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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 827124, member: 649&quot;]I&#039;ve been curious about the cameo worn by Vivian Leigh in some of the scenes in Gone With the Wind. She wears it during Melanie&#039;s death scene, as well as in the famous final &quot;Frankly, my dear...&quot; scene with Rhett. It&#039;s huge! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fn_eda_LVjE/SaQTwG-AlBI/AAAAAAAAANE/dyNp7Fh7rtg/s320/InTheMistHairStudy2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I was searching for a clear large still photo in order to get a good look at the cameo... at first I thought it might be a depiction of The Abduction/Rape of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Ganymede</a>... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Andr22.jpg/330px-Andr22.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>but then I found this photo, in which the figure clearly (IMHO) appears female, with a ponytail of curls:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/1d13f2ea8f6e4a8233b8d8c3c5db798e/5DD49853/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/61535689_2472144382816021_3259632632618857019_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve seen lots of &quot;Hera Feeding the Eagle (Zeus)&quot; cameos, but I&#039;ve not seen one of her riding the eagle... is that what this depicts? Or, despite the very feminine appearance, is it meant to be Ganymede... who was, after all, a beautiful young man/boy.</p><p><br /></p><p>FYI, the cameo is said to have been borrowed from costume designer Walter Plunkett&#039;s mother&#039;s jewelry collection, Plunkett wanting a huge piece to draw the eye to Scarlett&#039;s face when she is wearing all-black mourning. The internet says the cameo is now kept at the <a href="https://www.oscars.org/library" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.oscars.org/library" rel="nofollow">Margaret Herrick Library</a> in Beverly Hills, &quot;a world-renowned, non-circulating reference and research collection devoted to the history and development of the motion picture as an art form and an industry&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish there were a photo of the back, I&#039;d love to know if it was signed. </p><p>[USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] perhaps you know more about this infamous cameo? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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