Post #220359 by BryanDeanMartin on Sun, Mar 12, 2006 4:49 PM

There is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel...some of the wax figures have been purchased by people who will be putting them on public display. Newport Beach's developer Burnham USA Equities, who has submitted plans to transform the Movieland site into a restaurant and retail center, purchased the figures of Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Christopher Reeve, Michael Myers and the 18 foot tall David statue. Their bidder, Bryan Ward, stated "By preserving a component of Movieland to the people who experienced that sort of bittersweet departure in something that's been in the city for so long, we can blend the old and the new."

Movie theater chain owner George Krikorian also purchased a number of figures as well (Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, George Burns, Mary Pickford, WC Fields and the entire Wizard of Oz set) for display in his movie theaters.

At least now Movieland fans will still be to visit some of the figures...