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Orry-Kelly is a Assistant Director and Costumer American born on 29 december 1897 at Kiama, New South Wales (Australie)

Orry-Kelly

Orry-Kelly
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Birth name John Orry Kelly
Nationality USA
Birth 29 december 1897 at Kiama, New South Wales (Australie)
Death 27 february 1964 (at 66 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Orry-Kelly ou John Orry Kelly, né le 31 décembre 1897 et mort le 27 février 1964, est un des costumiers les plus prolifiques d'Hollywood.

Biography

Orry-Kelly grandit et étudie à Kiama en Australie, sa ville de naissance, et devient apprenti tailleur et étalagiste à Sydney. Afin de poursuivre une carrière d'acteur, il part pour New York, où il partage une chambre avec Charlie Spangles et Cary Grant. Alors peintre mural dans une discothèque, il est engagé par les Fox East Coast studios pour illustrer des génériques. Il conçoit les costumes et décors pour les spectacles de la famille Shubert à Broadway et les George White's Scandals.

Orry-Kelly s'installe à Hollywood en 1932, et travaille pour toutes les majors (Universal, RKO, 20th Century Fox, et MGM). Il y crée les costumes pour les actrices les plus renommées du moment, comme Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck et Merle Oberon, pour des films devenus des classiques de l'Âge d'or comme 42e Rue, Le Faucon maltais, Casablanca, Arsenic et vieilles dentelles, Harvey, Oklahoma!, Ma tante, et Certains l'aiment chaud.

Orry-Kelly a gagné trois Oscars de la meilleure création de costumes (pour Un Américain à Paris, Les Girls, et Certains l'aiment chaud) et a reçu une nomination pour un quatrième : Gypsy, Vénus de Broadway.

Alcoolique de longue date, Orry-Kelly est mort d'un cancer du foie à Hollywood, et est enterré au Forest Lawn Memorial Park de Hollywood Hills.

Best films

Irma la Douce (1963)
(Costume Design)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
(Costume Design)
Casablanca (1943)
(Costume Design)
This Is the Army (1943)
(Costume Design)
Oklahoma! (1955)
(Costume Design)
An American in Paris (1951)
(Costume Design)

Usually with

Leo F. Forbstein
Leo F. Forbstein
(140 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(81 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(62 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(53 films)
Robert M. Haas
Robert M. Haas
(49 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Orry-Kelly (256 films)

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Director

Baby Face
Baby Face (1933)
, 1h11
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Henry Kolker, Margaret Lindsay, Alphonse Ethier
Roles Assistant Director
Rating74% 3.747063.747063.747063.747063.74706
Lily Powers (Barbara Stanwyck) works for her father in a speakeasy during Prohibition in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her life is miserable; since the age of 14, her father (Robert Barrat) has had her sleep with many of his customers. The only man she trusts, a cobbler who admires Friedrich Nietzsche, is upset with her lack of ambition and counsels her to try for greater things. When Lily's father is killed when his still explodes, she sheds no tears for him. She visits the cobbler, who tells her to make for the city and use her charms to her advantage. She and her African American co-worker/friend Chico (Theresa Harris) hop on a freight train out of town but are discovered by a railroad worker who threatens to have them thrown in jail. She says, "Wait ... can't we talk this over?" It is strongly implied that she has sex with him during a filmmaking fadeout to get him to change his mind.

