From INSIDE THE DREAM:THE PERSONAL STORY OF WALT DISNEY by
Katherine and Richard Green:
'Walt had an offer from the DeSoto car company. Recalled Ruth(Walt's sister) " They said if he'd pose in front of a DeSoto, they would give him a car. Walt said he didn't drive a DeSoto and he wasn't going to claim he did. But Mother asked, ' why not? You can give it to us!' So Walt did it and they loved that little car.'
This is one of the variations of the ad that were published, another can be found on Bob Cowan's blog:
It's interesting to note that DeSoto were the sponsors of Groucho Marx's YOU BET YOUR LIFE series.
4 comments:
Mark your blog is very very interesting. Congratulations!!!
Stefano
Mark- Great! This is one of the ads I saw on eBay. I thought this was a great ad because it did show a more relaxed Walt. Glad you had a copy.
-Bob
Mark- I thought this was a more relaxed view. When I enlarged it and saw the butler, I had to LOL! Fantastic! I updated my posting and incorporated a link to your entry. Thanks for making my day! Could you send me a higher res copy for my files? TNX!
-Bob
Bob - No problem.
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