Podcasts about orry kelly

Our first mini-episode of 2025 looks to one of director Andrew Haigh's curated picks: Billy Wilder's subversive farce Some Like It Hot. We get into the unlikely modernity of Hot's sexual politics, Orry-Kelly's naked dresses, Wilder's collaboration with I. A. L. Diamond, is this the greatest comedy of all time, and more. -- The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast is co-hosted by Veronica Fitzpatrick and Chad Perman, produced by Eli Sands, and edited by Buczar. Our theme music is composed by Chad. -- This episode is sponsored by Galerie, a new kind of film club. BW/DR listeners can now sign up for three months of free access to Galerie's streaming library, curated film lists, essays, live screenings and more at join.galerie.com.

Who was classic Hollywood's favourite starlet and who was generally disliked? Which star cut her own dress before the film shoot? Did Ginger Rogers have no interest in fashion? Was Rita Hayworth actually shy? In this episode we're reading first-hand tea from the Golden Era of Hollywood as described by Orry-Kelly, one of the industry's most prominent costume designers.

Con la partecipazione di Francesca Pellegrini (MyMovies), Maria Vittoria Pierleoni (The Mag), Mariangela Ungaro (Cinema d'ascolto) e dell'attore Francesco Ingrosso.Oggi parliamo di un film del 1959, vincitore di 1 premio oscar, e tre Golden Globe. Il film alla radio di stasera è “Some Like It Hot”, “A qualcuno piace caldo”, diretto da Billy Wilder. Testimoni del massacro di San Valentino a Chicago, per opera di “Ghette”, sicario di Al Capone, due musicisti scappano travestiti da donna e si aggregano a un'orchestra femminile di jazz diretta a Miami. 6 nomine e solo un Oscar per i costumi (Orry-Kelly). Diede origine al musical Sugar. È una pietra miliare della commedia americana. Una farsa strepitosa con molto punch, ritmo infallibile, odor di sesso e di morte e una Marilyn Monroe deliziosa in quella che è, forse, la sua miglior interpretazione in assoluto. Ricorrente nel cinema di Wilder, il travestitismo diventa qui l'asse portante dell'azione, contribuendo al suo lavoro di ribaltamento degli stereotipi sessuali e dimostrando che, contro il noto proverbio, l'abito fa! il monaco. Il film si chiude con una battuta divenuta proverbiale: “Nobody is perfect”, Nessuno è perfetto.. 

We talk about the joys of archival research and marvel at Mervyn Le Roy's Depression-era musical ‘Gold Diggers of 1933'. Westminster Archives: https://www.westminster.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-community/westminster-archives Historical Directories of England and Wales: http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4 and http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/custom/background Gaston and Andrée Exerciser: http://www.kraveantiques.co.uk/products/Gaston-Andree-Exerciser-1897.html Rogue Fitness, ‘The Rogue Legends Series – Chapter 1: Eugen Sandow / 8K' (25 May 2017): https://youtu.be/S-nPD2__e0E Mervyn LeRoy (director), Orry-Kelly (gowns), ‘Gold Diggers of 1933' (1933): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024069/ Orry-Kelly, ‘Women I've Undressed: The Fabulous Life and Times of a Legendary Hollywood Designer', Allen & Unwin (2016): https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/women-ive-undressed/ Mordaunt Hall, ‘Warren William, Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee in a Musical Conception of “The Gold Diggers”', New York Times (8 June 1933): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/06/08/105141704.html Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives: https://www.loc.gov/collections/fsa-owi-black-and-white-negatives/about-this-collection/ Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen, ‘Marching on History', Smithsonian Magazine (February 2003): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/marching-on-history-75797769/

Marian Macgowan is a producer with a global imprint, working across film, documentary and television mediums. As principal of the independent Australian production company Macgowan Films, her company develops, finances and produces feature films, television, and documentaries. Currently preparing for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Emmy, Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy Series, and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, THE GREAT.Marian Macgowan has produced or executive-produced international films as LILIAN'S STORY, with Toni Collette; Gregor Jordan's TWO HANDS, with Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, and Heath Ledger; Tony McNamara's THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, starring Rose Byrne, Ben Lee, and Miranda Richardson; SOUTH SOLITARY, directed by Shirley Barrett, with Miranda Otto and her father Barry Otto; and the documentaries BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND directed by Adrian Russell Wills, and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, directed by Gillian Armstrong. The latter is about legendary Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. · www.macgowanfilms.com/about· www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d · www.creativeprocess.info

