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Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light

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'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)..

Synopsis



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



The documentary took over ten years to complete and features the only surviving modern footage of Dahl-Wolfe, including extensive interviews.

Interviews



* Louise Dahl-Wolfe

* Lauren Bacall

* Babs Simpson

Distribution



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[http://www.kbdi.org/tv_schedule/program_details.cfm?series_id=7042728 Colorado Public Television]. KBDI-TV web site, 2008. Last accessed: April 27, 2008.[http://www.documentarychannel.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=48&osCsid=kda8i52m43jlo780k00ukha6o DOC: The Documentary Channel] . DOC web site, 2008. Last accessed: April 27, 2008. and was screened at the Bel Air Film Festival.

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