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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

POLLYANNA










POLLYANNA. Just watched the Disney film again recently. Here are my versions of Hailey Mills as Pollyanna, Jane Wyman as Aunt Polly and Kevin Corcoran as Jimmy Bean.

 

Saturday, August 26, 2023

MARGARET O'BRIEN








MARGARET O'BRIEN. This was an old set with some damage and fading. I have tried to restore the color and clean up the dolls and clothes digitally. She even has her own "dollie" with matching clothes of it's own! Such an adorable set.

 

JEAN HARLOW - Film Fashions







JEAN HARLOW - Film Fashions. Iconic actress of the 1930s with several of her fashions worn in her films. 

 

Monday, August 21, 2023

GLENDA FARRELL as TORCHY BLAINE








GLENDA FARRELL as TORCHY BLAINE. I love the fashions of Hollywood in the 1930s. One of my favorite actresses from that period is Glenda Farrell especially when she appeared in the TORCHY BLAINE series of films. As wisecracking reporter Torchy Ms. Farrell always presented a fashion plate of outfits with a hat to go with each one.

 

BARBIE'S LITTLE THEATER






BARBIE'S LITTLE THEATER. Whoever put this set together didn't do a very good job! No Big Bad Wolf costume to go with Red Riding Hood and no Arabian Princess costume! In my version I have attempted to approximate both to fill out the set by cobbling together from other Barbie sets. Now you can properly "play" with the dolls.

 

Friday, August 18, 2023

ROSALIND RUSSELL as AUNTIE MAME











ROSALIND RUSSELL as AUNTIE MAME. Another mash up set. The outfits here fit in nicely with the character of Mame and once again lots of great hats! 

 

LYDIA

LYDIA. You can tell that this doll came out in the 1970's. I have bemoaned the lack of paper dolls representing characters of different ...