Doll-A-Day 2023 #136: Patty Duke

   Today's doll may or may not be Patty Duke, but I'm pretty sure she is.

  I discovered this doll while digging around in a box of about a zillion Horsman Mary Poppins dolls and lookalikes that were brought out of the Room of Water. I had no idea who she was, so I started researching. She's a Horsman doll, because she's marked with an H. But the only doll I could find that she seemed she might be, was Patty Duke.

Her legs and arms 'can bend and pose in teen-age manner'. I know mine sure can't any more!

   For those of you who are too young, let me explain who Patty Duke was, and why there would be a doll of her. Patty Duke, also known as Patty Duke Astin, was an actress, (and mother of Lord of the Rings actor Sean Astin).She was born Anna Marie Duke, in 1946. After becoming the youngest person to win an Oscar in a competitive category, (as opposed to the Juvenile Oscar), for playing Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker", Duke starred in her own TV series, at the age of 17. The show lasted for three years, from 1963 to 1966, and was called, (oddly enough), The Patty Duke Show. Patty played a teenager in Brooklyn, named Patty, as well as Patty's 'identical cousin', Cathy, who came to live with Patty and her family. The character of Patty was, well, a character, always getting herself into a jam of some sort. Cathy was a serious, studious type with a British accent. The personalities of the two were represented by their differences in hair styles and clothing. (Plus it made them easy to tell apart, since they were played by the same actress.) Patty had a flip hairstyle, usually with bangs, and frequently wore head bands and capri trousers. Cathy had a hairstyle that flipped under, with no bangs, and she usually wore skirts or dresses. The whole thing about identical cousins has become a classic joke, and the theme song, and the show itself, are still fun. You can watch the show HERE. 

Patty as Patty, (left), and Cathy,(right).

The show was popular, and there was a Patty Duke board game, Whitman books, paper dolls, colouring book, and not one, but two Patty Duke dolls. The other one, called "Go Go with Patty Duke', was also made by Horsman, but had a totally different head sculpt. During the run of the show, Patty even had two hit records.

A Patty Duke doll and a paper doll book, from a doll show I went to a while back.

 

 But back to this doll. The problem with my theory though was that the Patty Duke doll had bangs, and this doll doesn't. 

That doesn't necessarily mean anything though, because many times the short hair that makes up the bangs gets combed back so much it gets mixed in with the longer hair until it can't even be noticed any more. That's when you need to dig through the long hair and find the short hair, and reweave the bangs back out. I HATE reweaving hair. I have rewoven the parts in doll hair many times. It requires a needle and a fine tooth comb, and it takes ages. Let me reiterate: I HATE IT. So even though I dug around and found some short hairs that might be bangs length, I decided that I was not going to try to sort the rest out. I combed the hair back and just pulled back the top and sides like they would have originally been on the Patty Duke doll. 

  Originally the hair would have been bangs, with a rooted part between the bangs and the back portion, and layered hair in back. I think some of the shorter layer in back was used to somehow puff the pulled back part from underneath, to give it a teased look.

And all of it was very curly. This girl has lost her curl, and I'm definitely not the one to give it back to her. But I'm sure she can be rehabilitated by somebody.

  She does have a very weird hairline in front, but she's not missing any plugs.

  Even though she doesn't have bangs, (not that are visible at least), this has to be Patty Duke, because I can't find any other Horsman doll with this face, this colouring, and bendable arms and legs. 

She has blue eyes with three side lashes, and orangey red lips.

And this doll does have bendable arms and legs.

Ken wanted to know if she had an Excedrin headache.

They're the kind with wires inside, rather than click bend or hinge jointed legs. (Not that there were very many hinge jointed dolls back when this doll was made, in 1965.) Her neck, arms, and legs are jointed and can move the usual ways too. 

And like all the Horsman dolls like this, and their clones, and even Ideal's Tammy, she has little baby hands, instead of more mature lady hands. 

Oh, and a great big head.

  That's the doll for today.

  See you again tomorrow.

 

Another Doll Show! Part One

   Yes, I went to another doll show. Ken actually went with me, in order to feed his bin store obsession, even though he had to go to work that evening.

  This one was the Spring equivalent of the show I went to last October. (I actually went to another show a month or so ago, but I didn't take any pictures, and I haven't gotten around to telling you about it yet.) This time I took loads of pictures for those of you whose shows haven't started up again yet. There was also a purpose to going to this show, which I will tell you about in an upcoming post. In the meantime, let's relive last week's show through the wonder of photography! I took so many pictures that this will take multiple posts.

The standing girl is so pretty. I love her face, her teeth, and her dress. 

I liked this sitting kid too.

Scary baby!

I really have a thing for coats, and this little winter set with the pants is wonderful.

Cute little red haired guy. He's a news boy. I saw another of these a couple of days later at an antique mall.

These dolls range from cute to constipated. I think you can tell which is which.

Yes, there is a game of some sort going on behind the dolls. The show was held at a sports center.

Lovely ladies. Except for me. That's my reflection, behind them.

