Thursday, July 22, 2010

We've Come A Long Way, Baby

Things were different in 1938, but this ad featuring actress Delores Del Rio still made me do a double-take.  Posted on Modern Mechanix, it reveals that her studio had an insurance policy on her throat for $50,000 as a precaution against her holding up a picture by loss of her voice.  As a result, she "took no chances" on an irritated throat, and smoked Lucky Strikes!

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