"As a filmmaker, what you are selling and your primary asset is yourself, so the clearer you are about yourself, the clearer you can “play yourself”, the more effective you're going to be in expressing the ideas that you are particularly gifted to do. So that clarity of voice is as important for a writer or a director or producer as it is for a performer or a musician or anybody else. You want to find the best version of yourself and that is about recognizing when those moments of clarity are there and when they are not."Marian Macgowan is a producer with a global imprint, working across film, documentary and television mediums. As principal of the independent Australian production company Macgowan Films, her company develops, finances and produces feature films, television, and documentaries. Currently preparing for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Emmy, Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy Series, and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, THE GREAT.Marian Macgowan has produced or executive-produced international films as LILIAN'S STORY, with Toni Collette; Gregor Jordan's TWO HANDS, with Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, and Heath Ledger; Tony McNamara's THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, starring Rose Byrne, Ben Lee, and Miranda Richardson; SOUTH SOLITARY, directed by Shirley Barrett, with Miranda Otto and her father Barry Otto; and the documentaries BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND directed by Adrian Russell Wills, and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, directed by Gillian Armstrong. The latter is about legendary Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. · www.macgowanfilms.com/about· www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d · www.creativeprocess.info

Marian Macgowan is a producer with a global imprint, working across film, documentary and television mediums. As principal of the independent Australian production company Macgowan Films, her company develops, finances and produces feature films, television, and documentaries. Currently preparing for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Emmy, Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy Series, and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, THE GREAT.Marian Macgowan has produced or executive-produced international films as LILIAN'S STORY, with Toni Collette; Gregor Jordan's TWO HANDS, with Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, and Heath Ledger; Tony McNamara's THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, starring Rose Byrne, Ben Lee, and Miranda Richardson; SOUTH SOLITARY, directed by Shirley Barrett, with Miranda Otto and her father Barry Otto; and the documentaries BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND directed by Adrian Russell Wills, and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, directed by Gillian Armstrong. The latter is about legendary Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. · www.macgowanfilms.com/about· www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d · www.creativeprocess.info

"As a filmmaker, what you are selling and your primary asset is yourself, so the clearer you are about yourself, the clearer you can “play yourself”, the more effective you're going to be in expressing the ideas that you are particularly gifted to do. So that clarity of voice is as important for a writer or a director or producer as it is for a performer or a musician or anybody else. You want to find the best version of yourself and that is about recognizing when those moments of clarity are there and when they are not."Marian Macgowan is a producer with a global imprint, working across film, documentary and television mediums. As principal of the independent Australian production company Macgowan Films, her company develops, finances and produces feature films, television, and documentaries. Currently preparing for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Emmy, Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy Series, and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, THE GREAT.Marian Macgowan has produced or executive-produced international films as LILIAN'S STORY, with Toni Collette; Gregor Jordan's TWO HANDS, with Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, and Heath Ledger; Tony McNamara's THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, starring Rose Byrne, Ben Lee, and Miranda Richardson; SOUTH SOLITARY, directed by Shirley Barrett, with Miranda Otto and her father Barry Otto; and the documentaries BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND directed by Adrian Russell Wills, and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, directed by Gillian Armstrong. The latter is about legendary Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. · www.macgowanfilms.com/about· www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d · www.creativeprocess.info

Marian Macgowan is a producer with a global imprint, working across film, documentary and television mediums. As principal of the independent Australian production company Macgowan Films, her company develops, finances and produces feature films, television, and documentaries. Currently preparing for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Emmy, Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy Series, and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, THE GREAT.Marian Macgowan has produced or executive-produced international films as LILIAN'S STORY, with Toni Collette; Gregor Jordan's TWO HANDS, with Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, and Heath Ledger; Tony McNamara's THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, starring Rose Byrne, Ben Lee, and Miranda Richardson; SOUTH SOLITARY, directed by Shirley Barrett, with Miranda Otto and her father Barry Otto; and the documentaries BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND directed by Adrian Russell Wills, and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, directed by Gillian Armstrong. The latter is about legendary Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. · www.macgowanfilms.com/about· www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d · www.creativeprocess.info

