"Rain song" lifelong actress collection auction

Debbie Reynolds

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To bring the golden age of Hollywood actress, one might immediately think of sexy Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn or glamorous dignified Taylor. And compared these contemporary female star, Debbie Reynolds, acting and bad luck always seems so little, although she did with "King House Swallow" won the Best Actress Oscar nomination. June 18, Reynolds has always been uncharacteristically low-key man to make a surprise move - the auction collection nearly 40 years, worth millions of a large number of movie costumes and props.

In 1932, Reynolds was born in Texas, a typical Southern family, tutoring the traditional and strict. Later, she followed the family moved to Burbank, California town. 16 years of age, with healthy beautiful image, Reynolds won a beauty contest winner, although only "Miss Burbank", but still attracted the attention of Hollywood. First step in Hollywood Reynolds joined Warner and quickly shot debut, "June Bride" is not named in the film playing a small role.

The 1950s and 1960s, MGM produced musicals warm, cheerful, funny, people in post-war brought endless joy. Switch MGM Reynolds here themselves, and soon, she was picked and the generation of Lord of the Dance Jim Carrey joint performance, "the Rain." "Rain song" called the film in the history of one of the most exciting musicals, one of the dance scene is still admired today, Reynolds has thus jumped the star of the road, and then she is less than 20 years old. Pure, healthy, lively and popular image for Reynolds, then the "institution interesting", "Christmas Romance" and the film's performance won her a reputation as a screen teen idol.

Since 1970, Reynolds fell in love with the film materials collection, her presence frequently appear in major auctions. At that time, MGM due to successive losses, had to sell the U.S. gambling magnate 亨柯克克尔 Ke Lien. Reynolds seize this opportunity, with $ 400,000 in savings to buy a large number of classic collections. In 1971, Twentieth Century Fox business crisis, Reynolds has appeared auction madness sweeping the goods ... "credit card, credit cards, credit cards! I bought a lot of things!" Reynolds said, the collection of these things motivated purely out of love for the film, "I am a die-hard fans, pay tribute to the way the film collection."

Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch" in the classic white dress, Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" in red high heels, Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady" in the black and white suits, Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" in the sweater, Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra" in the crown, Barbara Streisand in "Hello, Dolly! "The dress ... ... for those movie lovers, each piece collection is a rare treasure. In 2005, the United States presented the Fashion Designers Association president for the Reynolds Award, in recognition of his career, and to protect the historical value of the contribution made by Hollywood fashion.

Reynolds had the use of these collections built a Hollywood museum, but because of the long-term debt, and now she had to give up this life-long pursuit. Recently, she has owned more than 600 collections to the famous Hollywood collectibles auction - "Historical Archives" in the auction, while the rest of the collection will be auctioned again in December this year. "Hollywood does not care, they do not want to help her, it does not care about their cultural heritage." "Records" CEO Marta Elena said with regret.

"I died and then his other auctions, the auction they are not as good as their own hands." Lift the mood sale of these collections, Reynolds feels a little sad, she said, the majority of proceeds of the sale proceeds will be used for debt payments, the remaining money will the cost of old age as their own travel. However, life-long love of film Reynolds or retain different favorite things - himself in the "rain song" in a sketch, and "King House Swallow" in a red skirt.