Costume and makup

Sunday in New York, 1h45
Directed by Peter Tewksbury
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor, Robert Culp, Jo Morrow, Jim Backus
Roles Wardrobe Designer
Rating66% 3.3479753.3479753.3479753.3479753.347975
Eileen Tyler (Fonda), a 22-year-old Albany Times Union music critic, is suffering from her breakup with Russ (Robert Culp) from a rich Albany family. She comes to New York City to visit her brother Adam (Robertson), who is an airline pilot. Eileen confides to her brother that she thinks she may be the only 22-year-old virgin left in the world. Adam assures her that sex is not what all men look for and insists he hasn't slept around. Of course, Adam is lying and is in hot pursuit of a tryst with his occasional girlfriend Mona. However, Adam's date with Mona has a series of job related interruptions. Meanwhile, Eileen decides to see if she can have some fun for herself in New York, and seems to find the perfect candidate in Mike (Taylor), a man she meets on the bus. But things get complicated when Russ pops in with a proposal and a mistaken assumption.
Irma la Douce, 2h27
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Grace Lee Whitney, Joan Shawlee
Roles Costume Design
Rating73% 3.650323.650323.650323.650323.65032
Irma la Douce ["Irma the Sweet"] tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest cop, who after being transferred from the park Bois de Boulogne to a more urban neighborhood in Paris, finds a street full of prostitutes working at the Hotel Casanova and proceeds to raid the place. The police inspector, who is Nestor's superior, and the other policemen, have been aware of the prostitution, but tolerate it in exchange for bribes. The inspector, a client of the prostitutes himself, fires Nestor, who is accidentally framed for bribery.
In the Cool of the Day, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill, Constance Cummings, Alexander Knox
Roles Wardrobe Designer
Rating50% 2.5138552.5138552.5138552.5138552.513855
Christine Bonner (Fonda) is a beautiful young American woman with chronic health problems. She has been separated from her adoring but overly protective husband Sam (Hill), but agrees to return to him. She meets an English friend of Sam's, Murray Logan (Finch), who shares her great interest in Greece. Logan also is unhappily married because his wife, Sybil (Lansbury), blames him for an automobile accident that scarred her and killed their son. Christine and Murray meet again in England and their attraction grows.
Sweet Bird of Youth, 2h
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Shirley Knight, Mildred Dunnock
Roles Costume Design
Rating71% 3.596683.596683.596683.596683.59668
Handsome, young Chance Wayne returns to his hometown of St. Cloud, Florida, accompanied by a considerably older movie star, Alexandra Del Lago. She is needy and depressed, particularly about a film she has just finished making, and speaks of retiring from the acting world forever.
Two for the Seesaw, 1h59
Directed by Robert Wise, John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Elisabeth Fraser, Edmon Ryan, Eddie Firestone, Billy Gray
Roles Costume Design
Rating66% 3.344543.344543.344543.344543.34454
Jerry Ryan (Mitchum) is a lawyer from Nebraska who has recently separated from his wife. To get away from it all, he has moved to a shabby apartment in New York. He is struggling with the divorce, which has been filed but is not final, and takes long walks at night.
Gypsy
Gypsy (1962)
, 2h23
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Striptease
Actors Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Parley Baer, Morgan Brittany, Jack Benny
Roles Costume Design
Rating70% 3.544933.544933.544933.544933.54493
Determined to make her young, blonde, and beautiful daughter June a vaudeville headliner, willful, resourceful, domineering stage mother Rose Hovick will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. She drags the girl and her shy, awkward, and decidedly less-talented older sister Louise around the country in an effort to get them noticed, and with the assistance of agent Herbie Sommers, she manages to secure them bookings on the prestigious Orpheum Circuit.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 2h33
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Glenn Ford, Paul Henreid, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas
Roles Key Costumer
Rating65% 3.292873.292873.292873.292873.29287
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le conflit entre les deux branches, l'une française et l'autre allemande, dont est issue une famille argentine, sur fond de nazisme et d'occupation de Paris.
The Chapman Report, 2h5
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom, Ty Hardin, Glynis Johns, Efrem Zimbalist II
Roles Costume Design
Rating55% 2.7535152.7535152.7535152.7535152.753515
Los Angeles psychologist Chapman (Andrew Duggan) and his assistant Paul Radford (Efrem Zimbalist Jr) are looking for volunteers for their sex survey, and four women volunteer: Sarah Garnell (Shelley Winters), a middle-aged woman who is having an affair with young theater director Fred Linden (Ray Danton); Teresa Harnish (Glynis Johns), a happily married woman who becomes attracted to brawny football player Ed Kraski (Ty Hardin); Naomi Shields (Claire Bloom), an alcoholic nymphomaniac who takes up with an unsavory jazz musician; and Kathleen Barclay (Jane Fonda), a young widow who thinks she is frigid.
A Majority of One, 2h36
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue, Mae Questel, George Takei
