Anachronisims
Mar 29, 2023 07:59:35 #
It's not hard to spot anachronisms in films set in the past. The most common are expressions that people use today, but not in the 1940s. I was watching something set in the 1940s last night, and the people were smoking Benson & Hedges cigarettes - with filters. B&H didn't start using filters till the late 1950s and early 1960s. I'm surprised the filmmakers didn't realize that.
Speaking of cigarettes in movies, you may have noticed Morley cigarettes. That's been the fictitious go-to brand for years. Rather than give a real brand free advertising, they settled on Morely.
How about beer? "Etensel" is the beer of choice on the mystery series "Death in Paradise," and it's been featured on several other shows, as well. "Heisler" is another popular fictional TV brand of beer.
Speaking of cigarettes in movies, you may have noticed Morley cigarettes. That's been the fictitious go-to brand for years. Rather than give a real brand free advertising, they settled on Morely.
How about beer? "Etensel" is the beer of choice on the mystery series "Death in Paradise," and it's been featured on several other shows, as well. "Heisler" is another popular fictional TV brand of beer.
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Mar 30, 2023 06:55:07 #
shutterhawk
Loc: Cape Cod
As a fan of old time photographs, I find one of the most common and egregious anachronisms in movies and TV to be "cowboy" hats. What we think of as "western" or "cowboy" hats don't really appear until early in the 20th century and even then had almost comically high crowns which have since gone out of fashion. Another blatant another blatant anachronism is the low slung, tied to you leg, fast draw holster. Strictly 1960s Hollywood.
Mar 30, 2023 07:38:19 #
shutterhawk wrote:
As a fan of old time photographs, I find one of the most common and egregious anachronisms in movies and TV to be "cowboy" hats. What we think of as "western" or "cowboy" hats don't really appear until early in the 20th century and even then had almost comically high crowns which have since gone out of fashion. Another blatant another blatant anachronism is the low slung, tied to you leg, fast draw holster. Strictly 1960s Hollywood.
Yes! Hollywood is giving people a false education. "But I saw it in the movies!"
Mar 30, 2023 07:43:39 #
During the run of Mad Men, there was a cottage industry of people looking for anachronisms. I think they changed their introductory theme song because it was not period correct.
Mar 30, 2023 13:32:17 #
Mar 30, 2023 13:55:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes! Hollywood is giving people a false education. "But I saw it in the movies!"
And it was on the internet too.
Mar 30, 2023 18:42:17 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
jerryc41 wrote:
It's not hard to spot anachronisms in films set in... (show quote)
The first major filtered cigarette, called Parliament (Brown and Williamson), was introduced in the USA in 1931. Viceroy cigarettes (also Brown and Williamson), introduced in 1936, were the first filter cigarette sold at a popular price.
Mar 30, 2023 19:41:18 #
Mar 30, 2023 19:45:29 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes! Hollywood is giving people a false education. "But I saw it in the movies!"
About a decade ago a college professor was fired for blatant plagiarism and also for teaching grossly distorted versions of American history. His defense of one of his more bizarre historical claims was that it was such a well known fact that it even appeared in the movies. The thing he described was in a single movie and was inserted as part of the plot line.
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