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Hedy鈥檚 new life in Hollywood isn鈥檛 all it鈥檚 cracked up to be. The party lifestyle isn鈥檛 for her and she struggles to make her MGM debut. Eventually though, the film offers start rolling in, starting with Algiers - Hedy鈥檚 big Hollywood break. But while Hedy鈥檚 living the Hollywood highlife, across the Atlantic, Europe is descending into World War II. Hedy鈥檚 Jewish mother manages to leave Austria, now under Nazi control. Hedy鈥檚 also starting to feel unchallenged by the film roles she鈥檚 being cast in, so turns her creative mind to inventing. She meets one of America's richest and most eccentric men, Howard Hughes. Hughes鈥檚 interest in Hedy is initially romantic, but he soon realises her innovative mind is even more impressive than her beauty. She has plenty of ideas and the technical expertise to make them work. Then eventually, a chance meeting with a kindred spirit - the composer George Antheil - sets in motion a path for Hedy, far beyond Hollywood.

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