Schick: Auto/Home Powershave, 1950s

Genre: Commercial

Year Published: 1950s

Creator: Schick D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B)

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: (plane roaring) 0:00 - Oh, hey, watch out with that beard. 0:05 - Sorry honey. 0:08 I better stop for a shave. 0:09 - Not anymore. 0:10 Take a look. 0:12 - Hey, what's this? 0:13 Schick Auto/Home Power Shave. 0:16 Must be new. 0:19 - Brand new. Just out. 0:20 Got it for you today. 0:21 Plugs right into the cigarette lighter. 0:23 I drive, you shave, and away we go. 0:25 - Say, this thing takes off like a jet. 0:32 - Takes that stubble off too. 0:34 - A lotta shaver. 0:37 - Like the salesman said, 0:38 it's really something revolutionary. 0:40 See all those slots? 0:43 Well, they're whisker guides. 0:44 Built in along all four shaving edges, not just attachments. 0:46 Those whisker guides lead each and every whisker 0:50 right into the diamond honed shaving edges. 0:53 Shave them off deep down where your beard begins. 0:55 None of that leftover stubble. 0:58 - You're selling this thing? 1:01 - You buying? 1:03 - You bet. 1:05 Darn good shave. 1:06 - When I get something for my man, I get the best. 1:07 No more stubble trouble anywhere. 1:10 Narrator Because Schick's new Auto Home Power Shave 1:13 has two chords. 1:16 One for home, one for the car. 1:17 So now wherever you are, 1:19 you're only a chords length away from a perfect shave. 1:20 Most stores offer a 14 day free home trial. 1:23 Schick Auto/Home Power Shave. 1:26 Revolutionary. 1:28