Woefully Misleading Movie Posters
A collection of movie posters that promised patrons something rather different than the film that they would eventually see.
Tag: advertising
Celebrity De-Lux: The Golden Age Of Movie Star Soap Advertising
The extraordinary collection of screen idols who promoted soap bars.
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Flymo To The Moon: Sex, Sci-Fi And Lawnmowers In 1970s Advertising
Hot Gossip do their best to make FlyMo lawnmowers look futuristic and sexy.
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Orson Welles Struggling With Advertisements
The notorious recordings of Orson Welles not giving a damn while promoting faux-champagne and frozen peas.
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Avengers Reassembled: John Steed And Tara King Return In 1975
The French champagne commercial that briefly reunited the stars of The Avengers and paved the way for a new TV series.
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The Kick In The Teeth Of Daytime TV Advertising
Awful aspirationalism, guilt-tripping grifters and insults to even the most undeveloped of intelligence – British TV advertising on daytime TV is a bombardment of dreadfulness.
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Away From It All: Vintage British Holiday Resort Advertising
Classic holiday resort posters promising a world of sun, sea and sophistication for British holidaymakers who avoided the temptations of the continent.
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Misguided Moralising: Playboy Fashion Ads Cleared Of Sexualisation Claims
Even Britain’s notorious advertising censors couldn’t agree that this poster, featuring a fully-clothed 28-year-old-woman, was sexualising under-age girls.
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The Carry On Screaming Comic Strip
The promotional comic strip advertising for the horror-comedy classic.
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Kylie Minogue And Agent Provocateur – Standing Up For Erotic Lingerie
Remembering cinema’s most sexually provocative and naughty commercial.
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Snowblind: Shameless Cocaine Advertising From The 1970s
Vintage advertisements for exotic drug paraphernalia aimed at people with more money than sense.
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Looking For Kathy Speirs
An iconic yet unknown model from the 1970s catches our attention.
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