Ecstasy and Me
Introduction '''''Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman''''' is the alleged tell-all style autobiography of Austrian-born actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, ghostwritten by Leo Guild and Cy Rice and first published in 1966.The book spent four weeks at #1 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list in 1966.In 1966 Lamarr's lawsuit to overturn the book was refused by a Los Angeles judge. When the book was published, she filed for $21 million in damages. Lamarr condemned the book's contents as "fictional, false, vulgar, scandalous, libelous and obscene". During a 1969 appearance on ''The Merv Griffin Show'', she responded to a comment from host Merv Griffin regarding ''Ecstasy and Me'' by stating "Don't talk about that, that's not my book" and mentioned writing a book of her own 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.When the book was published, it was reviewed in ''The New Republic'' by Larry L. King, where King noted "If there is a sexual experience Miss Lamarr has not partaken of, it belongs in the future tense".
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