Not too many people care about Joe Versus The Volcano, but this movie has always been one of my favorites. One of the props was Joe's island-themed musical motion lamp.
The shade of the lamp turned and had scenes from the movie painted on it. The base of the lamp is a dancing hula girl. From what I have read, the lamp shade was custom-made for the movie. I always assumed that the base was custom sculpted as well, since the dancer is wearing the same outfit that Meg Ryan wears at the end of the movie.
Even though I thought the base was custom sculpted, I kept looking. Years and years of looking off-and-on for the lamp or a similar dancing girl lamp that could be converted turned out to be fruitless. Until I stumbled across THE girl! I found her!
It's a Treasure Craft figurine from the 1950s. I'm guessing the lamp itself was just a simple flat base, the figurine was glued to the base, and the lamp shade was slapped on top. I doubt the original prop had a true musical feature. The music was probably added in post, but I'd love to actually have a custom music feature added to the finished replica.
And not only did I find the piece, but they come up on eBay fairly regularly from what I can see. I just won one so as soon as I can find someone to replicate the lamp shade, this will be my favorite piece!
The shade of the lamp turned and had scenes from the movie painted on it. The base of the lamp is a dancing hula girl. From what I have read, the lamp shade was custom-made for the movie. I always assumed that the base was custom sculpted as well, since the dancer is wearing the same outfit that Meg Ryan wears at the end of the movie.
Even though I thought the base was custom sculpted, I kept looking. Years and years of looking off-and-on for the lamp or a similar dancing girl lamp that could be converted turned out to be fruitless. Until I stumbled across THE girl! I found her!
It's a Treasure Craft figurine from the 1950s. I'm guessing the lamp itself was just a simple flat base, the figurine was glued to the base, and the lamp shade was slapped on top. I doubt the original prop had a true musical feature. The music was probably added in post, but I'd love to actually have a custom music feature added to the finished replica.
And not only did I find the piece, but they come up on eBay fairly regularly from what I can see. I just won one so as soon as I can find someone to replicate the lamp shade, this will be my favorite piece!