Vintage masks in ads and articles.

[Sir Masksalot]

'The infamous "sweater ad", introducing Don Post's original "Universal Horrors" series
which then included that movie-mold artifact: the "smooth Glenn" Frankenstein.
For all the heady precedents these masks established back in 1965, their debut ad
by Captain Company looks to have been rather carelessly arranged. The model wore
no eye makeup and made no "costume" changes beyond that dark knit sweater. The
characters were not dynamically posed, some were omitted entirely (where is the
Mad Doctor?), and there appears to be post-session retouching to the mouth paint
on several masks >



These flaws would all be righted with the "Calendar" photo shoot soon after,
the portraits from which were later used in ads and DPS catalogues for years
to come. This "sweater ad" could very well have been its direct inspiration.

[Mike Scott]

(where is the Mad Doctor?)

And The Creature!

[Dr.Terror]

My idea for this thread was masks that appear in random advertisements not so much the magazine ads selling them,    I don't have a free image host anymore so I don't bother posting images,     

That's the biggest problem with the site and a HUGE reason why nobody posts here anymore. You have to jump through hoops to post a simple picture.

[Sir Masksalot]

not so much the magazine ads selling them

Well, it's your own fault for not starting a "Vintage Mask Ads" thread by now, lol!



 

[Mike Scott]

I don't have a free image host anymore so I don't bother posting images,     

You could pay four whole dollars a month, like I do, or look for a free host. I found one in under a minute.

[horrorhunter]

[Mike Scott]

I wonder what the purpose of that photo was. Did those guys ever appear in an episode of "McHale's Navy"?

[darkmonkeygod]

I wonder what the purpose of that photo was. Did those guys ever appear in an episode of "McHale's Navy"?

Episode 33 of season 3, "The Vampire of Taratupa" aired 4 May, 1965.

Be sure to watch around the 4 minute mark, Mike.

[Mike Scott]

Episode 33 of season 3, "The Vampire of Taratupa"

Thanks!