#Jean marsh

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Willow (1988)

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One Dress a Day Challenge

August: Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Return to Oz / Jean Marsh as Mombi and Sophie Ward as Mombi II

I was lucky enough to grow up in a town whose library had a nearly complete collection of the Oz books, so of course I remembered Princess Langwidere and her collection of heads! It was great to see that onscreen, even though they merged the characters of Langwidere and Mombi.

In the book, she only wore a simple white dress, as changing her head gave her all the variety she wanted. But I think the burgundy-and-plum gown created for the movie by designer Raymond Hughes is gorgeous, with its iridescent patches and art nouveau swirls. A particularly interesting feature is the rack of golden splinters trailing back from the shoulders, almost like they're trying to form into fairy wings but aren't quite complete.

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Return to Oz (1985). Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.

HOW has this film escaped the legacy of children's horror masterpieces like The Dark Crystal and The Witches? I had pretty low expectations going in, but it really leans into the horror of its setting and lets Dorothy grow and regress in equal measure. Plus the stop motion and puppetry and practical effects are pretty awesome. Yeah, it's flawed, but man, I think I would've been obsessed with this if I'd watched it when I was 9. 7.5/10.

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This blue gown, designed by Margaret Furse was first worn by Siân Phillips as Gwendolen in the 1964 film Becket. It was used again in the Doctor Who serial The Crusade in the episodes The Knights of Jaffa and The Wheel of Fortune, where it was worn by Jean Marsh as Joanna.

Costume Credit: Anne81, thisbluespirit

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Day 16 🧙🏻‍♀️ Bavmorda, Queen of Nockmaar - Willow 🪄⚔️

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BTS Of "The Daleks' Master Plan" Episode 8 "Volcano"

Colourization: Clayton Hickman

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jean marsh getting sent off of set for laughing too hard, pulling part of the tardis control off, and keeping a tomato sandwich in her weapon holster, and william hartnell telling her to make sure she’s back for lunch is one of my favourite little filming anecdotes

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Zuul-in-Dana’s-body looks like she should be keeping pretty heads locked in glass cabinets.

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Happy birthday, Jean Marsh

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Happy 90th Birthday Jean Marsh. July, 1, 1934

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Rod Serling ֍ Jean Marsh in The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 7: The Loney (1959)

ALICIA: I can feel loneliness, too.

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The perfect gene’s definetly got passed down

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