Women He's Undressed (DVD) New and Still Sealed.
A Film by Gillian Armstrong
Women He's Undressed is a cinema length documentary that explores the
life of Australia's most prolific costume designer. Until now Orry-Kelly
has been unacknowledged in his country of birth and pretty well
forgotten in the adopted country of his greatest success. During the
boom years of Hollywood he was the costume designer on an astonishing
282 motion pictures. He designed for the stars like Marilyn Munroe,
Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Rosalind Russell, Errol Flynn and many
more of the immortals. His films included Some Like It Hot, Casablanca,
An American in Paris and Now, Voyager. Orry-Kelly (Jack to his friends)
won three Academy Awards and was nominated for a fourth. Orry-Kelly was
Head of Warner Brothers Costume Department during the richest period of
American film, the establishment of the dream factory and its effect on
mass culture. He was outrageous, witty, outspoken, a drinker and
uncompromising but he survived partially protected by his friendship
with Jack and Ann...
New & Sealed (see photos)