South Sea Sweethearts
Say aloha to a Technicolor cinema ad for Horlicks from the master of the Puppetoon, George Pal
Aloha! When the hero's sweetheart is kidnapped you know he's going to rescue her - but does it usually take six weeks sitting around drinking Horlicks first? The master of the 'Puppetoon' George Pal made five cinema ads for Horlicks in the late 1930s. Advertising agency J Walter Thompson were the British link with Pal's Dutch studio, with the scripts developed by JWT agency employee Alexander Mackendrick, the future Ealing and Hollywood director.
The Puppetoon animation technique relied on the production of a series of different puppets, heads, faces and limbs for each character in different stages of motion or expression. These could be swapped between filming, frame by frame. It brought the squash and stretch qualities of the cartoons to the physicality of puppets (hence the name Puppetoon). Pal successfully took his formula to the US in the 1940s, before moving into special effects features like War of the Worlds (1953).
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48 videos in this collection
Guinness - RAF Flying Toucans
Pg Tips: Hairdressers
The Spirit of His Forefathers
Fun on the Farm
What Ho She Bumps
"Corona" Cordials taken hot - are good to drink and good for you
There is going to be a Great Demand for - "Corona" Fruit Drinks
South Sea Sweethearts
Love on the Range
Coco and the Bear
Horlicks Advert: Dan Dare
The Man with a Girder
Guinness: Shipwright
Guinness - Factory
Coca-Cola: Refreshes You Best - Bowling
Coca-Cola: Things Go Better With Coca-Cola - Diving, Bowling and Tennis
Coca-Cola: Alan Beale
Coca-cola: Biba's Boutique
Coca-cola: Piccadilly
A Guide to Goodness
Guinness Export - The Man (Version 1)
Guinness Export - The Man (Version 2)
Guinness Export - The Man (Version 3)
Carling Black Label Bike Girl
Guinness - Young Barmaid
Guinness - Hop Farm
Brooke Bond D: Tea Party
Guinness - Do It Yourself
Cinema Commercial for Charbonnier Red
Guinness - Streebe-Greebling (English)
Guinness - Kung Fool
Guinness - Ploughman
Whitbread Trophy 'shakespeare' 'a'
Guinness - End of Play
Guinness - Talking Lesson
Guinness - Film TEST
Guinness - April Fool
Guinness - April Fool (Animatic Version)
Babycham: Clovelly
Babycham: Tennis
Domestic Help
Meet the Ovaltineys
Good Strong Coffee
Dolly Put the Kettle On
Guinness - Cycle Race (Version 1)
Ace of Clubs
