In 1970, MGM sold off its massive collection of movie costumes and props. Forty-six years later, I am still crying my eyes out.
MGM sale of its costumes and props, 1970
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Somewhere I have the catalog of its firearms armory, which was auctioned off around 1965. Pretty amazing stuff, very historical guns in their own right, and from movies. They turn up in subsequent auctions every now and again.
I’m with you Martin. Love Blue & Lou.
Sad knowing there is no more MGM except in old photos, movies and in the hearts of the ones who still care.
When I’ve been down in LA and driven by the old studio, I just shake my head at how changed it is. At least the columns on Washington are still there.
Thanks, Martin, for sharing.
Jean
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Debbie Reynolds found out about this and did her DAMNDEST to buy up as many of the auctioned items as possible…..going so far, I believe, as to solicit loans from a number of her wealthy, socialite friends in order to be able to attend the auction with as big a “war chest” as possible.
For many, many years after, she kept all the purchased items together, at one point displaying a large number of them in a ‘museum’ at her Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (which I paid to see in the late 90’s !!), including, most famously, Marilyn Monroe’s iconic white ‘Seven Year Itch’ dress that blew up around her when standing over the subway grate in a scene from that movie…..only to be forced to eventually sell almost all of them off when she could no longer afford to store and maintain them due, if I recall, to a financially devastating divorce….
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