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1940s Product Placement

posted 9 years ago by JackBluegrass
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We think that product placement occurs mostly in current films. Real products with familiar names brings some additional money to movie studios, and advertising for the product.

Often, made-up names were used in older films. But, in this 1949 film, several real - and possibly now gone - US companies are named, especially a Bekins Moving Van. I rented a Bekins van in the 1970s.

Williams works at a Mobil Gas Station which sold MobilGas and MobilOil, real products in the probably fictional Larkspur, Idaho. And, of course, refrigerated Coca Cola is consumed.

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[–] mls4182 8 years ago

Yup. Don't forget the prominent Rexall Dug sign.

[–] jonkennedy 8 years ago

And there's the huge Pabst Blue Ribbon beer neon sign at the roadside cafe over the window to the kitchen.

Also, notice the price of the MobilGas - both regular and premium (Special) is the same at 24 cents per gallon (including a whopping 8 cents tax) - which would be about $2.40/gal today.

[–] liscarkat (16652) 5 years ago

In California it would be about four bucks today. We're saving the planet, etc., etc.