Marian Macgowan is a producer with a global imprint, working across film, documentary and television mediums. As principal of the independent Australian production company Macgowan Films, her company develops, finances and produces feature films, television, and documentaries. Currently preparing for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Emmy, Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy Series, and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, THE GREAT.Marian Macgowan has produced or executive-produced international films as LILIAN'S STORY, with Toni Collette; Gregor Jordan's TWO HANDS, with Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, and Heath Ledger; Tony McNamara's THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, starring Rose Byrne, Ben Lee, and Miranda Richardson; SOUTH SOLITARY, directed by Shirley Barrett, with Miranda Otto and her father Barry Otto; and the documentaries BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND directed by Adrian Russell Wills, and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, directed by Gillian Armstrong. The latter is about legendary Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. · www.macgowanfilms.com/about· www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d · www.creativeprocess.info

"As a filmmaker, what you are selling and your primary asset is yourself, so the clearer you are about yourself, the clearer you can “play yourself”, the more effective you're going to be in expressing the ideas that you are particularly gifted to do. So that clarity of voice is as important for a writer or a director or producer as it is for a performer or a musician or anybody else. You want to find the best version of yourself and that is about recognizing when those moments of clarity are there and when they are not."Marian Macgowan is a producer with a global imprint, working across film, documentary and television mediums. As principal of the independent Australian production company Macgowan Films, her company develops, finances and produces feature films, television, and documentaries. Currently preparing for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Emmy, Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy Series, and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, THE GREAT.Marian Macgowan has produced or executive-produced international films as LILIAN'S STORY, with Toni Collette; Gregor Jordan's TWO HANDS, with Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, and Heath Ledger; Tony McNamara's THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, starring Rose Byrne, Ben Lee, and Miranda Richardson; SOUTH SOLITARY, directed by Shirley Barrett, with Miranda Otto and her father Barry Otto; and the documentaries BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND directed by Adrian Russell Wills, and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, directed by Gillian Armstrong. The latter is about legendary Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly. · www.macgowanfilms.com/about· www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d · www.creativeprocess.info

"Ce qui me plaît, c'est que je trouve que ça n'est toujours pas démodé"  Du 6 octobre au 16 janvier, la Cinémathèque Française présente l'exposition Cinémode : une sélection de costumes de cinéma par le créateur de mode Jean-Paul Gaultier. Il y réunit des créations qui lui ont donné envie de devenir couturier, qui ont inspiré certaines de ses collections…  Profession : costumière zoome sur certaines de ces pièces pour les analyser avec des créatrices de costumes, comprendre ce qui les rend encore aujourd'hui inspirantes, et d'actualité.  Pour cet épisode, Profession : costumière retrouve Anne Schotte, l'invitée du 2ème épisode du podcast, enregistré en septembre 2019. La créatrice est la fidèle collaboratrice de Cédric Klapisch depuis L'Auberge Espagnole, on lui doit également les costumes de Prête Moi Ta Main, Le Prénom et Dix Pour Cent (saisons 1 et 3), pour ne citer qu'eux. 01:30

For this pass at Warner Bros. 1937, we have two more vehicles for Dave's favourite actress, Kay Francis: Confession, Joe May's scene-for-scene remake of the German melodrama Mazurka; and Michael Curtiz's Stolen Holiday, a version of the Stavisky affair with Francis, Claude Rains, and Ian Hunter making up the Curtiz Triangle and Orry-Kelly, as usual, fearlessly emphasizing the outré bodies of Warner's female stars. How do you prefer to see Kay Francis: as a sort of combination of Stella Dallas and the Michael Douglas character from Fatal Attraction, mowing down Basil Rathbone in the name of Sacred Motherhood? Or inspiring Claude Rains to discover unsuspected depths of decency with her talent for unconditional friendship? The beauty of this episode is: you don't have to choose.    Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:                 Warner Bros. 1937 Studio Data  0h 04m 02s:                 CONFESSION (dir. Joe May)    0h 33m 49s:                 STOLEN HOLIDAY (dir. Michael Curtiz)             Studio Film Capsules provided by Clive Hirschhorn's The Warner Brothers Story Additional studio information from: The Hollywood Story by Joel W. Finler                                     +++ * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's latest film piece on Preston Sturges, Unfaithfully Yours, and the Narrative role of comedic scapegoating. * Check out Dave's new Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com

'Thrills, spills, laughs and games'

Join renowned local artist Robyn Sharp as she talks with fellow Kiama artist, Jamie Cole about his current show ‘Don't POP over to my place', his Pop Art-influenced practice, his career and the role of the artist. Jamie and his husband, Bruce Ferguson also own and run the Art Bar Kiama where ‘Don't POP over to my place' is currently showing until 29 November.  This episode also introduces a new segment, Heritage Hotspots, where presenter Mark Whalan explores true but little-known stories from Kiama's rich past. Today we hear about William Kelly, a local tailor and escapologist and father of Oscar-winning Hollywood fashion designer, Orry Kelly. Music is by Wollongong folk-rock musician, Corey Legge. To share any news, tips or interview suggestions, email kcradiocontent@gmail.com

