The use of thrill shows to promote the durability of your brand might have been old hat for the mid-Fifties, but we’ll never pass up the opportunity to show some Chevrolets flying through the air with Joie Chitwood at the wheel. And indeed, as this 1956 promo film shows, they can take quite a bit of punishment.
* The recently released documentary “Demon on Wheels” follows one Catskill Mountains Mustang owner as he resurrects his old steed and tells the stories of what made the car locally infamous.
* Finally, last week we noted that some people believe the chase scene in “The Marseilles Contract” influenced the “Goldeneye” chase scene. Except, of course, for the fact that the “Goldeneye” chase scene heavily referenced that from “Goldfinger,” down to the Aston Martin. You be the judge.
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