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Women He's Undressed on DVD

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 it's 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.