1930's Essex Terraplane Auto Ad

[FanTabyLous]

they had tv's in the 1930's? what?

[sacramentolove]

@FanTabyLous The first TV was invented in the late 1800's.

[rowbyrowby]

Earl C. Anthony was also a radio pioneer. He was founder and owner of what eventually became 50,000 watt KFI AM640 radio, a station he controlled until his death in 1961. Anthony Anthony is also credited with having founded the Los Angeles Auto Show, introducing neon signs to Southern California from France, and personally building the first automobile ever constructed in Los Angeles (later rebuilt and now in the possession of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles). ...Rowby

[NP4Mayans]

"I've just gotta win this car! Heck, when I walk out of this theater, there's a Great Depression out there!"  They lived on a weekly diet of Tinseltown dreams. The Great Depression was Hell, but it sure made the movies and radio Great.

[jrdnjstn]

3 people bought this car and said the ad lied ( it was better than what the ad said )

[link1548]

wooow this comercial is very old i like this thanks

[granskare]

thanks, I like these 'business brevities, shown in our little theaters :)

[BlakeMason2]

And the kiddies think Xtreme sports is a "recent" invention. hehehehe.

[plateshutoverlock]

One of the first infomercials!

[50zcarsman]

What a lame stunt. Earle Anthony was for decades a huge car dealer in the LA area. This must have founded his fortune.

[vdub2002]

@50zcarsman

wasnt so lame back then

[musicom67]

ugly thing... even then~!

[RatPfink66]

Boy, the things they'd do for a little publicity in 1932!

(By the way, the newsreel commentary is by Don Wilson, later Jack Benny's announcer stooge.)