FILM STAR DUMMIES
The. wax, figures used by drapers and drossmalcers in .Britain to--display their goods.have, adyanced a stage, oii' account of the hover idea of making them into lilieriessesof'-vvell-kriowh'film and', theatrical stars. The 'studio" of the' originator of• the method is-in- London, and*.there; in a. factory tiiaf'at >.first sight resembles -a- room • in. - Madame Tussaud's waxworks : are tb be seen doubles ;of.; Ronald .Colnian, Constance Bennett,. George. Arliss;- Joan, Crawford; and numbers" of others.' The wax "ffigies of Marie Dressier' and. Oliver Hardy-are.ih great demaad for display-1 ing. out-sizes, while petite' models 'of other stars make an effective show of clothes for smaller women. These dummies are used not only for displaying fashions; they are also placed in theatre lobbies and at the entrances to cinemas, where they look startlino-ly lifelike by artificial light. °
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 143, 19 June 1934, Page 4
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135FILM STAR DUMMIES Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 143, 19 June 1934, Page 4
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