Mardi Gras Magic Gene Doll

• Mardi Gras Magic is a festive and fanciful gown, circa 1947.
• Gene fairly floats in this white satin and chiffon evening gown. The sky blue beading on the bodice is in a pattern of swirls against the white satin.
• The black velvet shrug is lined in pastel turquoise and trimmed with jet-black crystals on the cuffs and back.
• Comes with black flower-trimmed shoes, jet-black crystal and rhinestone earrings, a multi-colored feathered headpiece and a black-beaded half-moon purse.
• The costume for Mardi Gras Magic was created by popular designer George Sarofeen.

The 1947 film, Mardi Gras Magic, put Gene in the middle of a whirlwind of romance and glitter in one of the most romantic cities in the world-old New Orleans.

Returning her once again to that enchanted city, Mardi Gras Magic was the direct opposite of Voodoo Blues, Gene's 1946 hit with a New Orleans backdrop. In this film, Gene played a young career girl who wins a trip to New Orleans on a radio call-in show. Eagerly, she and a friend leave the work-day world behind and run off to celebrate Fat Tuesday.

Dressed in a gown sure to knock the revelers off their feet (one of the radio show prizes, of course), she finds herself not only at the Mardi Gras Ball, but also chosen as their "Queen of the Mardi Gras!" And as King-a handsome young soldier on his last night in the states before getting shipped overseas...

After spending the rest of the night as the King and Queen, love blossoms between the "royal" couple. But is it the thrill of Mardi Gras, just a glittering bauble like a string of Mardi Gras beads-or is it the real thing?

As the dawn comes up on Wednesday, they stroll down Bourbon Street vowing to separate for a year and then return to Mardi Gras-then, if that Mardi Gras Magic is still weaving its spell...

For publicity's sake, Gene appeared at the Mardi Gras Ball during the 1947 Mardi Gras celebration, dressed in the same costume she'd worn in the film. And, as usual, art imitated life, as she was unanimously chosen to be the Ball's "Queen of the Mardi Gras" for a night!