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Newspaper Ad for 1942 Re-release of Chaplin’s THE GOLD RUSH

oh, how i pine for the good ol’ days of movie promos, back before the era of photoshop and floating heads. before the age of teaser clips for teaser trailers that premiere during award shows on MTV.  i mean, sure, this silly newspaper “quiz” for The Gold Rush is, um, silly, but gloriously so. also, i totally aced this quiz cause i’m a total movie genius (no big deal).

anyway, the folks over at blu-ray.com have posted a wonderfully exhaustive piece on the making and selling of The Gold Rush, which is absolutely overflowing with neat artifacts and details. do yourself a favor and check it out.

popculturebrain:imwithkanye:chrisafer:

Okay, this is kind of genius.

(via ‘Contagion’ bacteria billboard is exactly what it sounds like - The Washington Post)

According to WashPo:

To promote the film, Warner Bros. Canada embraced the film’s theme and created two small billboards made entirely from bacteria.

A YouTube video shows the process in which “two large Petri dishes were inoculated with live bacteria including penicillin, mold and pigmented bacteria.”

Creative and disgusting. Thanks Canada!