Making a Name for Herself
After her role in Money on the Street, Lamarr got her first speaking part the following year in a 1931 movie called Storm in a Water Glass. From there, she was spotted by Max Reinhardt, a theater and film director, who decided to give her a role in a play called The Weaker Sex. Reinhardt was blown away by her performance and beauty.
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He was so impressed that he insisted she accompanies him to Berlin to work on more projects. And that’s exactly what she did, but she quickly split from Reinhardt after meeting a Russian director called Alexis Granowsky. He offered her a big role in his movie, Trunks of Mr. O.F.