Women I've Undressed: The Fabulous Life and Times of a Legendary Hollywood Designer

ISBN-13: 9781760290955 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 432 str.

Orry-Kelly

Opis

Discovered in a pillowcase, the long-lost memoirs of designer Orry-Kelly, Hollywood legend and three-time Oscar winner, are at last ready for their close-up.

Recenzje

If you love or even like Old Hollywood, if you hanker after parties where Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Hedy Lamarr and Jean Harlow chew the fat in Spanish costumes under camellia-strewn bowers, then Orry-Kelly's Women I've Undressed: the Fabulous Life and Times of a Legendary Hollywood Designer is a little bit of paradise. Daily Telegraph

O autorze

Orry-Kelly was born Orry George Kelly in Kiama in 1897. His love of theatre and nightlife flourished when he moved to Sydney at seventeen. In 1922 the aspiring actor and artist moved to New York, where his work painting murals for nightclubs led to designing stage sets and costumes. He followed his dreams to Hollywood and became head of the costume department at Warner Bros. Orry-Kelly went on to create some of the most iconic looks in movie history, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Oklahoma! and Auntie Mame, in a career spanning thirty years and 295 films. He won Oscars for An American in Paris, Les Girls and Some Like It Hot.