Name: Gone with the Wind Mammy
Made by and When: Franklin Heirloom Dolls (Franklin Mint), 1989
Material: Porcelain, cloth, paint
Marks: The MGM logo is stamped behind the shoulder plate within a black oval above ©1939 SELZNICK REN. / 1967 MGM. (Incised behind the shoulder plate) FRANKLIN / HEIRLOOM/ DOLL
Height: 19 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: A permanently attached, white headscarf knotted in the front covers the bald head, painted light-brown eyes, a smiling open smile with sculpted and painted upper and lower teeth
Clothes: Mammy wears a full-length black satin, full-skirted dress with a white collar, a white apron, a red satin petticoat with a ruffled hemline and detached crinoline underneath, white pantaloons, and sculpted-on black Mary-Jane-style shoes.
Other: The 19-inch Franklin Heirloom “Mammy” porcelain doll, depicting Hattie McDaniel* from the 1939 movie, Gone with the Wind, was released by the Franklin Mint in 1989. It was part of a series of character dolls produced around the film’s 50th anniversary. *Hattie McDaniel received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1940 for her iconic portrayal of “Mammy.”
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View the installation of World Dolls’ 11-inch Mammy and Prissy dolls here.
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