This vintage commercial for Dreft Detergent was released in 1937. Dreft was first produced by Procter & Gamble in 1933 and was one of the earliest synthetic detergents.

Movie trailer for the film Footlight Parade starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell. It tells the story of Chester Kent (Cagney) who starts a new career as a creator of musical numbers called “prologues”. These were short live stage productions presented in movie theaters before the main feature is shown. He [...]

Classic scene from the 1938 film You Can’t Take It With You starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward Arnold. It follows the story of Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) and Tony Kirby (James Stewart) who fall in love. The Sycamore family is decidedly eccentric, while the Kirby family consists of rich snobs. In [...]

Movie trailer for the 1934 film Manhattan Melodrama starring Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Leo Carrillo. The film tells the story of two orphans who grow up as friends but whose lives take very different paths.