When Tim Chappel was 13, he was mesmerised by the beauty and creation bursting from the pages of an edition of Vogue. This awakening steered the young artist away from aspirations of becoming a botanist and pointed him towards the alchemy of a hot glue gun and glitter, fabric and fabulousness; and into the world of costume design.Tim Chappel is one of Australia’s leading costume designers and has designed for feature films, TV series, theatre, musicals and music video clips. He was awarded the Academy Award, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award and an Australian Film Institute Award for his costume design of The Adventures of Priscilla , Queen of the Desert. For the stage musical adaptation, Chappel was rewarded again with Broadway’s coveted Tony Award for his inspired design and creation.His extensive design credits include the films Miss Congeniality and Today You Die; Television product such as Australia’s Got Talent and Dancing with the Stars; the stage productions Gypsy and Funny Girl and Music Videos for Cher, Missy Elliott and Matchbox 20.It is a career that has reached beyond Australian platforms to be showcased in the West End, on Broadway and in the celluloid splendour of Hollywood.Chappel continues to create vivid worlds on various canvases. He relishes too, the opportunity to train a new generation of costume designers, imparting a knowledge built on invention, spectacle and an inimitable style.Stages was thrilled to meet Tim and to garner a unique insight into the art of the costume designer and to reflect on a celebrated career.The Stages podcast is available from iTunes, Spotify and Whooshkaa.

Dolores del Rio choreographs a plot for revenge against Pat O'Brien with as much style as she exhibits in a Busby Berkeley dance number. In Caliente (1935) has a steady 'soak the rich' theme, along with a woman's thirst for revenge. Add in a superb cast and amazing white gowns from Orry-Kelly, the picture is as soothing as a day by the pool.

Episode 35: We speak about Ryan Murphy's miniseries "Hollywood" on Netflix that tells a revisionist narrative of Tinseltown in the late 1940s. We discuss the important role of costumes in evoking the era and bringing the characters and story to life. These are sourced and created by Sarah Evelyn and Lou Eyrich, inspired by the work of costume designers Adrian, Orry-Kelly, Edith Head and Walter Plunkett working in this period , and with research by fashion historian Raissa Betaña.

Nick Hardcastle is charisma on legs. A vibrant personality, it is no surprise that he has enjoyed success in various fields around the world. He may be immediately recognisable as Summer Bay resident Tim O’Connell in Home and Away or as the genial host of Video Hits.His TV credits extend to extensive work as presenter on a range of shows that have included Saturday Disney and five seasons of the highly popular Creature Features.No stranger to the stage, Nick has scored theatrical credits in Australia, London and Los Angeles. These include the role of Felicia in the musical, Priscilla the Queen of the Desert and Damian in Reuben Guthrie. All this experience lead him to co-found the Australian Theatre Company - a theatrical venture that showcases Australian repertoire and harnesses the array of Australian talent working in the U.S.; fostering a creative and meaningful cultural exchange.He is presently working on a show that celebrates the legendary Hollywood Costume Designer, Orry Kelly. The show, Orry, was recently invited to launch Celebration Theatre’s New Works Program in the city of West Hollywood.As actor, presenter, producer, recording artist and with gigs on radio, Nick is essentially an entertainment Renaissance man. Currently based in LA, he was back recently for a brief visit, and as ever, it is always a treat and a chuckle to spend some time with Nick.

Orry-Kelly costumed everyone from Ingrid Bergman to Marilyn Monroe - how did a triple Oscar winner make his way to Hollywood from the tiny Australian seaside town of Kiama?

What do you do when your lover sells you into the sex trade? If you are Kay Francis, you become ‘Spot White’ and learn how to use men to gain freedom. In Mandalay, from 1934, directed by Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis becomes ‘Spot White’ and develops coping strategies to survive the fate Ricardo Cortez consigned her to in the beginning, all while wearing exquisite designs by Orry-Kelly. A bad penny always turns up, and sure enough, she crosses paths with her inconstant lover. Ricardo Cortez receives his comeuppance, but this episode is spoiler-free. I finish with an excerpt from 'Kay Francis ‘I Can’t Wait to Be Forgotten’: Her Life on Film and Stage' by Scott O’Brien, which summarises the awful treatment she received from Warner Brothers at the end of her contract.

Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and recap the Warner Bros. classic mad cap thriller "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre. Cary Grant stars as a newlywed theater critic who discovers his devoted aunts that raised him are hiding a few bodies in the basement. Directed by Frank Capra with Costumes by Orry-Kelly.

Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada to gab, gush and recap the Warner Bros. Classic Western "Virginia City" (1940) starring Erroll Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart. Erroll Flynn stars as an escaped Union Soldier working to thwart Randolph Scott's Confederate gold smuggling plan. Directed by Michael Curtiz with Costumes by Orry-Kelly.

Orry-Kelly recalled a conversation with Roz during the filming of Auntie Mame “On one occasion I said to her ‘You know, you’re a pretty wonderful girl and you’ve been a wonderful wife. In fact, you’ve been a wonderful mother.’ A naughty Mame-ish gleam came into her eyes as she said, ‘Yes, and I’m a hell of a lover’". Episode 22 is devoted to this gargantuan superwoman of the silver screen. A unique comedic talent who always displayed class and good humour in whatever picture she worked on. In our opinion, Roz was 'top drawer'. We discuss three of her finest: The Women (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), and Auntie Mame (1958). Resources: Auntie Mame (1958) Dir. Morton DaCosta [DVD] Warner Bros. Dennis, P. (1955) Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade New York: Penguin. Haskell, M. (1973) From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies Chicago: University of Chicago Press. His Girl Friday (1940) Dir. Howard Hawks [YouTube] Columbia Pictures. Life is a Banquet: The Rosalind Russell Story (2009) Narr. Kathleen Turner [DVD] Total Media Group. Russell, R. (1977) Life is a Banquet (with Chris Chase) New York: Ace Books. The Women (1939) Dir. George Cukor [DVD] MGM. http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.ie/2008/12/women-1939.html https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4380-his-girl-friday-the-perfect-remarriage

Old Hollywood REALNESS - Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada are joined by the Burlesque Beauty, Tansy, to gab gush and recap the classic Warner Bros. musical "Gypsy" (1962) starring Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden and Ann Jillian. Natalie Wood stars as the legendary star of burlesque, Gypsy Rose Lee and Rosalind Russell portrays her overbearing stage mother, Rose Hovic. This musical, based on Gypsy's memoir, tracks the Hovic family, from their early days in vaudeville through to Gypsy's rise to fame as the world's most famous burlesque dancer. Directed by Melvyn LeRoy with costumes by Orry-Kelly.

In this episode we're focusing on the behind-the-scenes magic of the great costume designer's from the golden era of Hollywood. Adrian, Edith Head, Irene and Orry-Kelly, the kings and queens of fashion design on film for over 4 decades. Go to our website(http://anyladlessweetpodcast.com/dress-tells-womans-story-designing-womans-pictures-1929-1958-episode-10/) for a slideshow of all the costumes mentioned! He's a Keeper this month is the glorious 'King of the Pre-Codes' Warren William! Sources: All About Eve (1950) Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz [DVD] Twentieth Century Fox. Auntie Mame (1958) Dir. Morton DaCosta [DVD] Warner Bros. Billecci, F and Fisher, L.F. (2013) Irene a Designer from the Golden Age of Hollywood: The MGM Years 1942-1949. Atglen: Schiffer. Dark Victory (1939) Dir. Edmund Goulding [DVD] Warner Bros. Double Indemnity (1944) Dir. Billy Wilder [DVD] Paramount Pictures. Greer, H. (2001). Gowns by Adrian: the MGM years 1928-1941. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Head, E. and Calistro, P. (2008) Edith Head’s Hollywood. Santa Monica: Angel City Press. Imitation of Life (1934) John M Stahl [DVD] Universal Studios. Jewel Robbery (1932) Dir. William Dieterle [DVD] Warner Bros. Jorgensen, J. (2010) Edith Head: The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood’s Greatest Costume Designer. Philadelphia: Running Press. Letty Lynton (1932) Dir. Clarence Brown [internet archive] Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. Midnight (1939) Dir. Mitchell Leisen [DVD] Paramount Pictures. Mr and Mrs Smith (1941) Dir Alfred Hitchcock [DVD] RKO. Orry-Kelly. (2016) Women I’ve Undressed. London: Allen & Unwin. Romance (1930) Dir. Clarence Brown [DVD] Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. Skyscraper Souls (1932) Dir. Edgar Selwyn [DVD] Warner Bros. Stangeland, J. (2011) Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. Susan and God (1940) Dir. George Cukor [DVD] Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. The Heiress (1949) Dir. William Wyler [DVD] Paramount Pictures. The Match King (1932) Howard Bretherton & William Keighley [DVD] Warner Bros. The Mouthpiece (1932) Dir. James Food & Elliot Nugent. [DVD] Warner Bros. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Dir. Tay Garnett [DVD] Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. Acker, Ally (1991). Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema, 1896 to the Present. B.T. Batsford, London. Carman, Emily (2016). Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System. University of Texas Press.

