Obscure movie prop you wished you owned

The Sarah Siddens award from All About Eve.

Clint Walker's used underwear, like from "Night of the Grizzly".

I want that tapestry covered couch in Six Degrees of Separation.

I would LOVE to own that $6,000 dress from Working Girl even tho it's not even LEATHA!

Rosebud is hardly obscure. It's one of the most famous movie props in history.

I don't even have to think about it.

I'll take the The Maltese Falcon.

R6- That DOLL looks not like a young Baby Jane Hudson but a young NELLIE OLESON.

I want the mask from Silence of the Lambs

[quote] I want the mask from Silence of the Lambs

Barney sold it to Mason Verger!

I want the UNDERWEAR Michael Douglas had HALF on when he was FUCKING Glen Close at the kitchen sink in Fatal Attraction.

Osgood’s yacht cap

I want the box from Hellraiser

Right now I could use that flying ball from Phantasm

And I want the shoes yes but what I REALLY WANT is the hourglass from TWOO.

and the ice pick from Basic Instinct.

I'll take the prosthetic Mark Wahlberg wore in Boogie Nights.

Sigh.

r11 That wasn't Michael Douglas, it was a butt double.

YES! R14!

David Bowie's codpiece from Labyrinth. Those plastic wood grain chairs from Raising Arizona.

The crucifix from the Exorcist

I want the litter used to carry Cleopatra when she entered the Roman Forum.

Like Elizabeth Taylor, I too like to make a grand entrance.

The rotating space station model from 2001

The Omega Hedron from Supergirl

The Maltese Falcon and the Fur coat Mary Astor wore in the movie!!

Ingrid Bergman's brooch in "Gaslight", which mysteriously disappears and reappears.

Joan Crawford's boots from Johnny Guitar and the axe she used in Straight-Jacket.

Roberta Sparrow’s book on Time Travel from Donnie Darko. Also the photo from the Shining that shows Jack Nicholson at an earlier July 4th party at The Overlook.

oops ^ Strait-Jacket

The painting from "LAURA" and the Ugly clock where Clifton Webb hid the shotgun(and the shotgun too) Of course the "ANKLE BRACLET" Barbara Stanwyck wore in "DOUBLE INDEMITY" Joseph Cotten from Gaslight

Shelley's championship medal from the New York Women's Swimming Association. "The Poseidon Adventure".

A bottle of Jungle Red nail polish.

[quote] A bottle of Jungle Red nail polish.

I prefer a Red Weirdo!

The painting from the end of An Unmarried Woman.

R34- Erica's ex husband was FAR more attractive than that dumpy bearded BRIT.

Rebecca de Winter's address book with the enormous sloping "R" on it.

If they hadn't incinerated the only negligée with the "R" Mrs. Danvers embroidered on it at the film's end, I would have wanted that.

r35, if you really think Michael Moriarty is more attractive than Alan Bates, you need your vision checked.

The copy of Marc Chagall's painting of a goat playing a violin gifted to William (Hugh Grant) by actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) in "Notting Hill."

R37- The actor's name is Michael Murphy.

Proto-Yuppie hot vs. Boho artist hot

Yuri's balalaika from Doctor Zhivago.

Neely's boob-outlining necklace from Valley of the Dolls. Barring that, Michael Brandon's underwear from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

The vial containing the elixir of life and the fabergé egg container and case from Death Becomes Her.

A cup of Shug Avery pee

The can of Bon Ami from Mommie Dearest.

The doll AND the bracelet.

[quote] Yuri's balalaika from Doctor Zhivago.

Would you accept it if it were a gift?

Whoops, I meant Michael Blodgett. This guy.

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of replica photos of Nicholson's photo at the end of the Shining on Ebay and other places for very cheap.

I would love the brown suede Xanadu jacket Michael Beck wears at the opening of the club.

I see what you did there, R46!

The little purse thing that had the map to Witch Mountain hidden in the cover from Escape to Witch Mountain.

At one point in HUMORESQUE (1946) there are big posters outside the music hall promoting the concert of “Paul Boray.” He looks really dramatic with his violin.

I always thought it would be funny to have one of those, framed. Music people would be like, “Who’s THAT?”

Timmy’s (Elio’s) backpack from CMBYN, not a replica, but the real one, with summer Tuscany boy sweat smell and all.

Little Edie’s horoscope book. Libra men never leave.

Well from Donnie Darko I want the big silver metallic lettered “Sparkle Motion” banner that you know Kitty Farmer sewed on her Singer Sewing machine from material she bought at Joann Fabrics and Rose Darko conveniently “lost” at the airport on the way to LA so they wouldn’t have it for Star Search.

James Bond’s Aston Martin from Goldfinger.

Good one, R56. on that note, I want the part Jaguar, part Hurst in Harold and Maude.

This wallpaper from Carole.

Scarletts red dress she wore to Ashleys birthday party.

The Wedgwood teapot from ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS.

The Vaseline from Making Love.

From “Pillow Talk” - the player piano that Doris Day had made up especially for Rock/ Brad that plays a hokey honky tonk version of his seduction song “YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION, ——!!”

The floor piano from FAO Schwarz featured in Big

And I don’t care OP, I want the ruby slippers and your little dog too!