I like the girl in the blue and stripes.

Wonderful faces on these two.

The dealers were very nice about letting me take pictures... all but one, that is. She said I couldn't take pictures because, "I don't want my dolls on Facebook!" I said, "It's not Facebook. It's a blog." I tried to explain that  'a lot of people who haven't been able to go to doll shows for a long time---and she cut me off. I told her I could put her card on the post if she wanted. She said, "I do my own posts!" Ok. Whatever. The last time I posted a doll show post someone contacted me and asked me if I could obtain for them some of the dolls I had posted pictures of. (You'll hear more about that coming soon.) I picked them up at this show, and the dealer made about $100. So whatever lady.  As it was, I only photographed one of her dolls, and I don't remember which it was. And a point here: why don't you want 'your' dolls on 'Facebook' anyway? Any advertisement may mean sales. And it's not like she made the dolls, or had any kind of copyright on them. They were old, had been seen for decades, they were in public, and loads of people were seeing them right then. If she's worried about theft, everybody knows she has them already. What do you think? Is it just me, or is that kind of behavior just weird? 

Newer Eloise on the left, old Eloise just to her right, Chatty Cathy in the back. And somehow, a singing Chatty Cathy got in there amongst the antiques. (In red, on the right.) Ok, so she's an antique now too, but not as old as the others she's next to. You can see my brunette Singing Chatty Cathy HERE, and my blonde Singing Chatty Cathy HERE. You can see my Chatty Cathy doll HERE, and Ivy's Chatty Cathy reproduction HERE.

There are some great faces here.

Aww!

Nice Baitz dolls. You can see mine HERE.

So much cuteness.

The dolls on the right are the same ones from above. I love the one in the red plaid skirt.

This 12" composition doll is so cute, and she was only $5! Guess where she lives now!

Does this little lady look familiar? She's Princess Elizabeth, who is now Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.

A red bunny girl.

That very pale kid seems to be imitating Fonzie: "Aaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy".

The reindeer was moving! Santa looked like he had a bad sunburn.

This shabby Barbie was one of the few Barbie and friends dolls there. I remember when Barbies were everywhere at doll shows. The prices have gone up, but the popularity has gone down.

Nice little Caco kid at the top.

I loved these, especially the one on the sheep...and the sheep.

Okaaaayyy. That's a bit disturbing.

This display caught my eye. I liked so many of them. 

Here's the lower shelf.

...And here are the shelves when I finished shopping them.

Love the girl in the flowered dress.

                 

Pretty Shirleys.

The red haired kid was handmade. She's a crab!

I have a soft spot for Raggedy Ann and Andy. You can see my childhood ones, and read the history of Raggedy Ann and Andy HERE,  the miniature ones I made HERE, my Andy Superflex doll HERE, and my Halloween Raggedy Ann HERE.

Lots of beautiful bisque babies and...Buckwheat? How'd he get in there?

I don't know why this is sideways. I loved the pair at the bottom. They were from Columbia I think.

My favourites are the possible Baps Jack and Jill at the top, and the lady with the flowered apron at the bottom.

No question who was my favourite here...

It's gotta be this guy. He's either a Roldan or a Klumpe.

A gaggle of Mary Englebreit dolls.

The red haired one is beautiful, and I also like the felt faced Brownie on the right.

My favourite is the girl on the right. The shaggy haired fellow on the left is a Golly doll. Ken, who is from England, grew up with Gollys on the Robertson's marmalade jars, and collected the metal badges when he was a kid. He maintains that Gollys aren't racist, because he only saw them as innocent characters on the marmalade, not as people. Uh, no Ken. But then, that is a debate for another, I'm sure very LONG and controversial post.

Love her!

This is an Old Cottage doll, like the one I posted on Easter.

And here's another Old Cottage doll. Why doesn't this dealer straighten her head up?! I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be this way.

Shirley Temple and...Deanna Durbin?

This little guy was about 4 or 5 inches tall, and very cute. And very expensive!

The girl at the bottom middle, with the carriage!

This beautiful pair.

The Patsy or Patsy type at the right is cute, but I love the two ladies in flowered dresses.

Awww!

Shirley hanging with Betsy McCall.

I love the felt faced dolls, but that bisque kid looks like Curly Howard.

"Hey Moe!" The dog is really good too.

This baby looks like he's saying, "Who, me?"

Patty Duke paper dolls and doll, (Who looks a lot like Tammy, or a blonde Mary Poppins), with a couple of 'Nancy's from the comic strip. Usually Nancy is hanging around with 'Sluggo'. 

On the left, a couple of versions of The Flying Nun, (You can see my childhood Flying Nun HERE.),

 and the second largest display of Barbie's at the show.

Girl riding a rabbit.

Girl riding a dog.

Baby with hair nubbins.

Child who overdid her eye makeup.

Tiny Town Alice in the middle, (I want! You can see my Tiny Town doll HERE.), Betsy McCall next to her, another Tiny Town on her shoulder, and Tutti in pink and white.

  That's it for part one. Join me again soon for part two.