Love on the Range

1939
Sound
6m

An animated Western mock-opera about Horlicks? Bring it on!

When you see something billed as a 'Silly Billy Romance', how can you resist? George Pal produced five animated adverts for Horlicks in the late 1930s, and this last film might be the best. The mock-opera singing, the Western setting and the barn dance dénouement are a winning combination - even if you're not a fan of malted milk. Pal's 'Puppetoon' replacement animation technique brings expressive movement to the characters in perfect synchronisation with the music.

Puppet animation advertising film for Horlicks Malted Milk. Parodies opera films and westerns.

Tastes Great!

A smorgasbord of culinary delights and thirst-quenching refreshment awaits in this collection of food and drink adverts.

You are what you eat? Advertisers have long presented our food choices as much more than just a cure for hunger, but as a key lifestyle decision. The right purchase can help make you who you want to be; keep you and your kids happy, fit and healthy; save you time and keep you on the go; or impress your dinner party guests of your 'home cooking' skills - all as part of a balanced diet, naturally. And for liquid refreshment, try our choice of soft, hard, hot and cold drinks commercials, offering everything from social pick-me-up to elixir of family contentment. Cheers!