Grace Kelly’s vanity case full of frothy lingerie from Rear Window

The dildo from Footlight Parade.

I really want the two Vultures in the Haunted forest from the Wizard of Oz. They had to be like the first animatronics in existence.

The painting of the Red Shoes used in the movie on display in Lermontov’s office.

The sling from Cruising.

Guy Madison's Navy Winter Blues uniform from the film "Since You Went Away." The photo of him in that uniform always make me smile, and drool.

Anthony Hopkins' fur and leather capelet from the film "The Lion in Winter." He's wearing it upon his arrival at Chinon Castle.

Not obscure, but the yellow Rolls-Royce from the film "The Yellow Rolls-Royce." If you're going to own a RR, you may as well let 'em see you arrive in style.

Gene Kelly’s loafers from “ An American in Paris “

I, too, would love to have the hourglass from Oz. I imagine it got sold during the MGM prop sale in the early 70s. Imagine it just sitting somewhere in someone's house.

Speaking of MGM, I would like to have the full-size time machine from the 1960 movie with Rod Taylor.

Also, a DeLorean from BttF.

The Gene Raymond marionette head from I am Suzanne. If that seems oddly specific, it is because the marionette bodies of Gene Raymond and Lilian Harvey have survived, but both are missing the heads.

The cute little Pazuzu relic from the beginning of The Exorcist.

Prop-noun-a portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or movie.

The marble bust of Hadrian that Tom used to bludgeon Freddie.

My first pick was the scarf from Bergdorf's that PSH wore in "Truman", but that's costume.

The map and the doubloon from “The Goonies.”

Halle Berry’s eight inch tall, stone zippo lighter from the Flintstones movie

The rocking penis sculpture from Clockwork Orange

Dawson's cum rag

Apparently no one wants Minny's pie from "The Help."

Or the Baby Ruth from "Caddyshack."

Norma Desmond's cigarette holder from Sunset Boulevard.

Gonna be That Guy and point out that most of these aren't even remotely "obscure."

The Zuni Hunter Puppet that terrorized Karen Black in Trilogy of Terror

Gotta have this DRESS for Halloween!

I want this album.

Not a movie but the only obscure prop(s) I've ever wanted were the big cut-out TV's Frank and Dr. Forrester from the MST3K Hour syndicated run.

Miriam's glasses and Guy's lighter from Strangers on a Train.

One more:

The framed picture of a bird from Marion Crane's hotel room in Psycho

Sting's leather jock (Speedo?) from DUNE.

The cash from "Brewster's Millions," then I can buy all the shit props you people want, mark them up and sell them on.

R88- In NEVER found him or his music to be appealing.

The poster advertising “Aged in Wood”, from All. About Eve.

The little boy’s squirt gun from Charade. Also the envelope with all the stamps from the same movie. The little boy lived not far from me as an adult but I didn’t know it until he’d moved. I wonder if he has it?

The doll from Wait Until Dark, complete with heroin stuffed inside.

The broom

I want the hat too (it’s really sharp), but that’s a costume, not a prop

I realize it isn't obscure, but would really like the ring from the Lord of the Rings movies.

Is it peach season yet?

Props are harder for me to come up with than costumes or set pieces.

I’m sure they sell them, R95

Owner of Oz Hourglass - In the United States, the wizard of Oz collecting is Willard Carroll, a movie writer/director/producer who lives in Maine and is turning his thousands of collectibles into the National Oz Museum. Carroll owns the Wicked Witch’s hourglass from the 1939 movie. He paid $80,000 for it a couple decades ago, outbidding a rather famous Oz devotee — Michael Jackson.

Swanson's cigarette holder is in Box 322.4 of the Gloria Swanson Collection at the University of Texas.

I've always wanted the hot dog Toto steals off the fork from the Professor.

R98, those aren't the real props from the movie though so that holds no appeal.

I'm showing my geek here but I think only 8 or 9 rings were made and used in the movies; then Elijah Wood and Sean Astin got 2 (maybe Ian McKellen got one) and the rest were destroyed.

A tampon from "Carrie"

Sonny Corleone's garbage can lid from one of the greatest kick-ass scenes in film history.

The macramé Lulu uses to strangle Mink Stole in "Polyester."

Greg's socks.

R105 I'd almost want to say the Smell-o-vision cards from that movie, though I doubt any of them still have any scent to them!

r106, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the wire hanger from that film. Too famous/iconic?

I'm not sure if these really count as props or costumes but:

The emerald ring Uncle Charlie gives to his niece Charlie Newton in "Shadow of a Doubt"

The gold necklace Carlotta Valdez and Madeline Elstir wear that gives away Judy Miller's identity in "Vertigo"

Marnie Edgar's yonic yellow clutch purse from the opening shot of "Marnie"

Raquel Welch's strap-on from MYRA BRECKINRIDGE.

R108 Doh! We missed the obvious.

We assumed little Christina had her first abortion with it, perhaps.

R109 what color is yonic yellow?

Terri Gionofrio's necklace with the little antique filigreed ball for holding tannis root in "Rosemary's Baby"

Sebastian's Aloysius.

Freddie's striped sport coat from "A Room with a View".

Jennifer Jason Leigh's stiletto heel that she put out Steven Weber's eye with in "Single White Female."

- Rod Taylor’s miniature time machine from the classic film.

