouraging and thought provoking book, and it really didnt gloss over different aspects of being newly in love which I appreciated as it made the book more realistic than some :) . I truly enjoied reading this book even though at first I wasn't sure that i'd like it. I do recommend reading it, as it has a ver believable perspective. I volunteered to read this book in return for my honest feed back, the opinions expressed within are my own.
  
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Lindsay (1693 KP) rated Botticelli's Bastard in Books

Aug 30, 2018 (Updated Apr 9, 2019)  
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Botticelli's Bastard
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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This my first in this kind of book dealing with art and history. It a good book and interesting. It deals with Germany and take over of Europe in the 1940's. I liked the idea of the painting talking and telling detail about his owners. That what is been so neat about it. I love the fact that Giovanni started with a discovery of stolen art.

Giovanni has some family problems that it so funny in a way that he find a discovery to lift his spirit. The author was good and i enjoyed the book. I rate this book at 4 1/2 stars. Those the painting stories about himself is so funny that you want to laugh. It makes you want to find out more of they mystery of the painting.