Gene Marshall & Mel Odom, Films and Stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Award winning artist and illustrator Mel Odom joins host Louisa Maxwell on The Doll Podcast.
Mel Odom’s work has graced magazine covers for: Time, Omni, The New York Times , Rolling Stone, Blue Boy and Play Boy. He has created artwork for numerous best selling books and album covers for CBS records.
Mel’s art deco influenced portraits are reminiscent of dramatically lit Hollywood film stills, his love of film and beauty inspired him to make a doll, Gene Marshall, a fashion doll and star of stage and screen.
In our interview Mel reveals the films and stars that gave him inspiration for Gene and her career. He also shares memories of his best friend and real life MGM Movie Star, Marsha Hunt and the doll he made in her likeness to honour her.
It was a drawing of a beautiful face that inspired Mel Odom to create Gene Marshall, a movie star of Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940’s and 50s’. When she was launched in 1995, the press heralded Gene with the headline: “A star is born and she’s a doll!”
At fifteen and a half inches tall Gene towered over the competition and won the hearts of millions of fans.
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