- Yul Brynner’s pharaonic blue war crown from “The Ten Commandments.” (I actually saw this available at some online movie memorabilia auction.)

BTW, the prop portraits seen in both “Laura” and “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” weren’t paintings, but enlarged, touched-up photographs. Further, the portrait of Rex Harrison was later altered to resemble Edward Mulhare, who played the same character on the TV show.

Those lush, gigantic paintings of Christiane Kubrick’s in “Eyes Wide Shut”.

You can actually buy them, so maybe this answer doesn’t count.

Some of these are available to be seen on display for free at a video store, Movie Madness, in Portland, OR.

the owner was a huge collector of movie props and costumes, and when he retired he sold the business to a non-profit organization that still rents DVDs and Blu-Rays (it's probably the last in Portland) but also keeps the props on display. You can see there:

*Rod Taylor's miniature time machine

*Miriam's broken glasses from "Strangers on a Train"

*the presentation copy of the Maltese Falcon statuette Warner Brothers gave Humphrey Bogart

*one of the balsa wood copies of "Rosebud:" they used in "Citizen Kane"

In addition, they also have:

*the baby carriage from "The Unotuchables"

*the carved piece of soap (really plastic) that says "Fight Club" from the poster for that movie

*knives from "Scream" and the shower sequence from "Psycho"

*the severed ear from "Blue Velvet"

Plus costumes worn by: Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson in "Mary Queen of Scots" (they are both enormously tall women), Ginger Rogers in "The Major and the Minor," Frank Morgan in "The Wizard of Oz," Madonna in "Evita" (she is a tiny woman), Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" (ditto), Jodie Foster in "Panic Room," Mike Myers in "Austin Powers," Diane Keaton and Talia Shire from "The Godfather Part II," etc.

I want the Baby Ruth from "Caddyshack"!!!!

I was going to post that yesterday, r109, but I looked at it again and thought...meh.

Any/All of Anne Baxter's jewelry from The Ten Commandments. Over the top fabulous, all of it.

I do own an obscure movie prop. I have this wicker tray that Robert Redford and Jennifer Lopez used to bring meals to bedridden Morgan Freeman in "An Unfinished Life". Miramax had an auction.

Nothing compared to Joan's I Saw What You Did necklace, r122...

[quote]R117 BTW, the prop portraits seen in both “Laura” and “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” weren’t paintings, but enlarged, touched-up photographs.

Yes. We don’t need no g-damn prop department… we can make our own!

(Or just bring a high resolution jpeg to one of those places that will transfer an image to canvas. They’ll even add brushstrokes and varnish for extra.)

Incidentally, the clothes in LAURA were by the innovative designer Bonnie Cashin. The original designs she created for Coach handbags are still in production today.

Bonnie Cashin is a truly iconic American designer.

^^ Yes! This is the sort of forward thinking stuff she did:

[quote] The wearer is ready for day or evening in this elegant ensemble. As rustic, tactile, and colorful as Cashin's favored mohair is, this outfit works chiefly in terms of silhouette. The profusion of skirt materials can be pulled up and even stuffed into pockets ("retroussée dans les poches") to create a look reminiscent of late eighteen-century fashion. The Cashin silhouette, however, is more simply achieved with an unusual skirt fastener. She called this favorite device her "dog leash" in recognition of that simple hardware. The effect is to winch up the cloth and make the mohair more layered and luxurious by a profoundly simple hitch. A suede bodice, a surprising element for evening, provides a luxurious contrast as well.

I want the rifle that opens into an umbrella from “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”.

Castle Howard from "Brideshead Revisited" (think big!)

I want the 'Parfum' print and the mirrored vanity from SATC (Series). I think Whitney Cummings got the vanity, the bitch. LOL

R73 I want that thing too

r71 has got it. This is the ultimate movie prop...

The red wagon from Radio Flyer.

The de Lempika knockoff portrait of La Bacall from "The Fan" It got slashed, but surely there must be more than 1.

I'd like that lovely four poster bed from The Exorcist. (You can keep the crucifix, thanks.)

There must have been some lovely crystal decanters from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf lying around somewhere that would be nice to have.

The baby Jane doll

The Orgasmatron from Sleeper.

Carroll Baker was offered the crib from BABY DOLL when filming wrapped, but she thought it was too bulky to transport and keep. (The production designer suggested she use it as a planter.)

I wonder where it is today.

The Unica key from Notorious.

Gort or Robbie

The framed signed pic with the same signature as the movie title: To Wong Foo, thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

Rose Klebb's shoe knife from From Moscow With Love.

So many cuntbones, so little time.

My apologies. Of course, it's From Russia With Love.

The leg stretcher devices used on Ethan Hawke to make him as tall as Jude Law in Gatteca.

The earrings from Madame De...

After posting R145 I started thinking about the weird shit worn by Rosanna Arquette in Cronenberg’s Crash and came up with this website of his movie props that are all very interesting and disturbing.

The bucket and rope from Carrie

Agent Starling's good bag ... alright, gimme the cheap shoes, too.

A lightsaber

The French toast from "Ordinary People." --Beth Jarrett, scrambling it in the garbage disposal, after my ungrateful son Conrad says he's not hungry.

[QUOTE]R143 Rose Klebb's shoe knife from From Russia With Love. So many cuntbones, so little time.

