Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- Sunset Boulevard

This shot from the Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum in shows a scene from the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. The film stars Gloria Swanson, Williams Holden and Erich von Stroheim. The film noir has been praised as on of the top films in motion picture history by the American Film Institute.

A closer view of the three stars. Many of the sets at the Stars Hall of Fame were identical to their counterparts at Movieland, and this tableaux seems to be no exception. I sometimes wonder if they used some of the same photos for both attractions. If so, the subtle differences in sets were be lost.

Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- Time Tunnel of the Stars

I recently received an email asking if I had any exterior or interior pictures from the Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum in Orlando Florida, and this photo has always been a favorite. Just like Movieland Wax Museum, the Stars Hall of Fame honored the contributions that many of the pioneers in film have made. This tunnel highlights many of those same stars. Notice beyond the exit the Bijou Theatre. This is where the Laurel and Hardy exhibit was.

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Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- The Nutty Professor

Here's a quick shot of Jerry Lewis as The Nutty Professor from the Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum in Florida. Lewis plays Julius Kelp, a nerdy scientist who transforms himself into the cool and good looking Buddy Love.

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Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll would not be the same without his transformation into Mr. Hyde. Here we see the monster as he appeared in the 1931 film. This figure from the Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum compliments the Dr. Jekyll figure from a previous post.

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Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- Dr. Jekyll

This shot from the Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum in Orlando shows Dr. Jekyll before he turned into the evil Mr. Hyde. The figure is sculpted to resemble Fredric March from the 1931 version of the movie.

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Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- Little Caesar

With its bloody arm, the wax figure of Edward G. Robinson at the Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum warns us of the perils of the mafia. Here, we see him shot, probably about to die alone. Little Caesar was released in 1931, and also starred Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Glenda Farrell. The figure is a copy of the one from the Movieland Wax Museum, and was virtually identical to its southern California counterpart.

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Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum- Danny Thomas

(1912-1991)

We see today an image from the Stars hall of Fame wax museum in Orlando Florida of entertainer Danny Thomas. Danny was most known for his television show Make Room for Daddy, and for being one of the founders of St Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Here we see his wax figure in a Las Vegas show.

A close up of Mr. Thomas, or Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yaqoob, which was his birth name.

A close up of the clapboard sign, which has far less detail than some of the other Movieland signs.

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Stars Hall of Fame- Exterior at Night

In the 1970's, the amusement park company Six Flags bought the Movieland Wax Museum, and used that intellectual property to build another museum just like Movieland across the country in Orlando Florida. The Stars Hall of Fame Wax Museum opened in 1975 and used the same wax figure molds as Movieland. The scenes looked so similar to Movieland's that the museum could be considered almost an exact clone (as far as the tableaux were concerned). The Stars Hall of Fame did have more interactive elements than movieland, and was popular for a few years, but that popularity didn't last as Orlando began to offer more and more entertainment options. The museum closed in 1984. I don't know what ever happened to the figures.

The building was not as extravagant as Movieland's, but as you can see, it had its charm. The museum was located just off I-4, and only a couple blocks from Sea World. As far as I can tell, the building still stands, but is being used for office space.

Stay tuned for more pictures from this forgotten museum.

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