Who is the designer behind the Cowardly Lion suit?
Adrian Adolph Greenburg was an American costume designer. His work is The Wizard of Oz and a slew of other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films between 1928 and 1941. One of his best costume designs was the Complete Cowardly Lions Suit.
How much is the winning bid for this suit?
In the bidding process, Bert Lahr’s Cowardly Lion Suit from the hit movie in 1939, The Wizard and Oz. As a result, it gained more than $3 million in the New York City auction.
The bidder bid $2.6 million. After that, an additional $477,000 goes to the auction house, summing up to $3,077,000.
They were part of a collection of Hollywood memorabilia on display at Bonhams.
Is is truly made from genuine lion pelts?
Yes. Cowardly Lion Suit is indeed a genuine lion pelt. This suit is the same as Lahr’s worn in the 1939 film. It has a sculpted portrait of the late actor on its face. There is a secret zipper in the front. And an attached tail in the back. And it weighed about 100 pounds.
Who used this costume?
The lion character in The Wizard Of Oz wore this Cowardly Lion Suit. A musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1939. Victor Fleming directed the picture based on L Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The film was a critical success, receiving six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and winning two awards: Best Original Song for “Over the Rainbow” and Best Original Score by Stothart.
Most notably, with the fame of The Wizard Of Oz, it’s no surprise that the Cowardly Lion Suit bid in higher-priced.
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