How dare you not include a clip?!

Watts’s drumsticks from Some Kind of Wonderful.

The chess board and pieces from Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal would be cool

[quote]R117: - Rod Taylor’s miniature time machine from the classic film.

[quote]R119: Some of these are available to be seen on display for free at a video store, Movie Madness, in Portland, OR.

Alas, R119, not the miniature Time Machine, since the original was kept, together with its ornate box, by George Pal at his home in Bel Air. It perished in the 1961 Bel Air fire, which took out the entire neighborhood. A shame, since it's probably the single film prop I would have most coveted. If Movie Madness has one on display, it's a replica.

In place of it, I might accept in exchange one of the Martian War Machine models used in 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬 (1953), if any of them survive. Or perhaps 'Robby the Robot' from 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 (1956).

(I choose these since we're talking 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 props; my most coveted objects would be from television, like an old-style laser pistol from the first few episodes of 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐤.)

Close-up

Hutch’s dog-eared copy of ALL OF THEM WITCHES

One of Kong's armature's from King Kong. But maybe they aren't really obscure enough to fit OP's request.

^ I'll oh dear myself. Armatures, not armature's.

One prop I've always wondered about is the eponymous painting of Jennifer Jones from "Portrait of Jennie." For years David O. Selznick kept it in his dining room, but I'm not sure where it is now.

R153 I'll take the snare drum

It wasn't used in the movie, but I'd love to get my hands on the doll done up as Tippi Hedren's "The Birds" character that Hitchcock gave to little Melanie Griffith. I know there are thousands of Barbie knock-offs out there, but I want the one Hitch gave her -- complete with tiny little casket it came in.

I wonder if Griffith still has it?

No one mentioned Se7en's "Lust" strap-on? You bitches are slipping!

You are correct, r163, but I think someone mentioned Raquel's from Myra Breckenridge.

One of Bette Davis's carved ivory boxes from Now, Voyager.

Edna Turnblad’s hair wrap and Wilbur’s Life magazine.

[quote]r160 One prop I've always wondered about is the eponymous painting of Jennifer Jones from "Portrait of Jennie." For years David O. Selznick kept it in his dining room, but I'm not sure where it is now.

Some funny friend of the Selznicks had a copy of the portrait made, scrawled a mustache on it, and hung it in place of the original when he was visiting.

When David O. walked in the room he almost had a coronary.

The pencil.

The Dodge Charger from the Dukes of Hazzard movie

Stanley Kowalski’s t-shirt.

Preferably with Stanley still wearing it.

Addie’s letter.

The sled in Citizen Kane was burnt in the furnace on film. Granted, they made three. The take used in the film is the second take, so there was a third. Spielberg owns the third, but it's not in the movie.

Those sunglasses.

That necklace.

The tiara.

The ship's clock from The Ghost and Mrs Muir.

I always wanted a Sankara Stone from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

A yellow barrel from Jaws.

Buck's casket from 'Ordinary People'.

I want every last one of these Little Miss Revlons.

Delia’s beautiful sculptures from Beetlejuice. Especially the one on the right.

If we’re stealing Hollywood memorabilia from Melanie Griffith, I want the lion skin rug she hopefully made out of Neil who took half her face during the filming of Roar.

Ernie McCraken’s bowling ball from Kingpin

La Deneuve and Bowie’s ankh pendants/knives from “The Hunger”.

R64 that’s a Mark Cross bag, rechristened the Kelly Bag in her honor.

I want The Empire State Building from Love Affair, An Affair to Remember and Sleepless in Seattle. Wait, maybe that isn't so obscure.

Since my favorite movie is Black Christmas, I’ll take the glass ornament used to kill Barb. Oh, and you can’t rape a townie.

R182: Good choice. I also would like Tom Cruise's puncturing claw ring from Interview With The Vampire.

Grandfather!

R5, Read it again.

[quote]r183 that’s a Mark Cross bag, rechristened the Kelly Bag in her honor.

Excuse me... excuse me! I compliment you on knowing what a Kelly Bag is, but the purse she pulls her nightgown out of in REAR WINDOW isn't one of those. It has all squared off edges. It's basically a box. The famous Kelly Bag is more triangular in shape, when viewed from the side.

The real thing:

Rupert Everett's cricket cap and binoculars from "Another Country".

^ that’s a Mark Cross overnight case. The one from Rear Window sold for $5K in 2002.

Are cars "props"? Or would the Bond props more accurately be the gadgetry IN the cars, like the ejection seat?

Anyway, I'd take the telephone in "Dial 'M' For Murder."

An everlasting gobstopper from the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”. It’s always been a favorite movie of mine, would love to have some Wonka memorabilia in my life.

The Art Deco alarm clock in Mommie Dearest's bedroom.

If cars are considered props, I’ll take Barbara Bel Geddes' gray Karmann Ghia from Vertigo.

Cameron Drake's Oscar from "In and Out." It's as close as I'll ever get to one.

[quote]r192 that’s a Mark Cross overnight case. The one from Rear Window sold for $5K in 2002.

"[italic]The current consignor's deceased mother won this handbag in a contest shortly after the movie was released in 1954, though the specifics [bold]are now not remembered by the family[/bold].[/italic]"

Well, that is simply unacceptable.

