08-01-2025, 05:21 PM
(07-01-2025, 10:14 PM)Steve kay Wrote: The February cover looks like the PR Dept at their worst. A total disregard for perspective, dreary colours and a title that suggests an Ivor Novello play, The New Arrival. “Look, it’s mummy’s new boyfriend!” Perhaps Maestro Griffith’s atelier can show us the genuine original, just visible the rope pulling the car from one side of the stage to the other. Maybe the reason for the background is that is painted scenery on canvas flats. Certain famous musicians browse these pages, any suggestions as to the accompaniment?
Very amusing, Steve. Both covers are untouched save for the 1934 having tears and missing bits restored. Adverts in those days really were very homely, naive, even - but such fun to look back on. Now, that latest Jaguar advert; I wonder how that would have gone down in the 1930s? Probably with the production team locked away in an asylum!