Post by coopsgirl on Sept 10, 2007 10:48:21 GMT -5
This past Saturday evening my mom and I went to see Gone With the Wind at the Paramount theater in Austin. It's the oldest theater in Austin and was built in 1915. It was used for vaudeville acts and as a movie theater. It was fully restored in the 70s and is absolutely gorgeous. Today they host local and national theater troops and during the summer they show old movies and GWTW is the finale every year to their classic summer film series. Theresa and I have been to a bunch of movies this summer and GWTW had the biggest audience so far. As soon as the beautiful red curtain parted and the movie began everyone cheered. It was the first time I had seen it on the big screen and it just took my breath away. It's definitely a film that has to be seen on the big silver screen to be fully appreciated.
I can't remember the guy's name but there is a man who has a massive collection of movie memorabilia who lives in Hawaii and he flew in especially for this screening and brought some of the original costumes with him. They were displayed upstairs and it was so cool to get to see the actual clothes the actors wore. My mom always carries around her little digital camera and she got some great pics of them.
In order they are Vivien Leigh's 'shanty town dress', which was originally purchased for $20 by the collector and is now valued at $250,000. Next is Vivien's purple bodice she wears over a good portion of the film when the yankee army is preparing to invade Atlanta and when Melanie (Olivia DeHaviland) has her baby. This is the first of 12 that were made. Each one was distressed a little more and more to look worn out over the course of the scenes where she wears it. Next is Leslie Howard's (Ashley Wilkes) tunic that Melanie made him. Then one of Clark Gable's suits. He's wearing this one in the scene where Scarlett tells him she doesn't want anymore children and he says a locked door won't keep him out and he kicks open her bedroom door and storms out. The last one is a tunic from a soldier (not a main character) and you can also see Vivien's purple bodice again. I was just amazed at what great condition these pieces are still in and also how tiny Vivien Leigh was. It may not come out in the pics but seeing them in person they are teeny-tiny.
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[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/vivienleighbodice.jpg" src=""]
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/lesliehowardtunic2.jpg" src=""]
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/clarkgablegreysuit.jpg" src=""]
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/soldiertunic.jpg" src=""]
I can't remember the guy's name but there is a man who has a massive collection of movie memorabilia who lives in Hawaii and he flew in especially for this screening and brought some of the original costumes with him. They were displayed upstairs and it was so cool to get to see the actual clothes the actors wore. My mom always carries around her little digital camera and she got some great pics of them.
In order they are Vivien Leigh's 'shanty town dress', which was originally purchased for $20 by the collector and is now valued at $250,000. Next is Vivien's purple bodice she wears over a good portion of the film when the yankee army is preparing to invade Atlanta and when Melanie (Olivia DeHaviland) has her baby. This is the first of 12 that were made. Each one was distressed a little more and more to look worn out over the course of the scenes where she wears it. Next is Leslie Howard's (Ashley Wilkes) tunic that Melanie made him. Then one of Clark Gable's suits. He's wearing this one in the scene where Scarlett tells him she doesn't want anymore children and he says a locked door won't keep him out and he kicks open her bedroom door and storms out. The last one is a tunic from a soldier (not a main character) and you can also see Vivien's purple bodice again. I was just amazed at what great condition these pieces are still in and also how tiny Vivien Leigh was. It may not come out in the pics but seeing them in person they are teeny-tiny.
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/vivienleighshantytowndress.jpg" src=""]
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/vivienleighbodice.jpg" src=""]
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/lesliehowardtunic2.jpg" src=""]
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/clarkgablegreysuit.jpg" src=""]
[img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/soldiertunic.jpg" src=""]