{"id":20216,"date":"2017-06-17T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/?p=20216"},"modified":"2018-05-07T19:30:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T18:30:20","slug":"movie-adverts-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/movie-adverts-1940\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Adverts [1940]"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;The wonder picture of all time!&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>These magazine ads for movies are all from 1940.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Arizona<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Blue Bird<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Great Victor Herbert<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Irene<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>My Son, My Son!<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Swannee River<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Thief of Bagdad<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>The Great<\/strong> <strong>Victor<\/strong><strong> Herbert<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starring Allan Jones and Mary Martin<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;To the tuneful rhythms of Victor Herbert&#8217;s grandest songs, Mary and Allan relive a glowing, glorious love story of Victor Herbert&#8217;s own Broadway, with Walter Connolly as the Great Victor Herbert.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20216 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"650\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-01-Jan-1-028.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-01-Jan-1-028.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-01-Jan-1-028-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20061'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Great Victor Herbert [Jan 1940]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Swannee River<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds and Al Jolson<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Those colourful, romantic days of minstrels and river boats&#8230;when a stormy love wrote the songs that America took to its heart forever!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-20216 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"650\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-01-Jan-1-064.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-20062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-01-Jan-1-064.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-01-Jan-1-064-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-20062'>\n\t\t\t\tSwane River [Jan 1940]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<div class=\"google-content\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4258812866305862\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9216860104\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>The Blue Bird<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We predict that for many years to come, you will remember The Blue Bird as the most beautiful picture ever made and the most human story ever told.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-20216 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"650\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-11-Mar-11-046.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-20063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-11-Mar-11-046.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-11-Mar-11-046-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-20063'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Blue Bird [Jun 1940]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">My Son, My Son!<\/span><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starring Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne &amp; Louis Hayward<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;William Essex, the father; brilliant, strong-hearted, good&#8230;Oliver Essex, his son; young, gay, careless of life, careless of love&#8230;and Livia, loving them both&#8230;torn between their love for her&#8230;.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-20216 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"650\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-15-Apr-8-047.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-20064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-15-Apr-8-047.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-15-Apr-8-047-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-20064'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Son, My Son [Jun 1940]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Irene<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starring Anna Neagle &amp; Ray Milland<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Irene&#8217;s here&#8230;the girl from Poverty Row who outglamours New York&#8217;s gayest glamour gals to set male hearts a-dancing&#8230;Irene in her &#8220;Alice Blue gown&#8221;, and a glorious cast of favourites in spring&#8217;s grandest singing, swinging romance!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-20216 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"650\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-17-Apr-22-011.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-20065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-17-Apr-22-011.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1940-Life-17-Apr-22-011-118x150.jpg 118w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-20065'>\n\t\t\t\tIrene [Apr 1940]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>The Thief of Bagdad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starring Conrad Veidt, Sabu &amp; June Duprez<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dwarfing anything ever seen&#8230;a mountainous Genie piercing the clouds&#8230;flying horses winging over jewelled cities&#8230;a magic carpet that spans the world like the swiftest bird. 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