Roles Costume Design
Rating67% 3.391153.391153.391153.391153.39115
M Jacoby, une veuve originaire de Brooklyn dont le fils a été tué par les Japonais pendant la guerre, accepte à regret d'accompagner sa fille Alice et son gendre Jerry pour un voyage au Japon, où Jerry doit participer à la négociation d'un traité commercial. Lors de la croisière trans-pacifique, le ressentiment de M Jacoby à propos des jamonais est encore très fort lorsqu'elle encontre sur M. Asano, un industriel japonais dont la famille a elle aussi été beaucoup touchée par la guerre. Leur amitié naissante est malmenée lorsque Jerry suspecte M. Asano, lui-même un des négociateurs du traité, d'avoir cherché un gain politique dans cette relation. Bien que M Jacoby n'y croie pas vraiment, elle refuse de voir M. Asano lors de leur dernière soirée à bord. Une fois au Japon, Jerry offense sans le faire exprès M. Asano, et la conférence est annulée. M Jacoby se rend alors chez M. Asano. Après une soirée très agréable, il accepte de reprendre les négociations. Alors que les trois Américains se préparent à repartir, M Jacoby est surprise de recevoir une demande en mariage de M. Asano, mais aussi par la réaction négative d'Alice et Jerry. Mais en fait elle refuse surtout car elle considère que M. Asano et elle sont encore trop marqués par leurs histoires personnelles. Des mois plus tard, M. Asano arrive à New York comme délégué aux Nations unies. Il rencontre à nouveau M Jacoby, qui accepte désormais qu'il lui fasse la cour.
A Majority of One
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue, Mae Questel, Gary Vinson
Roles Costume Design
Rating67% 3.391153.391153.391153.391153.39115
Bertha Jacoby (Rosalind Russell), a Jewish widow, is convinced by her daughter Alice Black (Madlyn Rhue) to move from Brooklyn, New York to Tokyo, in order for Bertha to be closer to her along with her husband, Jerry Black (Ray Danton), now stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Her feelings about the Japanese with regards to her son's death in World War II start to change on board the ship to Tokyo, where she meets Koichi Asano, a Japanese Buddhist businessman (Alec Guinness), who also lost a spouse and two children in the War. The two share a bond over lives, their families, and their faiths, which develops into a romance. When she announces to her family of Asano's courtship, her daughter and son-in-law object to the idea of an interracial marriage. The movie ends with the two enjoying a Sabbath dinner.
The Hanging Tree, 1h47
Directed by Delmer Daves, Karl Malden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Virginia Gregg, Karl Swenson
Roles Costume Design
Rating70% 3.543513.543513.543513.543513.54351
Joseph Frail—doctor (Gary Cooper), gambler, gunslinger—rides into small town of Skull Creek, Montana, with miners in a gold rush, looking to set up a doctor's office. He passes by the "hanging tree," an old oak with a thick branch over which has been slung a rope with a frayed end, presumably a former noose.
Some Like It Hot, 2h1
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, Musical films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien
Roles Costume Design
Rating81% 4.0993654.0993654.0993654.0993654.099365
It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, Joe (Tony Curtis) is an irresponsible jazz saxophone player, gambler and ladies' man; his friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a sensible jazz double-bass player. They accidentally witness the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. When the gangsters, led by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft), spot them, the two run for their lives. Penniless and in a mad rush to get out of town, the two musicians take a job with Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee) and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band headed to Miami. Disguised as women and renaming themselves Josephine and Daphne, they board a train with the band and their male manager, Bienstock. Before they board the train, Joe and Jerry notice Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), the band's vocalist and ukulele player.
Too Much, Too Soon, 2h1
Directed by Art Napoleon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about television
Actors Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist II, Martin Milner, Neva Patterson, Ray Danton
Roles Costume Design
Rating63% 3.194873.194873.194873.194873.19487
Fourteen-year-old Diana Barrymore is being raised by her domineering mother, a poet. Her father, the famed actor John Barrymore, has not laid eyes on Diana for 10 years, but they share an evening on his boat before John abandons her again.
Auntie Mame, 2h23
Directed by Don Alvarado, Morton DaCosta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Roger Smith, Peggy Cass, Joanna Barnes
Roles Costume Design
Rating78% 3.945443.945443.945443.945443.94544
Patrick Dennis (Jan Handzlik), orphaned in 1928 when his father unexpectedly dies, is placed in the care of Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell), his father's sister in Manhattan. Mame is a flamboyant, exuberant woman, who hosts frequent parties with eclectic, bohemian guests. Patrick is quickly introduced to his aunt's free-spirited and eccentric lifestyle, including Vera Charles (Coral Browne), a Broadway actress, who spends many of her nights passed out drunk in Mame's guest room. Mame's frequently repeated motto is "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"