retro trailer: ‘Some Like It Hot’
Tony Curtis: just one of the many famous names we lost this week. A handsome man. But an ugly woman.
1950s
watch it: 1950s Meadow Gold ice cream commercial
Wants me some ice cream. And also a singing cow that sounds like Bing Crosby…
watch it: “The House in the Middle”
Remember: Atomic bombs don’t kill people. Clutter kills people.
retro trailer: ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’
Take a look back at an old trailer… I can’t wait to see Steven Moffat’s new Sherlock Holmes adaptation — the first episode is called “A Study in Pink” *snort* — which debuted tonight on BBC One. While I wait, here’s look at a 1959 Hammer film — a more faithful adaptation, it seems — … more…
retro trailer: ‘King Solomon’s Mines’
Take a look back at an old trailer… This might be my most favoritest hyperbolic trailer ever. “Greatest adventure drama of the ages!” “Actual death fight of the pagan kings!” “Actually filmed in the savage heart of equatorial Africa.” And it’s all filmed on location “where no white woman had ever been before.” Because nothing … more…
watch it: 1950s Shaeffer pen commercial
These kids today, with their sharkskin jackets and their snorkle pens… That’s Vivian Vance, from I Love Lucy. Who else would you trust to sell you snorkle pens?
watch it: 1950s Cheerios and V8 commercial
Whoever uploaded this to YouTube says it’s 1940s, but it looks more 1950s to me: Wow! Can I still get one of those rockets? It’s a toy and a game! It crashes imaginary astronauts into the moon! It’s totally cool!
watch it: 1950s ad for Dorothy Gray Salon Cold Cream
When they talked about “suffering for beauty,” they weren’t kidding:
50s sci-fi Converse sneakers
I have quite a collection of Converse sneakers already — hightops and low both — but I couldn’t resist adding these to my wardrobe when I came across them on eBay: Because I’m not a big enough dork yet.
watch it: late 1950s/early 1960s Kool-Aid commercial
From the era when children were forced to sing for their sugary nonnutritive refreshing beverages:
