thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Stars of stage and screen line-up to sell you Marlboro and Camel cigarettes in this series of commercials from the 1950s. #Marlboro #Camel
Interesting thing about vintage car shows is that the cars there don’t have the actual interior smell many cars had at that time. As a kid I remember the usual smell was that of an ashtray.
Camels had a good taste but they were so strong, I don't know how people could enjoy them. One drag had as much nicotine as an entire 1970's light cigarette. I got sick on Camels when I was about 15
Love the Marlboro/Julie London set at the rainy drive-in. It is very atmospheric and mood-setting - they didn't HAVE to go to all the trouble to have a big rainy set, shoot all those seemingly uncomplicated shots inside the car with rain on the windows in every shot, but they did and it's cool and kinda cozy and I ALMOST want to be in there with them having drive-in food but ICK THE SMOKE. SO GROSS and CONFINED! Still, a fun ad, and the bongo bit in the jingle is fabulous.
These commercials were entertaining, but i so wish that time travel was a thing, so that we could go back in time and give these people's heads a shake and show them what's in their futures.
Interesting subliminal messaging in a number of old school Marlboro ads: Notice the man's hand at 1:14. In many of those Marlboro commercials the men had a tattoo similar to that on the back of their hand. It was to make people think that smoking Marlboros put you in sort of an exclusive club of "man's man" types, utilizing elementary psychology to get you to smoke their brand.
