conferred with scientists and other professionals involved in military technology. Lamarr's earliest inventions include an improved traffic stoplight and a tablet that would dissolve in water to create a carbonated drink. She was offered several scripts, television commercials, and stage projects, but none piqued her interest. Joseph Darnand, who became an SS officer and led the Milice paramilitaries who hunted down members of the Resistance, was executed in October 1945. De Gaulle had instructed that there be no excessive displays of public affection towards Churchill and no official awards without his prior agreement. The film chronicles the destruction of Carangi's life and career as a result of her addiction to heroin, and her decline and death from AIDS in the mid-1980s. It was completed rather late in the