Ann Southern and Lucky Strikes
Chesterfield Cigarettes brought out the stars for the holidays
Arthur Godfrey, Bing Crosby, Perry Como and Bob Hope
Seems like all the stars liked advertising for ciggies. Lucy and Desi favorite killer is Philip Morris.
And Bonzo the Chimp’s favorite co-star was sending CHESTERFIELDS to all his friends.
Here is Sammy Davis Jr. for Alka Seltzer
Hope for the Holidays
……and Crosby
The Great One – Jackie Gleason
Sean Connery and Jim Beam
Great selection of ads – I wonder if many people really ever gave packs of cigarettes as a Christmas present? The whisky ad with Sean Connery is especially striking – I note he didn’t dress up as Santa, but stayed firmly in Bond mode. I don’t think such a sexy drinks ad would be allowed nowadays, somehow…
Judy- I remember my father getting and giving cigarettes cartons as gifts to and from co-workers.
I find the cigarette ads almost shockingly naïve and there us Ronald Reagan stating he is giving Chesterfields to all his friends. I hate to think what he would give to people he is not that crazy about