The Hugh Crain fireplace head from The Haunting. I was barely out of my teens when I made that movie.

I have always wanted the best pieces in Scarlett O' Hara's wardrobe. Particularly the red dress she wore to Ashley's Birthday party....

The penmanship medal from The Bad Seed

The clown doll from Poltergeist

The blue box and key from Mulholland Dr.

A box of Skinny and Sweet from 9 To 5

Actually I’d want both boxes of Skinny and Sweet and Rid-O-Rat

The ship in a bottle that Bette Davis tries to buy from Auntie Em's antiques shop in A STOLEN LIFE.

I want that set of the lonely goat-herder marionettes and that gorgeous marionette theatre from SoM.

In the real world of scarce movie items, I'm happy to have located and bought

Large original set design drawing for Cleopatra's boudoir from De Mille's 1934 "Cleopatra." Some jet jewelry Colbert wore in the movie, too.

Two "Egyptian" brass cups from Liz's "Cleopatra."

Sad.

But what I really would like is Nomi's thigh-high rapist-stomper boots from "Showgirls," the ice pick from Sharon Stone's pussy-flap movie, and one of the pink flamingos from "Pink Flamingos."

The Ark of the Covenant would make a lovely media center

brando's torn and sweaty wife beater from Streetcar

Carole Cook’s gowns….sadly, have all distributed to friends and family, but feast your caftan-shaded girls:

R208 Here… fuck DL for the lack of an edit feature…girl, really?

Oliver's swim trunks from CMBYN

I’d rather have Nicholas Clay’s swim trunks from Evil Under The Sun

And JP Pitoc’s thong from Trick

Edie The Egg Lady's crib from Pink Flamingos.

Almira Gulch's bicycle and the Wicked Witch's broomstick. And the bucket that held the water that was thrown on the Wicked Witch near the end.

So are we or are we not including costumes and costume pieces?

[quote]r208 Carole Cook’s gowns, sadly, have all distributed to friends and family, but feast your eyes, caftan-shaded girls:

Very distressed to hear this.

R215 I love it and she was doing a pro-bono HIV-related fundraiser.

Go, girl!

The WWW’s broomstick.

Summer Rain is a great choice. Katy Perry's Royal can work as a good dupe for the "Death Becomes Her" potion (there's. a green one too).

Used to have some pennies that fell in the title number from "Pennies From Heaven" (flat plastic circles) AND Sissy Spacek's bejeweled headdress she wore while playing sax in "Crimes of the Heart" (given to me by an employee at Orion) but lost both along the way. Damn

Not really obscure, but the Anubis or Horus helmet from Stargate would be cool to own.

Thumbs-up for Sumer Rain.t too pricey I may commission one.

[quote]So are we or are we not including costumes and costume pieces?

I guess for those idiots who don't understand what a prop is.

I love every single mention of the underwear or swimwear of a sexy male actor in a movie!

Even though more than a dozen posters have already said this, and even though it's been pointed out that clothing is not a prop, it's a joke that's hilarious and original every single time!

The "Miriam Blaylock" pendant from The Hunger.

An oil derrick from the scene where Judy vomits alongside the road in A Star Is Born. Or is that considered a piece of the set as opposed to a prop?

The Bates Motel neon sign.

Again, is the Bates Motel neon sign a prop or part of the set?

Sandy Duncan's bigoted glass eye from "Roots".

A psychic-proof cog from the wall of Tom Baker's redecorated Tardis.

Mrs. Peale's sculpture in progress from " The Avengers"

Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman Hooded Cape

Odd-jobs hat please

"An everlasting gobstopper from the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”."

And, of course, the best thing about them is you can suck on them and suck on them and they never get smaller...

The copper bones medallion from The Goonies.

I once entered a 5k because the medal was a mini replica of this medallion. It’s so cute.

Boy With Apple

Odd Job's lethal bowler hat from GOLDFINGER.

Handle it carefully, girls. You don't want to cut yourselves.

The mother-fockin Auryn!

But only the real one, not a replica.

However, I would accept a Falcon replica. Love that luck dragon!

[quote]James Bond’s Aston Martin from Goldfinger.

It's on display in the SpyScape museum in New York. You can tell from the upholstery how old it is.

I always wanted Scarlett's green dressing-gown from the scene where she tells Rhett she doesn't want him in her room any more, and Holly Golightly's eyeshade with the closed-eye lashes on it.

Inigo Montoya's sword would also be very cool.

i want these blue fans.

George Harrison's Rickenbacker 12 string that he used during the filming of Hard Days Night.....

Bonnie Parker's notebook from which she recited her poem "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde."

Hardly a prop, r237.

Apparently there are those who think everything in a movie but for the actors in their birthday suits = "props."

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned wallpaper, or carpeting, or a refrigerator.

Kiss Me Deadly's "Great Whatsit"/"Pandora's Box" (must be rigged to glow and make that freaky sound when opened)

(Attention fun-sucking, non-contributing, self-appointed DL hall monitor: I'm aware that it's "hardly obscure", fuck you very much indeed.)

Some Tarantino stuff:

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: cans of Wolf's Tooth dog food (rat, raccoon, and blackbird flavors); the vintage TV Guide magazine in Brad Pitt's home, as well as his 13-inch portable TV.

