Category: Portland

In our travels, we’ve had the chance to discover a fair number of comic shops, video libraries and cinema-related exhibitions. But we have never experienced anything like Movie Madness: a video store-cum-museum, with a vast collection of films including some hard to find elsewhere, neatly organised in clearly marked sections, and an exhibition space showcasing original costumes, props and other Hollywood memorabilia, this is one of the coolest places in Portland, a gem to be treasured by Portlanders and visitors alike.Laura Elliot, playing the character Miriam Haynes, wore these glasses in Sir Alfred Hitchcock’s STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951). Her death by strangulation a the hands of Robert Walker’s character Bruno Anthony (reflected through the lenses of these glasses) was a key scene in the film. Costume worn by John Barrymore (1882-1942) in Romeo and Juliet, 1935.

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Princess costume worn by Yvette Mimieux in the classic 1962 film ”The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”. The costume was created by Mary Wills who won an Academy Award for Best Costume Designer.

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Jessica Lange wore this matching print dress and purse in the movie Blue Sky. Ms. Lange won the Oscar for Best Actress in this film, directed in 1992 by the legendary Tony Richardson.

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Peter Boyle wore this brown wool costume in Young Frankenstein, in 1974.

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If you enjoyed this mini-gallery, you can find out more about the museum collection (and rental store) on their website @Movie Madness.

Portland, OR

June 10th, 2018