Edición número 93 de La gran Evasión. Con faldas y a lo loco o Some like it hot. Hay quien prefiere las faldas, y hay quien ve unos pantalones y se vuelve loco. Unos prefieren el jazz más marchoso que tan bien toca la banda de la dulce Sue y sus muchachas sincopadas, con la vaporosa Sugar y su ukelele en el centro de las miradas. El contoneo, la inocencia, la tentación es Marilyn. Que se lo digan a Jack Lemmon y a Tony Curtis, dos músicos acostumbrados a pasar penurias, a vender hasta el abrigo para poder pagar el alquiler de un piso en el frío Chicago del 29, y que decidirán disfrazarse de mujer para escapar de unos gángsters que les pisan los talones por haber sido testigos involuntarios de un ajuste de cuentas. En esta comedia de enredos y equívocos nada es lo que parece. Josephine y Daphne, Josephine contenida y manipuladora aprieta los labios con distinción, Daphne, más impulsiva, que se lo digan al ricachón Osgood que la espera en un ascensor de Florida. Daphne abre los ojos como platos a medida que su compartimento del tren se va llenando de chavalas en ropa interior. ¡Eres una mujer, Daphne! ¡Eres una mujer!. Del frío de Chicago al calor de Florida. De los gángsters y la ley seca a un hotel con millonario que se va a fijar precisamente en Daphne. Vaya noche de baile, claveles y maracas. ¡Daphne, eres un hombre! ¡Como te vas a casar con este tío forrado si eres un hombre!. Sugar Kane puede dejar de beber cuando quiera. Cuando los días se hacen largos suele darle un buen trago a la petaca de bourbon. Más de un desengaño se ha quedado enredado en la melena de la rubia platino que canta "I´m through with love", y de pronto aparece Josephine y la besa en los labios, quizá ahí esté el amor, Sugar, más allá de las faldas, del traje de marinero, y de una lancha que funciona marcha atrás. Billy Wilder consiguió dar forma a la comedia más grande de todos los tiempos para muchos. Con un toque de cine negro auspiciado por el mítico George Raft en el papel de Botines, el jefe de la banda de maleantes. Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis y sobretodo el volcán de Marilyn se quedaron en nuestras retinas para siempre. Marilyn casi desnuda en los vaporosos vestidos diseñados por Orry Kelly, que se llevó un Oscar, Jack Lemmon tocando las maracas al ritmo de La cumparsita, y Tony Curtis, el fino transformista que pasará de elegante señorita de salón a multimillonario especialista en arenques, y muy, muy caradura. Que importa que seas un hombre, Daphne, con aquella bofetada ya te ganaste el cielo. Que más da si Josephine entra en medio de la función y te besa en la boca, Sugar. De eso se trata...I wanna be loved by you, ya lo dijo Marilyn, y además, nadie es perfecto. Raúl Gallego Esta noche nos preparamos unos Manhattan en la litera de arriba... A la batuta el dulce José Miguel Moreno, al contrabajo el locuelo Raúl Gallego, en el saxo un carnal Gervi Navío, y nuestro crítico estrella al ukelele y la voz desde Madrid, César Bardés, que se nos va a las Canarias de veraneo.

Rochelle Siemienowicz, Katherine Thomson, Anna Borghesi and Margot Anderson discuss the Australian costume designer. Recorded: 4 May 2013

The Lux Radio Theatre. July 13, 1936. CBS net. "The Brat". Sponsored by: Lux. A girl of the slums is taken into a wealthy home by an author who is using her as a type model for his book. Romance soon follows. Orry-Kelly (intermission guest: hair stylist for Warner Brothers), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Rose Pedretti (intermission guest: Westmore's Beauty Salon), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Neil Fitzgerald, Myra Marsh, Corinne Ross, William Royal (doubles), Norman Field, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Harold Wilson (doubles), Martha Norton, Duane Thompson, Charles Carroll, Cecil B. DeMille, Melville Ruick (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Maude Fulton (author), Joel McCrea, Marion Davies, Gavin Gordon.