The Mississippi Gambler - Feb 6, 1953

Looking at vintage ads from the 50s and 60s this week.

Here's an ad for Mississipi Gambler starring Tyrone Power and Piper Laurie.  I love the tag line, "His game is fancy women...and his fate is lady luck!"  What the hell does that mean?

Other 50s - 60s ads
- White Witch Doctor (1953)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Aug 13, 1954

Looking at 50s and 60s movie ads this week.

Here's the ad for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers from 1954.  One of my wife's favorties, I watched it a few years ago.  Not that good.  Howard Keel is the eldest of seven brothers.  He meets Milly in town who, surprisingly, is also the eldest of 7, and convinces her (somehow) to marry him that very day.  And also have her 6 sisters marry his 6 brothers.

The main character played by Howard Keel is kind of an insufferable douche bag.  I don't know why Jane Powell married the SOB.  Especially since she hates him at first.  And then she agrees to marry off her 6 sisters.  WTF?!  Just an odd movie.

Other 50s - 60s ads
- White Witch Doctor (1953)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Here's the trailer for Seven Brides:

The Barefoot Contessa - Nov 12, 1954

Continuing our look at ads from the 50s and 60s.

This is The Barefoot Contessa starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. My wife is a huge fan of Food Network star, Ina Garten, whose restaurant and TV show are named after this movie.

Independently wealthy Kirk Edwards hires washed up director Harry Dawes to write/direct a new film. In a Madrid nightclub they find the beautiful but troubled Maria Vargas as their leading lady. And Maria begins to romance her way through several rich men.

Other vintage ads:
- White Witch Doctor (1953)

Here's the classic trailer for Barefoot Contessa.

White Witch Doctor - July 24, 1953

This week will be some old-school ads from the 50s and 60s.  They really had some cool ads back then.

Here's an ad for White Witch Doctor from 1953. Susan Hayward is a nurse in Africa to bring the doctor she works with fresh medical supplies. She must hire Robert Mitchum, a fortune hunter, to carry her upriver. Along the way they battle gorillas, snakes and vicious natives. And of course, they fall in love.