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This beautiful Gone With the Wind musical figurine collection is by San Francisco Music Box Company. Each figurine is between 6-7” tall and plays “Tara’s Theme.”

I actually used to collect GWTW memorabilia - I had plates, mugs, figurines, dolls, etc. They met with a hideous fate, however, during one of our many moves - I think their fate was sealed somewhere in the midwest. Smashed to smithereens. I try very hard not to think about how much $$$ was wrapped up in the collection.

That’s the ugliest side of moving around so much - inevitably things get broken, lost or stolen. We’ve bopped around the country quite a bit (Kentucky to Illinois to Kansas back to Kentucky to Iowa back to Kentucky to Indiana to Florida back to Kentucky..) - and, considering all the moving, we’ve lost very few things. The only problem was, they were MAJOR. The Gone with the Wind collection was lost when gravity took it’s toll on a stack of boxes. A piano was lost when the moving truck went one way and it went another. A television was stolen at a McDonald’s in Kansas, and a collection of china from Macy’s just disappeared. That one probably hurt the worst because two things I”m ALL ABOUT are my hubby and dishes - and these were the first dishes my hubby ever bought for me. By some miracle (packing by my guardian angel, I’m certain) I have a few cups from this collection, so at least they weren’t all lost.

As for the GWTW collection - I’ve always wanted to start over. I just love the beauty and strength of this movie - it’s a classic! Each character, each performance, each dramatic moment - it’s just about as good as classic Hollywood gets.

The musical figurines above are sold individually at FuntoCollect.com - they’re tempting me to start my collection all over. The first ones I’d get would be Prissy and Scarlett in the white. They’re two of my, all-time, favorite movie characters. We have a beautiful 18-year old cat named after Prissy and we had a much beloved beautiful German Shepherd named after Scarlett.

Scarlett and Prissy would then have to send for Rhett and the rest… I’m not sure if they have a Mammy or not, I’ll have to check. She was priceless! I might would order a Melanie, but I wouldn’t even bother with Ashley. Weak little whining, sniffling, spineless, pansy. Blech.

Click on each figurine to see a larger image, and forgive the Ashley hatred.
Joi

The same place that had the Lucy dishes from the last post, , has a few really original gifts for fans of The Wizard of Oz. My favorite is the Ruby Slipper door stop (above). But I’m also prety sweet on the Mouse Pad (below).

Wathing The Wizard of Oz is like eating a bowl of chocolate pudding - there’s something about it that’s just so comforting. Kind of like Christmas shows or The Andy Griffith Show - all the cares of the world disappear for awhile and it’s just you and quirky characters - you get lost in their world for awhile and forget your own.

Stress? What stress?!

Joi

The personal memorabilia collection of baseball legend and husband, Joe DiMaggio, goes up for auction this weekend. A couple of items are related to Marilyn Monroe, whom (of course) he was briefly married to.

One of the items is a love note she wrote to him in March 1954, shortly after their honeymoon: “I love you till my heart could burst,” it reads, “… I want someday for you to be proud of me as a person and as your wife and as the mother of the rest of your children. (two at least! I’ve decided)”

Another item is a journal he kept around 1955. Inside the journal are reminders he’d written to himself about how to treat Marilyn: “No Jealousy. … Don’t forget how lonesome and unhappy you are — especially without her.”

The entire collection can be viewed at http://www.huntauctions.com/

Joi

Albert Pujols
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Not a freakin’ thing. That’s what Albert Pujols has to do with vintage Hollywood.

So, why’s he here?

I’m a St. Louis Cardinal’s fanatic, a huge Albert Pujols fan, and seeing him here will make my daughter Stephany flip backwards.

’tis a sight to behold. And so are Albert’s homers!!!

Joi

Hollywood Blvd.
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Here’s another wall sign that fits right in with the pop culture craze. It’d be a perfect addition to a room that’s all decked out in vintage Hollywood.

Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn’s facial features certainly knew the meaning of the word teamwork didn’t they?!?! They just worked beautifully together. She looks so young and innocent - it’s an absolute shame that Hollywood ever found her.

Joi

Elvis Presley
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Elvis Presley
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Elvis Presley
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Elvis Presley - Guitar
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Elvis Presley - In Lights
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I don’t know that I’ve EVER seen a bigger crush than the one my aunt had on Elvis Presley. It was so strong she couldn’t even say his name without swooning. She loved everything about the man - the music, the looks, the dancing, even his movies. I admit, the music was about as good as it gets, and some of the movies were pretty cute. He was also pretty cute before he went Vegas…. Okay, so it was a good crush!