Ecstasy and Me

Ecstasy and Me is the alleged tell-all style autobiography of Austrian-born actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, co-written with Leo Guild and Cy Rice and first published in 1966. The book spent 4 weeks as the #1 best seller on the New York Times' list in 1966.[1]

Actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr

In 1966 Lamarr's lawsuit to overturn the book was refused by a Los Angeles judge.[2] When the book was published, she filed for $21 million in damages.[3] Lamarr condemned the book's contents as "fictional, false, vulgar, scandalous, libelous and obscene".[4][5] She made a public television appearance on the Merv Griffin Show where she said "that's not my book" and mentions writing a book called Hedy.

In a 1970 interview with The New York Times, Lamarr noted that her material was "misused and distorted" and that she did not receive any funds from the book.[6]

When the book was published, it was reviewed in The New Republic by Larry L. King,[7] where King noted "If there is a sexual experience Miss Lamarr has not partaken of, if belongs in the future tense".[8]

Further reading
  • Lamarr, Hedy (1967-01-01). Ecstasy and Me: My Life As A Woman. Fawcett Crest Book.

References
  1. Justice, Keith L. (1998). Bestseller index : all books, by author, on the lists of Publishers weekly and the New York times through 1990. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-7864-0422-3.
  2. "HEDY LAMARR LOSES SUIT TO HALT BOOK". New York Times. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  3. "Hedy Lamarr Is Suing Nine For $21-Million Over Book". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Kakutcad, Michiko (1979-03-18). "IT PAYS TO BE A GHOST". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  6. Birmingham, Stephen (1970-08-23). "'Would You Believe I Was Once A Famous Star? It's the Truth!'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  7. King, Larry L. (1999). Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye. TCU Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-87565-203-0.
  8. Morris, Willie (1993-09-12). "HEADY DAYS, HEDY NIGHTS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
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