Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1997)
*** (out of 4)
Nice. low-budget documentary short takes a look at the career of photographer Ruth Orkin. That name might not be too familiar to people, it wasn't to me, but this documentary does her justice in showing why those who do know her love her work so much. We get some really beautiful clips of her work, which includes photographs of the likes of Tracy, Brando and other Hollywood stars. We also get a brief intro to some of the autographs she collected as a child including one by Clark Gable. The documentary also briefly goes over her marriage with filmmaker Morris Engel who she also worked with on his picture LITTLE FUGITIVE. The movie runs a very short 18-minutes but it packs in some nice information and in the end turned out to be a fitting tribute. Julie Harris narrates.
*** (out of 4)
Nice. low-budget documentary short takes a look at the career of photographer Ruth Orkin. That name might not be too familiar to people, it wasn't to me, but this documentary does her justice in showing why those who do know her love her work so much. We get some really beautiful clips of her work, which includes photographs of the likes of Tracy, Brando and other Hollywood stars. We also get a brief intro to some of the autographs she collected as a child including one by Clark Gable. The documentary also briefly goes over her marriage with filmmaker Morris Engel who she also worked with on his picture LITTLE FUGITIVE. The movie runs a very short 18-minutes but it packs in some nice information and in the end turned out to be a fitting tribute. Julie Harris narrates.
