Advertising
see all genres ›Undeniably fascinating, sometimes delightful, yesteryear’s ad clips and promotional shorts are valuable curios. Perhaps entertainment should not be interrupted by commercials but sometimes these products of (and for) the market are just as entertaining.
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Genres / Ephemera / Advertising
SUB-GENRES · Public Service Announcement
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Everything is Better Now
EVERYTHING IS BETTER NOW is an infomercial on the importance of ambiguity in life. The main presenters start out with a cheerful and upbeat presentation but slowly become lost in their examples and drift into a personal argument regarding a handwritten note. The camera work...Watch Movie
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The Joy of Living with Fragrance
The advertising team at Avon pulled together this ersatz part-travelogue to demonstrate where fragrance comes from and how fragrance makes all of our lives better. They succeed, in part, on the first. They fumble the second. Fragrance, in this context, gives women a certain...Watch Movie
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Dewar's
In 1897, two years after they expanded out of Scotland and opened their first New York office, Dewar's Scotch commissioned the Edison Manufacturing Company to produce this advertisement to be projected onto the roof of a building in Herald Square. Featuring a single shot of kilted men dancing a...Watch Movie
