This is the first in a multi-part series of interviews with Breanna Livie of The Golden Closet at her family’s business, the famous Eastern Costume. These videos provide an opportunity to learn more about both companies and well as the costume rental business historically and as it operates today with new Hollywood productions. [Read more…]
During my recent visit to the Los Angeles area, I had an opportunity to meet with Breanna Livie of The Golden Closet at her family’s business, the famous Eastern Costume. In addition to filming interviews, which will be published over the coming week, I also took some still photos of the facility to give readers a glimpse into the renowned costume rental house. [Read more…]
Breanna Livie, The Golden Closet & Eastern Costume, special guest. This is the second ‘Prop Talk’ podcast, a new regular feature for the Original Prop Blog. This is an effort to use old and new technology to bring a richer and more informative and entertaining experience to the site. Today’s guest is a true pioneer in the hobby in identifying, preserving, and selling original music, television, and film wardrobe, props, and other memorabilia.
Tom Spina, Tom Spina Designs, special guest. As announced on the official Original Prop Blog Facebook page yesterday, the ‘Prop Talk’ podcast is a new regular feature for the Original Prop Blog that has been in the works in recent months (as alluded to early last month – see “Original Prop Blog: Three Year Anniversary”). This is an effort to use old and new technology to bring a richer and more informative and entertaining experience to readers of the site – and perhaps turn them into listeners.
During my trip to Burbank last September, I made time for a short visit to meet with Brandon Alinger of the Prop Store of London at their Los Angeles facility. While at their offices, I took the opportunity to shoot a few brief videos (approximately 1-2 minutes each) with Brandon to feature and provide some background on some of the more interesting showcase pieces on display, including some pieces from Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
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As covered by the Original Prop Blog back in 2008 (see “WIRED WarGames Roundtable, Original IMSAI 8080 Computer”), WIRED magazine published an article about classic 80s film WarGames (1983) starring Matthew Broderick. The article included an image of the original IMSAI 8080 computer that was used in the movie, which was remarkable in that the prop was saved and preserved for over a quarter of a century. I’ve learned in recent weeks that this piece of motion picture history will soon be made available for sale, so this serves as a notice to the original prop community in advance of further details. [Read more…]
On the heels of the vintage poster scandal reported on earlier this month (see Charges of Fraud Rock The Collectible Movie Poster Market and Hobby), there has been more controversy in the collectible poster memorabilia field as yet another scandal – and altogether different kind of fraud – has been uncovered by members of that community. [Read more…]
During my trip to Burbank this past Tuesday, I made time for a short visit to meet with Brandon Alinger of the Prop Store of London at their Los Angeles facility. While at their offices, I took the opportunity to shoot a few brief videos (approximately 1-2 minutes each) with Brandon to feature and provide some background on some of the more interesting showcase pieces on display. [Read more…]
