Orange County’s Movieland Wax Museum opened in 1962 with all the hoopla of the place it was imitating -- Hollywood. Searchlights combed the skies above Buena Park, actress Mary Pickford cut a ...

It’s the end of an era for Buena Park, when what used to be the biggest, tallest, brightest sign on Beach Boulevard is getting torn down. Even after the Movieland Wax Museum closed in 2005 because of ...

BUENA PARK – A longtime fixture of this city’s entertainment corridor will soon disappear, with Buena Park leaders agreeing to the removal of the iconic Movieland Wax Museum sign. The City Council on ...

THE Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park is closing, and the reason is clear -- in a world of virtual-reality video games, there aren’t too many people who will pay to see a life-size doll of Don Knotts ...

When the museum’s klieg lights were extinguished in 2005, auctioneers collected a cool million selling off the figures. Roseanne Barr carted away her own likeness, while Krikorian Cinemas bought ...

2005-10-23 04:00:00 PDT Buena Park, Orange County-- When it threw open its doors in 1962, it was with all the hoopla of the Hollywood it was imitating. Searchlights combed the skies above Buena Park, ...

BUENA PARK, Calif., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The Buena Park, Calif., Movieland Wax Museum is taking its final bow on Halloween night. Actress Mary Pickford christened the suburban Los Angeles tourist ...

Mr. Spock’s head cooled in a wooden crate for 10 years before someone noticed something was wrong. The piercing eyes looked great. The pointy ears were perfectly preserved. The tweezed eyebrows jutted ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The starship Enterprise has a new five-year mission: to boldly go and raise money to help a quirky museum live long and prosper. The Hollywood Science Fiction Museum recently took ...

Mr. Spock’s head cooled in a wooden crate for 10 years before someone noticed something was wrong. The piercing eyes looked great. The pointy ears were perfectly preserved. The tweezed eyebrows jutted ...