Women He's Undressed (2015)

A documentary about the life of the Australian costume designer and three time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly.

Director:

Gillian Armstrong

Writer:

Katherine Thomson

Stars:

Ann Roth, Jane Fonda, Marc Eliot

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ann Roth	...	Herself
Jane Fonda	...	Herself
Marc Eliot	...	Himself
Eric Sherman	...	Himself
William J. Mann	...	Himself, movie historian
Catherine Martin	...	Herself
David Chierichetti	...	Himself
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself
Deborah Nadoolman	...	Herself (as Deborah Nadoolman Landis)
Michael Wilkinson	...	Himself
Kym Barrett	...	Herself
Larry McQueen	...	Himself
Colleen Atwood	...	Herself
Angela Lansbury	...	Herself
Scotty Bowers	...	Himself, author of 'Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars'

Storyline

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 Monroe, 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 ...

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Plot Keywords:

costume designer | f rated | costume design | three word title | independent film | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Website

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 July 2015 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Las mujeres que desnudó (La historia de Orry-Kelly)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Damien Parer Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The birth and death dates of Marion Davies and Fannie Brice were reversed. Marion Davies lived from 1897 - 1961; Fannie Brice from 1891 - 1951. The dates given in this film switch the dates, having Davies die in 1951 and Brice in 1961.

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Connections

Features Scarface (1932)

User Reviews

A well rounded and researched story of a master at his art and craft - costuming

I will not attempt to precis the content of this film. Gillian Armstrong and her production team have created a swiftly moving film about Orry-Kelly that needed to be told before all living connections to his work die.

For anyone interested in what goes into making a film this is a must see documentary that follows a real story arc. He has his high and lows but most of all Orry-Kelly had respect from the Hollywood industry from studio heads down.

Some of the well documented activities of some of Hillywood's biggest stars may come as a surprise to some.