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Monica of Hollywood 1940s Vintage Doll

From the golden age of Hollywood: Monica, a rare and ground-breaking high fashion beauty. Monica of Hollywood is a vintage doll that evokes the glamour of the golden age of cinema's stars.

The dolls were created in 1941 by Mrs. Hansi Share. Monica was quite unique – unlike any other doll available at that time. Manufactured for only ten years by the Monica Doll Studios of Hollywood, the first dolls appeared in Toys and Novelties magazine.

Mrs. Share’s great innovation was to root real human hair, directly into the composition material of the dolls’ heads. Although nowadays rooted hair is a commonplace-feature of vinyl dolls, this was the first time that dolls’ hair had been inserted this way. Monica’s locks could be combed, curled, and finger-waved. The hairline often featured a widow’s peak – human hair in shades of blonde, brunette, black, and auburn, was used.

Monica is jointed at the neck, shoulders, and hips. The third and fourth fingers are molded together and the nails are painted red. The feet are flat, so the dolls can stand more easily, as opposed to the later teenage dolls, with high-heel feet.

A range of sizes was available to purchase, ranging from 11- to 24-inches. Although the dolls are universally known as “Monica” today, it seems that they were given different names according to their height. Other characters introduced in 1942, as 17-inch dolls, were known as Veronica, Joan, and Rosalind. It is thought that these were depictions of Veronica Lake, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell, some of the top film stars of the era.

The dolls were sold in exclusive stores throughout the United States and Canada. Monica was advertised as the “Miss America” of dolls. F.A.O. Schwarz put its own label on some of the dolls, and Monica was shown in the 1947 Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog. The high-end image of these dolls was reflected in their cost: vintage ads quote prices in excess of $20, quite a sum for the 1940s.

By the 1960s, vinyl dolls with rooted hair became the norm in the industry. By this time Hansi Share’s dolls were obsolete. But she had changed the industry with her small doll company producing a rare, unique, and high-quality offering for today’s collector.

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