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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. he 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 warner and gossip columnist hedda hopper and ultimately by his extraordinary talent.
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Women He's Undressed (2015)
100 min
Hollywood stars, historical footage and stylized reenactments tell the story of costume designer Orry-Kelly, who ruled Tinseltown fashion for decades.