Kill Bill: specially-engraved Hanzo katana; Bill's skull ring; Gogo's saw-ball-chain weapon thingy.

Pulp Fiction: the Briefcase; full-size Jack Rabbit Slim's menu; the dance trophy; Vincent's Modesty Blaise book; Jules's Bad Muthafucka wallet.

All-universe: Red Apple cigarettes.

R239

prop : Any of the articles other than costumes and scenery used by an actor or performer during a performance on stage or in a film.

I want Doris' Happy box...

Happy Soap!!!

Julie Andrew's carpet bag from Mary Poppins. I wonder if it's sitting in Disney storage somewhere or someone took it or it was tossed. When Disney World had the Hollywood Studios tram tour at the end was a small museum which included her Jolly Holiday dress.

Sandy Duncan doesn't have a glass eye. She's blind in one eye but it's her own eye, not a prosthesis.

I think she's losing/lost vision in her other eye as well, r247.

Victor Mature's movie script!

The diamond bracelet Osgood gives Jerry/Geraldine in "Some Like It Hot." Joe/Josephine appropriates it and sends it to Sugar, as a kiss off gift from the Shell Oil millionaire he pretended to be. A version of the gag appears in Marilyn Monroe's dismal film "Let's Make Love." In that one, the slimy millionaire played by Yves Montand sends her character Amanda a diamond bracelet; thinking it's only costume jewelry, she causally gives it away.

The gynecological fuck chair Dorothy Stratton’s husband played by Eric Roberts builds in Star 80.

A set design piece becomes a prop when an actor picks it up or handles it. Otherwise, it is part of the set. If it is worn by an actor, it is costume. Even if they take it off, it is still costume.

[quote]A version of the gag appears in Marilyn Monroe's dismal film "Let's Make Love." In that one, the slimy millionaire played by Yves Montand sends her character Amanda a diamond bracelet; thinking it's only costume jewelry, she causally gives it away.

Um, no. It was in the film because Marilyn wore and sang about diamonds in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (Actually not, but makes as much since as your comment.)

Peewee Herman's bicycle

Here is a costume being used as a prop, r252.

WILSON!! I was sad as hell when he floated away.

I think he would look nice in my home office

Jewelry, even when being worn, in a movie or real life, seems like a prop to me.

^ bit it isn’t. If it’s being worn, it’s part of the costume.

Please don’t let us devolve into Norwegian Catholic style arguments about definitions of props/costume/set

I’m the Grace Kelly poster - thanks for the info on the overnight case all - only on DL

[quote]Please don’t let us devolve into Norwegian Catholic style arguments about definitions of props/costume/set

We won't. However, the OP didn't ask about costumes or sets, just props. It would like OP asking which shade of blue is your favorite and having someone reply - Butterscotch or Crimson.

I like blue.

[quote]Here is a costume being used as a prop, [R252].

Had the costume not worn by Davis in the film, I might agree R255.

When Davis was wearing it, it was a costume. When Baxter held it in front of her, it became a prop.

"Um, no. It was in the film because Marilyn wore and sang about diamonds in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (Actually not, but makes as much since as your comment.)"

"Makes as much since as?" What does THAT mean? Are you drunk? Anyway, "Let's Make Love" was a crummy movie that reworked several gags used in other movies...including the diamond bracelet given to someone that comically ends up with someone other than who it was intended for. Sorry if you don't "get" that.

If an article of clothing is intimately identified with a movie,I argue that it can be considered a prop.

The shawl Deborah Kerr wore as her legacy gift from Cary Grant’s grandmother at end of An Affair to Remember.

I have always wanted a life sized Johnny Five

Or one of the minis from the second film.

The original roaming gnome. From Amelie

The green Krypton crystal from Superman 1.

Any light saber from Star Wars.

Chekhov's gun.

Costumes aren't "props." They're COSTUMES.

This Native American in a canoe yard ornament from Silence of the Lambs. I like it, but it’s probably not PC anymore.

Maybe I’d get the little spinner mobile with butterflies on it from Bill’s house instead.

[quote]"Makes as much since as?" What does THAT mean?

Nobody's perfect.

So for example, r271, there's a scene where...let's call her Kitty. Kitty picks up a pair of gloves off her dresser and slaps the upstart maid soundly across the face then throws them back on the dresser. The gloves...costume or prop?

[quote]When Davis was wearing it, it was a costume. When Baxter held it in front of her, it became a prop.

No, it was still a costume. Why don't we ask Edith Head. Let me get my Ouija.

The space ship from Flight of the Navigator. It’d look pretty sweet in the little woodsy area at my house.

Actually, I own a steel dagger in a nice brown leather sheath, once worn by Richard Gere as Lancelot in that execrable King Arthur movie, “First Knight.”

But I’d also like that sleek Art Deco helmet from “The Rocketeer.”

The carved dolls Boo Radley left in the tree from To Kill A Mockingbird

excellent choice r278!

The little mechanical golden owl named Bubo from "Clash of the Titans."

A banana

The ten speed from Flashdance and also the stripper chair!

The inscribed emerald ring is a key plot element in Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt," and it's handled by Teresa Wright to read the inscription that ultimately proves Uncle Charlie--Joseph Cotton- is the Merry Widow Murderer. Later, she purposefully wears it to show to her uncle that she has the proof against him, and can turn him in at any time to the police, which prompts him to leave Santa Rosa.

