Wonder-Jessica; Screen Test

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Following the untimely death of studio founder R.K Maroon in 1947 and subsequent revelations about his involvement in the so called Clover Leaf scandal, control of the studio passed into the hands of the Toon Town chamber of commerce.

While investors were initially sceptical about the viability of a Toon owned and operated studio Maroon soon proved itself one of the great success stories of post war Hollywood.

This period is rightly remembered as a golden age for the comedy shorts that made the studios name but it is also worth noting some of the ambitious feature length projects that were developed at the time.

Perhaps most interesting of these is the planned Wonder Woman feature. Slated to star the multi-talented Jessica Rabbit as the titular heroine and intended as the first in a series of films staring well known Toon actors as golden age heroes. The project was ultimately shelved in favour of a cheaper and more commercial series of Musical Westerns staring Dead-eye Possum.

These costume tests, recently unearthed from the Maroon archive, offer an intriguing glimpse of what might have been...
From Only When It Was Funny: The untold history of Toons and Hollywood by B Bunsworth. University of Chicago Press