Bild Lilli is a German fashion doll that was launched on August 12, 1955 and produced until 1964. The design is based on the character of Lilli's comic, made by Reinhard Beuthien for the German tabloid newspaper Bild. The doll is made of polystyrene, comes in two sizes, and has a wardrobe available in the 1950s. Doll Lilli is the inspiration for founder Mattel founder Ruth Handler about Barbie dolls. Bild Lilli doll production stopped after Mattel bought the copyright.
Video Bild Lilli doll
History
Lilli is a German cartoon character created by Reinhard Beuthien for the German tabloid Bild . In 1953, the newspaper decided to market the Lilli doll and contact Max Weissbrodt from the O & amp; M Hausser in Neustadt bei Coburg. Weissbrot designed a prototype doll based on Beuthien cartoons, which were sold from 1955 to 1964; that year Mattel got the right to the doll and the German production stopped. Approximately 130,000 produced. Today Lilli is the collecting section and orders the price up to several thousand euros, depending on conditions, packaging, and clothing.
Cartoon
Ordered to draw cartoon "filler" for June 24, 1952, first edition of Bild , Reinhard Beuthien drew an unruly baby; his editor did not like him, so he adapted the picture into a sexy pony-tailed blonde sitting in a fortune-telling tent. He asked, "Can not you give me the name and address of this tall, handsome, rich man?" The cartoon was instantly successful and became a daily feature.
Lilli is postwar, sassy and ambitious, "a golddigger, exhibitionist, and floozy". Cartoons always consist of pictures of Lilli talking, while dressing or undressing in a way that shows her figure, usually to her boyfriend, girlfriend, or boss. To a policeman who told him that two-piece swimsuits were forbidden on the street: "Oh, and what do you think I should release?" Lilli's last cartoon appeared on January 5, 1961.
Doll
Bild Lilli is available in two sizes: 30 cm (12 inches) and 19 cm (7.5 inches). He holds three completely new patents in the making of dolls: The head and neck are not a shape associated with the stitches on the shoulders, but rather on the stitches in the center of the neck, behind the chin; her hair is not rooted, but the cut scalp is attached to a hidden metal screw; his legs are not wide open when he is sitting. The doll is made of plastic and has shaped eyelashes, pale skin and face painted with glancing eyes, narrow eyebrows and red lips. Her fingernails are also painted red. He wore his hair with a ponytail with one curly kiss on his forehead. His shoes and earrings were printed. His limbs are attached inside by a rubber band coated. Lilli's cartoon is blonde, but some dolls have other hair colors. Each Lilli doll carries a miniature copy of Bild and is sold in a clear plastic tube, with a doll's foot attached to the base of the "Bild-Lilli" label that forms the bottom of the tube; the packaging was designed by E. Martha Maar, the mother-in-law of the Hausser company owner.
Initially dolls high priced DM12, small DM 7.50, does not mean cheap. He is marketed to men as a joke or a joke prize. Ariel Levy refers to her as a "sex doll" in the Pig Chauvinist Girl and in an interview on Lilli's Barbie doll, Eve Ensler refers to Lilli (without elaboration) as a "sex toy". The German brochure from the 1950s declared that Lilli was "always cautious", and that her clothes made her "the star of every bar". A total of 130,000 were made. The doll eventually became popular among children as well. Dollhouses, room arrangements, furniture, and other toy accessories to scale with small Lilli are produced by German toy manufacturers to monetize its popularity among children and parents.
Lilli comes as an extra fashionable dressing - dressed doll. His outfit, mostly designed by Maar, reflects the 1950s lifestyle: He has clothes for parties, beaches and tennis, as well as cotton gowns, pajamas, and poplin suits. In his final years, his outfit consists mainly of "dirndl" dresses. Lili dress always has patent fasteners marked "PRYM".
Lilli and her clothes are sold as children's toys in several European countries, including Italy and Scandinavian countries; outside Germany he is usually remembered as a puppet of children. In the United States, he has just been called "Lilli". Some of Lillis has been spotted in the original 1950s packaging for the English-language market labeled "Lili Marleen", after the song.
Movies
A film about Lilli was released in Germany in 1958: Lilli-ein MÃÆ'¤dchen aus der GroÃÆ'Ÿstadt (Lilli, Girl Of The Big City), a comedy-mystery directed by Hermann Leitner. Contests are held to select stars; the winner is Danish actress Ann Smyrner.
Imitation and Barbie
Some toy companies (especially in Hong Kong) produce dolls that resemble Bild Lilli, some of the original prints purchased. Also in Spain, MuÃÆ' Â ± ecas FEJ (Guillen y Vicedo) copies prints and makes very similar dolls, but with darker skin, white earrings and articulated waistlines. However, Spanish society is very conservative and not ready for such "sexy" dolls. The mothers did not buy them for their daughter and the manufacturer had to pull them out of the market.
Mattel's Barbie doll, which appeared in March 1959, is based on a Bild Lilli doll bought by Ruth Handler in Hamburg. Barbie is made of softer plastic, wears less makeup, sheer pallor, and the doll has rooted hair and unshaped shoes and earrings - other than that she looks like Lilli.
Louis Marx and Company acquired rights to Bild Lilli's puppet from Hausser and sold Miss Seventeen and smaller Miss Marlene dolls. Mattel has purchased all patents and copyrights to the Bild Lilli doll, so using that name as a book title or product name will violate copyright law. Marx failed to try to sue Mattel for patent infringement.
Maps Bild Lilli doll
Related characters
In 1962, Beuthien created another cartoon character called "Schwabinchen" for the Bavarian newspaper, but not as successful as Lilli and her inspired doll of poor quality. Then he started "Gigi", which was even less successful and never became a puppet.
References
Further reading
- Knaak, Silke. Deutsche Modepuppen der 50er und 60er Jahre ( German fashion doll from Fifties and Sixties ); 2005; available at Barbies.de. German and English.
- Warnecke, Dieter. Barbie im Wandel der Jahrzehnte ; Heyne 1995. ISBNÃ, 3-453-08738-0. German.
- Metzger, Wolfram (Ed.): 40 Jahre Barbie-World ; Info Verlag 1998. ISBNÃ, 3-88190-229-5. German.
- "Rolf Hausser's Story" (Interview with Barbie Bazaar magazine, February 2000).
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