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27th Feb 2013

Fourteen Old School Hollywood Actresses Advertising Campaigns

Bette Davis and Jim Beam, Marlene Dietrich and Lucky Strike... We take a look at some of the stunning, and stranger, old advertising campaigns...

Sue Murphy

The Audrey Hepburn advertisement for Galaxy chocolate has caused much controversy among her still numerous fans, of which we can be counted. This got us thinking about other famous advertising campaigns.

It turns out that the current trend for selling out to a brand name isn’t a new phenomomenon. Stars like Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman are amongst the many actresses who have lent their name to a brand but old school Hollywood actresses weren’t actually that different… Mae West used to advertise fridges… That is all.

Have a flick through some of the old adverts that these famous actresses lent their name to… 

 

 

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