Gene Marshall doll

[Celia Crowson]

Hiya!

I recently purchased a Gene Marshall doll "love at first sight":

From what I have seen some of her outfits are rather lovely - 1940s inspired. And the hairstyles are something to be green with envy over
I really like the USO Gene - well her outfit anyway but it is hard to find just the outfit.

I was wondering if anyone in the group is an owner of a Gene Marshall doll?
~ if so, what doll do you own? - do you have any outfits? - any of her furniture?

~Amanda~

 

[ohairas]

HI Celia! I love Gene and her clothes, but don't collect her line really. I have one Gene doll, I think her name was Savannah... I got her to wear my Gone With the Wind outfits, right now she's wearing the birthday party velvet dress. She can wear outfits from the Franklin Mint, about the same size as Rose, Scarlett, and Josephine.

I also have an outfit from a Madra doll, Turbulence. It's an aviator outfit I bought for my Rose/Titanic doll to wear.

The USO outfit is rare and hard to find, good luck! They usually go high!

Check out Noel's repaints, they are just AMAZING!! Here's the Gene doll repainted as Scarlett, (this is also the gown my doll is wearing),
http://ncruz.com/scarlettoharagene.html

I also love the DAE dolls and would love to collect them. Some handsome fellas there too! http://www.daeoriginals.com/index2.html
Nikki

 

[ohairas]

Men dolls

Whew, sorry I missed this one... he's quite handsome! http://www.daeoriginals.com/vandmdollsfashions/vandmfashions/shoreleave.html
I just quit collecting doll stuff for a while because I figured I would rather spend the money on a life-sized outfit for ME! LOL!
Nikki

 

[RetroModelSari]

I´ve never heard about those dolls before, but the one you have is damnnnnn cuuuuute!!!!

 

[LadyDeWinter]

Hello Celia,

Look at this lovely lady, isn't she beautiful?

 

[BettyValentine]

I have a couple Genes and a Madra with red hair and a couple outfits. The new Genes are kind of awesome too, but I haven't fallen for one of them yet.

They're in Chicago, except one who came here to be a fit model. She's still in her box, though, cause the dollfies have been kicking her around. The dollfies need clothes first, and they're much more demanding. (They do, however, want the same sort of clothes.)


BV - may have too many hobbies.

 

[Amelie]

I don't have any Gene dolls, but I do own two modern Barbie that have a vintage feel to them

 

[ohairas]

WOW, those Barbies are gorgeous.. and the undies, woowooo!
Nikki

 

[Amelie]

yeah, I love them, it was my christmas gift lol

 

[K.D. Lightner]

I noticed the glamorous Gene doll early on when perusing Ebay. I didn't know she had a last name and thought she was modeled on Gene Tierney. Was she? The face and the costumes seemed to fit the period in which the actress lived.

Also, I have a Barbie Audrey Hepburn doll dressed as Holly Golightly (when she stood in front of Tiffanys in that black dress, drinking Shrafts coffee). And I have the Mattel James Dean dressed in his "Rebel" outfit. I think his face is the best of all the JD dolls: a dead ringer. His body and neck, however, are a bit skinny a la Barbie.

The Audrey doll, likewise is pretty accurate, face and body. She was as skinny as Barbie so she looks right, whereas the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor doll do not, especially MM.

karol

 

[AllaboutEve]

Hi Celia! I am a MASSIVE Gene Marshall fan and Love at First Sight is without doubt my favourite doll. I have her in my cabinet wearing "Love's Ghost" at the moment, which is a copy of the dress that Gene Tierney wears in "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" and she looks just lovely.
I have a number of the dolls and quite a lot of the outfits, I am off work for the next few days and will try and post some pics!
I am so excited that someone else is a Gene fan!!!!!!
By the way Ebay is probably the best place to find the USO outfit on it's own, it does come up as I have seen it recently, but you just have to keep checking!!!
Oh and for the record the new Gene "Ladies that Launch" is just to die for , ( I got her for Christmas!!!!)

 

[ohairas]

I have Love's Ghost and it is lovely on my Scarlett and other period girls!
Yes, ebay has a great Gene/Madra selection, but I noticed it has dwindled somewhat.

Nikki

 

[BegintheBeguine]

I got the book from the library. http://www.amazon.com/Gene-Marshall..._bbs_sr_2/102-6113272-0438528?ie=UTF8&s=books The author and Gene Marshall's creator Mel Odom is a fiction author and the book reads like a biography of a real star. All the dolls are made-up characters in case anyone is still confused. The movies described have people thinking they are real movies that for some reason Netflix just doesn't stock! Apparently he loved glamorous things even as a child. I reccommend this book.

 

[ITG]

Housekeeping Note: Moved from PR to the Display Case

 

[Celia Crowson]

Hi Celia! I am a MASSIVE Gene Marshall fan and Love at First Sight is without doubt my favourite doll. I have her in my cabinet wearing "Love's Ghost" at the moment, which is a copy of the dress that Gene Tierney wears in "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" and she looks just lovely.
I have a number of the dolls and quite a lot of the outfits, I am off work for the next few days and will try and post some pics!
I am so excited that someone else is a Gene fan!!!!!!
By the way Ebay is probably the best place to find the USO outfit on it's own, it does come up as I have seen it recently, but you just have to keep checking!!!
Oh and for the record the new Gene "Ladies that Launch" is just to die for , ( I got her for Christmas!!!!)

Hiya AllaboutEve - I finally have the 'love's ghost' outfit - Gene [love at first sight] does look divine wearing it

Still haven't got the USO outfit....