Details
- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0119_Great_New_Star_A_09_10_03_00-0017
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · See the Dinah Shore, Plugging Chevys More · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-11-15
Even if you like her (and I do), there are only so many times one can see the bubbly Dinah belt out "See the USA in Your Chevrolet" (even with the second verse involving the Rockies and wheat). So the folks at Jam Handy came up with a story that Dinah's rehearsing her TV show and interrupted for a "commercial" featuring, gasp!, back projection. She gurgles on about the newest "star," which turns out to be the 1953 Chevrolet. What we see isn't what we get, though. A disclaimer at the end informs us "Rear door ventipanes shown on the Four Door Sedans are not available." Ventipanes are perfect…
★★★ · Dinah won't you blow your horn · Spuzz · 2016-02-19
A nifty little advertisement for the 1952 Chevrolet featuring Dinah Shore singing 2 songs, and a lot of advertisement for the new Chevy lines. Film somewhat tries to let us in on TV magic tricks, yet the whole thing is to just pimp you on how you should see the U.S.A.