Reap the Wild Wind was an 1942 action flick starring Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard (with a young John Wayne and Susan Hayward!). It's basically a romance about Clipper salvage in Key West the 1840s (an interesting and unusual subject!). In 1973, Marilyn Henry created this lovely paper doll set based on the film. I came across this on eBay and would love to bid on it, but I am sure it will go too dear for what I would be willing to pay. It's a nice set of the sort that you could color yourself (color printing was just too expensive 40 years ago unless you were a big publisher). It nonetheless has a spot color cover (presumably heavier stock), so the characters have some tints.

My absolute favorite is the inclusion of the octopus (definitely a stand-out character in the film). The film, of course is rather silly and the costumes are not especially period-appropriate (this was a low-budget film made during WWII, which adds to its overall "cheap" look and feel ~ but hey, they did pretty good with what they had!

There are four pages of clothing in the set, but I only have some rough images of two of the four (below).

The usual apologies for my absence lately. I hope to maybe post something new of my own soon.

I'm running late, but determined to stay on schedule!  For our first (and sadly brief) mourning post, I wanted to share with you one of Walter Plunkett's costume designs from Gone with the Wind, featuring the character of Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton dressed in deep mourning after the death of her first husband, Charles.

While a number of the costumes constructed for the film production went off the rails in terms of historicality, the mourning dress worn by various characters throughout was generally very period-appropriate (which is good since Scarlett's flaunting the mourning attire is an important part of her character and the story).

The image here (and click it to see it up close in all of its watercolor glory!) was found at Dial B for Blogger, a Spanish-language blog that features others of Plunkett's designs in a post honoring Gone with the Wind's 70th anniversary.