Video URL


13184_UM_9428_commercials4

1950s
B&W

Three commercials are shown: Lustre Creme Shampoo, Hellmann's Mayonnaise, and Quaker Rice Snacks. For Lustre Creme, two woman are getting ready for a double date. One of the women mentions that she needs a good shampoo that doesn't take all of the body out of her hair. The other women gives her Lustre Creme. The woman is in the shower lathering her hair with shampoo and say "creamy lather". In the next clip she is dressed and dried. She feels her hair she says, "Dreaming body". At dinner, her date calls her beautiful. The scene cuts and she is holding the shampoo and says, "Beautiful Lustre Creme. The next commercial is for Hellmann's Mayonnaise. All in cartoon, a chicken jumps up and down and advertises the product. The commercial is accompanied by a slogan song. In the final commercial for Quaker Rice Snacks, a cartoon Quaker man and child are explaining how their product is made. They light a canon ball and load the snacks. The fuse doesn't work. They jump in to see what the problem is, and blow up. They conclude that Quaker is so unique because it's shot with guns.