So is it a piece of costuming, or a prop?

The little family figurines from Gladiator.

The bottle of Hull Clean from “Heathers”

Bagel and cream cheese paperweight from After Hours.

When I was a tour guide, my trainer found a plaster of Paris imprint of Rod Steiger's nose made for "Sting 2", I think. He asked if anyone wanted it and I snatched it up, used it as an ashtray later. His nose indeed. Wish I still had it. Where does this stuff go?

[quote]I'm surprised no-one has mentioned wallpaper

They have. See R58.

There is wallpaper that decorates a wall and then there is wallpaper that is a whole landscape about who a character is, what they do and how they feel and that is wallpaper that does that so props to the wallpaper.

R289=Laura Ashley.

R290 I wish, when she was pushed down the stairs and murdered I wore black the next day.

I want the vintage wooden bench in Faye's house on the island in PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD please please please

Zardoz.

But was it a set, a costume, or a prop?

The blue marble egg Omar gave Barbra!

R294 does she insert it in her vagina in the movie ?

No, she didn't. He did, though.

R296 this raises more questions than answers

I covet Zhora's hair dryer from Blade Runner..

[quote] Had the costume not worn by Davis in the film, I might agree [R255].

Let's look facts in the face: absolutely no one but you cares whether you agree.

The crystal egg sculpture so prized by Joel's mother in "Risky Business."

The Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story.

So is a handbag a prop or part of a costume?

If it is part of a costume, it's a costume.

If in the scene, the handbag is sitting on a shelf and is for sale, then it is a prop.

So is Mary Poppin's carpet bag a prop or part of a costume?

It's both, r304.

So it depends on how it is used according to the plot. It can change from scene to scene. So that the costume in All About Eve is both.

Heather Duke's suicide note from "Heathers" (and maybe the Joan Crawford candy dish)

ESKIMO!

Galaxy Glue, obviously

The fake Faberge egg from Octopussy.

In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct from the actors, scenery, costumes, and electrical equipment. Consumable food items appearing in the production are also considered props.

Obviously that distinction can at times be blurred as when somebody's hat turns into a prop.

[quote]So is Mary Poppin's carpet bag a prop or part of a costume?

Oh, dear.

So many existential questions- about props. They are the Schrodinger’s Cat of DL.

The magic book from The Neverending Story or a lock of Falcor's mane.

The Grimmerie from the yet to be produced movie version of Wicked

The mechanical bird (supposed to be real) that Julie duets with in Poppins.

Mary Poppins bag.

The Mary Poppins prop i loved was the lamp she pulled out of her bag. The tassels! I always wanted a lamp like that.

Here it is in all its glory at 1:38

Sean Penn's blue suede shoes from Hugo Pool.

The replicant owl from Blade Runner that Sean Young struggled to say “Do you like our owl?” about.

The monogrammed cigarette lighter from " BUtterfield 8".

Wonderboy!

The Hotel Coral Essex sign from Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise.

This might get me some much needed male attention!

"The world is yours" statue from Scarface.

R280: Love that owl! If Bubo ever came up for auction, you and I would have a bidding war.

R321: So, you want a real owl? It wasn't a prop.

A Golden Ticket from 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".

I don’t surf and never have, but Frankie’s shark face surfboard from Back to the Beach (1987) was something I always wanted to have.

Anyone ever seen this movie? I loved it as a kid.

The clock from Herzog's Nosferatu.

That cake Mrs Doubtfire shoved her face into. It looked soooo good.

Another view

R326 Well, that muddies the conversation further, are real animals in movies props or just nonhuman actors? Those lap dogs of Elle’s in the Legally Blonde films certainly seem like props!

I called it a "mechanical bird" above but in fact it's a Disney Animatronic. Technically, it's a Disney audio animatronic since it sings.

Julie being wired to the bird.

For all those caught up in the automaton bird conversation, this may be fascinating to you as well including that they dare back to Ancient Greece.

Sorry, I also forgot to mention that the Mary Poppins animatronic is curiously a North American Robin Red Breast. The European version of the bird is quite distinct visually And I'll leave the damn bird alone now.

I’d like a few of these defective cans. As long as they’re near me, I’m safe from snipers.

When I started this thread, I never dreamed it would provide an occasion for so much pedantic squabbling.

The ass watch from Pulp Fiction

The neon sign from Imitation of Life.

Thanks for that link on automatons, r335. They are fascinating and deserve their own thread. Their history goes back thousands of years and include torture devices!

[quote]When I started this thread, I never dreamed it would provide an occasion for so much pedantic squabbling.

Are you new here?

The dick chair from Burn After Reading. Giddyup

R341 Just before lockdown, the Met Museum had an amazing exhibition that featured some of the most famous and valuable ones throughout history and it was fascinating. This link has a bunch of videos of some of them from the exhibition. One of the most famous “human” automata is at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and inspired the Invention of Hugo Cabret.

The bag of coke Karen dumps down the can in Goodfellas.

So, let’s throw the automaton from Hugo Cabret into the wanted list of props.

Especially since the real one, that inspired it, or any like it would be extremely cost prohibitive to ever own

The Jesus in Carrie's closet in Carrie.

An I name a television prop? The white wooden dog from Friends.

