Smithsonian: Save Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers

MAKE BELIEVE

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• Oct 21, 2016

• #1

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/a...0000-to-save-dorothys-ruby-slippers.html?_r=0

 

Apollo

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• Oct 21, 2016

• #2

Those shoes have been in bad shape for awhile, gonna kick in some cash for this one!

 

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Wes R

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• Oct 21, 2016

• #3

Considering how much stuff that museum owns that's rotting away in a warehouse they have nerve trying to raise money for anything. I'm surprised nobody in hollywood has put the money up.

 

Halliwax

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• Oct 22, 2016

• #4

My father took me to Boston when I was real small for a space exhibited. There was also a traveling movie props exhibite in the next museum over. So on our way out we checked it out, we saw a bunch of costumes and one of them was the slippers. I remember my fathers shock on how bad of shape they were in. This had to be... At least 25 years ago. I don't know if these are the same slippers, the article says 10 pairs were made. But the ones we saw were literally falling apart

 

MAKE BELIEVE

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• Oct 22, 2016

• #5

This is one of most valuable props in movie history. They shouldn't have been so many years without proper care.

 

zorg

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• Oct 22, 2016

• #6

Im sure profiles in history will have a few dozen pairs of originals they could substitute these with.

YEAH I SAID IT!

 

Gimpdiggity

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• Oct 22, 2016

• #7

My wife is going to love this.

 

PoopaPapaPalps

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• Oct 23, 2016

• #8

I pitched in but denied these crap reward/incentives (Honestly, a 100 bucks for a poster? Get outta here!). It's for the love of film and film history, folks!

 

MastahBlastah

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• Jun 4, 2020

• #9

Sorry to necropost, but I just had to pipe in to say that my girlfriend's cousin works at the Smithsonian and actually curated this exhibit! I've spoken about it with him and the things he's seen ....... let's just say he's also been to the Lucasfilm archive

 

Halliwax

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• Jun 12, 2020

• #10

MastahBlastah said:

Sorry to necropost, but I just had to pipe in to say that my girlfriend's cousin works at the Smithsonian and actually curated this exhibit! I've spoken about it with him and the things he's seen ....... let's just say he's also been to the Lucasfilm archive

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Well get him on here and start spilling the beans!!