Julien's Hollywood Legends Auction 2014

[Frederica]

There's some droolworthy stuff in this auction; Adrian and Travis Banton designed costumes, two of Mary Pickford's costumes, and OH MOSES, MOSES, MOSES--one of Anne Baxter's headdresses from The Ten Commandments. So it shall be written, so it shall be done!

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[Brooksie]

Gee thanks, there goes my afternoon!

I adore looking through these programs ... one day, when I'm filthy rich, I'll actually buy something from one (other than Greta Garbo's used Mixmaster.)

This panoramic picture on the set of The Squaw Man is quite amazing: http://www.julienslive.com/view-auction ... tems%3D100.

As is Clyde Bruckman's original script for The General, complete with his annotations and deleted scenes (!): http://www.julienslive.com/view-auction ... tems%3D100.

[missdupont]

Marc Wanamaker has an original of that SQUAW MAN photo, and the DeMille Photograph Collection at the Herrick does as well.

[westegg]

A Chasen's dining chair for me!

[Frederica]

A Chasen's dining chair for me!

You could sit on it and eat some Chasen's chili. What's not to like? If you wore that Ten Commandments headdress while sitting on the chair eating the chili, we'd need a photo.

There are several pairs of Greta Garbo's shoes in this auction. Here's our chance, N-villains, we can decide whether her feet really were as big as they were said to be. Let's all chip in and buy a pair of Garbo's shoes. Future generations will thank us.

[rudyfan]

I am very taken with the Walter Plunkett costume drawing for Singin' in the Rain (during the musical number with the fashion show). Nice to see the costume on film really does look just like the drawing.

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[Brooksie]

There are several pairs of Greta Garbo's shoes in this auction. Here's our chance, N-villains, we can decide whether her feet really were as big as they were said to be. Let's all chip in and buy a pair of Garbo's shoes. Future generations will thank us.

The examples on offer seem to confirm the claim that her feet weren't big - she just had a preference for big, clunky loafers that nobody could make look dainty.

If I knew the right friendly millionaire, I'd probably go for Lina Lamont's dress and Norma Shearer's lace cape from Marie Antoinette.

[greta de groat]

Hey, a John Barrymore cape! But on a more practical level, the Balalaika cossack coat is very stylish and reasonably priced if you don't mind the fake bullet accessories.

greta

[Frederica]

Hey, a John Barrymore cape! But on a more practical level, the Balalaika cossack coat is very stylish and reasonably priced if you don't mind the fake bullet accessories.

greta

Maybe you could put lipstick in, instead of bullets.

[greta de groat]

I used to think those ammo belt were holding lipstick when I was a kid.

Greta

[Danny]

The GARBO material impressed me too! Wouldn't you just love to take a peek into one of her "Datebooks"?

Her government documents made my imagination go wild. Especially that Driver's License photo. With her fear and loathing of being in public situations and especially having her picture taken, I kept thinking of her stepping up to the counter to identify herself and then having to be photographed. That's some good stuff.

A few questions cropped up. Maybe some of you Garbophiles may know the answers. Her Passport application lists her emergency contact person as Gray Reisfield. But she is listed as "friend". Wasn't Gray her niece?

There was one particular Swedish book listed in her collection, called "Garbo Och Eunucken", which was published in 1995, which was five years after her death. I wondered how that could have been in her library of books.

This was an amazing assortment of Garbo-bilia.

Danny