R138 You’d have to fight soon-Yi for it.

R349 Before things go crazy here, you should start a separate TV and Streaming props wanted thread and clearly lay out your criteria of what that constitutes.

r349, your post reminded me, I have always wanted the Friends sofa

The bird prop from Suspiria. It was a fun reference to Argentos' first movie, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage.

The rain lamp in Petulia.

R318 that lamp is fucking awesome, I want one like that too. Why cant you buy lampshades with tassels like that now?

I want the Karen Barbie from Superstar (1988)

One of the plaid duffle bags and the bicycle cart from What's Up, Doc?

The waterfall sculpture in Dr. West’s office in A Fine Madness. Seen at the link in scenes at 50:38 and 56:56

The set of barbells wrapped in bows that Dr. Furter gives Rocky for their wedding.

Either that, or Janet's engagement ring. It's nicer than Betty Monroe had!

Oh! Speaking of workout equipment, Julian's gravity boots in American Gigolo.

The silver dildo weapon in Crimes of Passion.

The chandelier that Sissy tries to hang herself from in Crimes of the Heart.

The friendship ring Amber von Tussel takes off her hand and flings away when she sees Link Larkin has violated its sacred oath!

FYI, the silver dildo was supposed to be shaped like Superman but the comics balked, of course. They still refer to it as Superman in the movie though.

The actual Earrings of Madame De......

The "Traveling Ashtray" from 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 (1982), which appeared in all of the segments.

Jake's gold cigarette case in Chinatown. Beautiful.

The tiny Stonehenge from Spinal Tap.

Freddy the Flute from the H. R. Pufnstuf movie (of course it was in the tv series, too). I always wanted that flute.

[quote] I always wanted that flute.

r369 = Witchiepoo

The crystal globes of either Prof. Marvel or The Wicked Witch from Oz.

The cigarette case from "Sunset Blvd". inscribed "Mad about the boy" Norma

The Portrait of Carlotta from Vertigo. It actually disappeared so it is likely someone from DL has it hanging over their sofa.

The China from Titanic

Not from the film, but there are surviving first class White Star Line place settings of the period. They are highly prized.

r368: Marry Me.

r354 I remember those lamps being in a lot of homes when I was a kid. The "raindrops" were oil, and they'd eventually collect a lot of dust and clog the drippers that made the "rain." Hideous things.

Wait, was the movie supposed to be obscure or the prop?

Of course they're hideous, r337. Therein lies their charm. Sherry (Barbara Colby) had one.

The house and furniture from the Ghost and Mrs Muir

Margaret Hamilton's broom.

The oars from LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN.

The windchimes from Matty's porch in Body Heat

Anthony Perkins' poppers from CRIMES OF PASSION.

[quote]Margaret Hamilton's broom.

I think you mean the Witch's broom unless you want Maggie's personal kitchen sweeper..

Munchkin #45 has a nasty attitude.

Can that bitch and call in the understudy.

I own Greg Kinnears used sport polo shirt from bad news bears

BUMP

This swimsuit, as soon as Daniel Craig stepped out of it:

Michael J Fox's skateboard from Back To The Futire.

*Typing without glasses again

Funny, a lot of the props mentioned earlier were at one point in the collection of Michael Shaw -- including a pair of ruby slippers worn by Garland, Dorothy's pinafore dress, the Maltese Falcon, and the painting and grandfather clock from Laura. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Steve McQueen's Mustang from "Bullitt" is out of reach, but I'd like the green VW Beetle that keeps popping up in the chase scene.

The jacket with the pyramid on back that used to belong to Jimi Hendrix or Elvis Presley.

And the pink "Love Saves the Day" shopping bag that came with it.

I own four Laura Branigan cds from the set of "Felicity"! Jealous, bitches?

The weird clam shell cell phone thing from It Follows.

The fountain pen that Helen Lawson used to sign her contract. She didn’t want a “lousy ballpoint” pen.

The bed in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” I love the movie and Elizabeth Taylor is my favorite movie star.

The Paul Jenkins painting Erica walked home from Soho to the UES at the end of An Unmarried Woman.

Agnetha's Abba turd from "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"

In its reliquary with string attached, of course.

William Hurt's Corvette from "Body Heat".

Celeste Talberts Turban

Apologies, if someone has already mentioned this, but the bed from Sunset Blvd. had quite a life. It was originally made for a French actress/courtesan in the early 1900s. It has appeared in a number of films.

R404 She wasn't a courtesan.

i want one of the cheesy, "space-themed" paintings frequently seen in the staff quarters or meeting rooms of Star Trek: Next Generation.

The peach

The big black monolith in 2001 Space Odyssey

You want the pie, too?

There’s a few from the Indiana Jones series that I like. The first is the voodoo doll pin from Temple of Doom. It’s very pretty.

The second is the Sanskrit cloth the kid gives to Indy after the kid escapes from the Palace. It would look nice framed.

And from The Last Crusade I would’ve killed for the jeweled goblet on the left here. I’ve loved it since I first saw the movie at age eight.

I also would’ve liked the diary, the book stamper from the library scene, or if we’re including vehicles- the boat in Venice.

I wish I could own the veil Connie put on her head at the end of The Godfather Part III after Mary was killed.

The Lament Configuration.

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