Desc: The Suicide of Dorothy Hale: Directed by John Bohm, Gordon Milcham. With Frida Kahlo, Clare Boothe Luce, Dorothy Hale, Rosamond Pinchot. Documentary about American socialite and aspiring actress Dorothy Hale and the painting by Frida Kahlo that immortalized her after Hale killed herself by jumping off a building in New York City. A remarkably beautiful but unsuccessful woman immersed in the world of high society and luxury living, Hale's friends and lovers make a who's who in the America of the roaring 1920s.