Held Over! Newspaper Movie Ads: 1951's Rhubarb

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

1951's Rhubarb

This huge ad, a quarter of a page, was scanned from my copy of the Kankakee, Illinois Sun-Journal, dated Sunday, October 7, 1951. I don't know about the movie, but they don't make movie ads like this any more! More to come from this same newspaper soon.

And in case you come away from the ad curious about the meaning of the word, "aelurophobe," well, it would be more scrutable if it were the expected "felinephobe." Scat, cat!

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Dean TreadwayMarch 30, 2009 at 6:21 AM
Love this movie! Wish I could see it again...it would make a great double bill with another strange baseball-related-movie-starring-
Ray-Milland, IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING, about a scientist who develops a chemical that repels things away from wood (the baseball team coats their opposition's bats with it, and they therefore can't get any hits). Both are extremely funny, forgotten movies.
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FrederickMarch 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Dean,

Thanks for the comments! Glad you are enjoying seeing these olds ads. And it sounds like that movie has a basis in fact, I think someone coated the bats on the Braves team with that chemical!
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Welcome to my vintage newspaper movie ad blog!

When I was younger I clipped out the ads of the movies I wanted to go see and put them in a scrapbook. I also enjoyed hunting through old newspapers I would find here and there, and saving the ads from those as well. Some that I've gleaned from relative's old closets and attics go back to the 50's!

Rather than let them sit there in the old notebook I saved them in, I decided I'd share them with you. Every single entry on this blog page are from actual newspaper clippings that I own and have scanned in, so click on any image to view biggie size.

Although this blog will mostly feature nostalgic vintage newspaper movie ads, I'll also throw in an occasional newspaper article about the movie that I found, as well as ads and items from various TV guides about movies and shows that I liked. And who knows what else? That dog-eared 37-year-old notebook is packed with goodies. Hopefully "Held Over!" will be fun to visit and will reawaken some of your own memories!