Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light is a 1999 documentary film about Louise Dahl-Wolfe, an important woman in the history of photography. It was written and directed by Tom Neff, and produced by Neff and Madeline Bell, who previously collaborated on the Oscar nominated short-documentary Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse (1986).[1]
| Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light | |
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| Directed by | Tom Neff |
| Written by | Tom Neff |
| Produced by | Tom Neff Madeline Bell Louise LeQuire |
| Starring | Louise Dahl-Wolfe Lauren Bacall |
| Cinematography | Tom Neff |
| Edited by | Barry Rubinow |
| Music by | John Rosasco |
| Distributed by | Image productions |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis edit
This short documentary film on the life of Louise Dahl-Wolfe draws upon her art and her personality. The documentary reviews how Dahl-Wolfe "discovered" Lauren Bacall, who at the time was a young actress (seventeen years-of-age) and worked as a model. It was Dahl-Wolfe's photos of Bacall that film producer Harry Warner saw, and subsequently asked Bacall that she come to Hollywood for a screen test. As a result, Bacall was cast opposite Humphrey Bogart in the film To Have and Have Not (1944).
Dahl-Wolfe also photographed: Tallulah Bankhead, Spencer Tracy, Eudora Welty, Paul Robeson, Bette Davis, and others.
Background edit
The documentary took over ten years to complete and features the only surviving modern footage of Dahl-Wolfe, including extensive interviews.
Interviews edit
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe
- Lauren Bacall
- Babs Simpson
Distribution edit
The film has been shown on selected PBS television stations and was the first original production of the new digital channel: DOC: The Documentary Channel[2][3] and was screened at the Bel Air Film Festival.[4]
References edit
- ^ Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light at IMDb .
- ^ Colorado Public Television. KBDI-TV web site, 2008. Last accessed: April 27, 2008.
- ^ DOC: The Documentary Channel Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. DOC web site, 2008. Last accessed: April 27, 2008.
- ^ "Media Bistro -Bel Air Graduates To Major Leagues -- Gets Its First Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
External links edit
- Tom Neff official web site (see Films for film clip)
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light at IMDb