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Milky Whites: The Struggle of Putting a Cow OnstageThe 1987 musical Into the Woods weaves together several stories from the Brothers Grimm into one production. One of those stories is Jack and the Beanstalk, in which Jack trades his cow named Milky White for magic beans. The cow figures heavily in the rest of the story, so every stage production has a Milky White. The musical is quite popular, and is performed by high schools and community theater groups across the US. And they all have to put a cow on stage.Not every production has the budget or the talent to put a professionally-designed cow on stage, so imagination is the main ingredient. The website Low Budget Milky Whites is dedicated to chronicling the most, um, imaginative ways that Milky White is played in Into the Woods.

Iconic Movie Props Going Up for Auction Next MonthThe Propstore in Los Angeles (also called the Prop Store) is holding their Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction June 21st through the 24th. There will be more than 1800 lots up for grabs, including a bunch of really rare and authenticated movie props that people will spend tons of money to procure. The catalog of items lists props from movies in alphabetical order, so we first see that you can buy a set of tableware from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, followed by a slew of props from the Alien franchise. But you can search by entering your favorite film. From Star Wars, you can bid on several different lightsabers used by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu, or the Red Leader X-wing model miniature used in the 1977 film Star Wars (although that may fetch up to a million dollars). Or a hundred or so other Star Wars items.There are also props used in the Indiana Jones movies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A nightmare on Elm Street, the various Star Trek TV series, Marvel movies, and James Bond films. And that's just scratching the surface! Check out your chance to own a piece of movie history this summer. -via Mental Floss #movieprop #Propstore #memorabilia #auction #prop #starwars