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- Clark Gable Stepping into His Lincoln Continental in the MGM Film "The Hucksters," 1947 - Actor Clark Gable posed with a Lincoln Continental used in his 1947 film <em>The Hucksters</em>. Automakers were always happy to have one of their cars featured prominently in a hit movie. It was terrific advertising and, before television, the only kind of mass media ad that could show a car in motion.
- 1947
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Clark Gable Stepping into His Lincoln Continental in the MGM Film "The Hucksters," 1947
Actor Clark Gable posed with a Lincoln Continental used in his 1947 film The Hucksters. Automakers were always happy to have one of their cars featured prominently in a hit movie. It was terrific advertising and, before television, the only kind of mass media ad that could show a car in motion.
- Souvenir from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and Edison Days Celebration, Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940 - In February 1940, MGM premiered its film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. This small souvenir contains an image of Thomas Edison as a boy on one side and Rooney in the role of Edison on the other.
- February 10, 1940
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Souvenir from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and Edison Days Celebration, Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940
In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. This small souvenir contains an image of Thomas Edison as a boy on one side and Rooney in the role of Edison on the other.
- Mickey Rooney in His Role as "Young Tom Edison," Promoting the Movie in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10, 1940 - In February 1940, MGM premiered its film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- February 10, 1940
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Mickey Rooney in His Role as "Young Tom Edison," Promoting the Movie in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10, 1940
In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- Mickey Rooney Promoting the Movie "Young Tom Edison" in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10, 1940 - In February 1940, MGM premiered its film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- February 10, 1940
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Mickey Rooney Promoting the Movie "Young Tom Edison" in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10, 1940
In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940 - The 1940 MGM film <em>Edison, the Man</em> starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- 1940
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Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940
The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- Correspondence between John Breeden, Jr. and Roger A. Caras regarding Ford Aurora in "2001: Space Odyssey," June, 1965 - In 1965, Polaris Productions contacted Ford Motor Company about using the automaker's Aurora concept car in the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick film <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>. Ford agreed to loan the futuristic station wagon. In the end, the production team chose not to use the Aurora, believing that the car didn't fit with the film's overall design aesthetic.
- June 01, 1965
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Correspondence between John Breeden, Jr. and Roger A. Caras regarding Ford Aurora in "2001: Space Odyssey," June, 1965
In 1965, Polaris Productions contacted Ford Motor Company about using the automaker's Aurora concept car in the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ford agreed to loan the futuristic station wagon. In the end, the production team chose not to use the Aurora, believing that the car didn't fit with the film's overall design aesthetic.
- Souvenir from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940 - In February 1940, MGM premiered its film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- February 11, 1940
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Souvenir from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940
In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940 - The 1940 MGM film <em>Edison, the Man</em> starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- 1940
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Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940
The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- Correspondence between John Breeden, Jr. and Roger A. Caras regarding Ford Aurora in "2001: Space Odyssey," December 1965 - In 1965, Polaris Productions contacted Ford Motor Company about using the automaker's Aurora concept car in the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick film <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>. Ford agreed to loan the futuristic station wagon. In the end, the production team chose not to use the Aurora, believing that the car didn't fit with the film's overall design aesthetic.
- 1965
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Correspondence between John Breeden, Jr. and Roger A. Caras regarding Ford Aurora in "2001: Space Odyssey," December 1965
In 1965, Polaris Productions contacted Ford Motor Company about using the automaker's Aurora concept car in the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ford agreed to loan the futuristic station wagon. In the end, the production team chose not to use the Aurora, believing that the car didn't fit with the film's overall design aesthetic.
- Souvenirs from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940 - In February 1940, MGM premiered its film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- February 11, 1940
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Souvenirs from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940
In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.