#riverboat

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I've posted this before...I'll post it until the end of time.

Vincent Price being strip searched by Burt Reynolds 👀-

This would be considered "peak content" for 1951. Before we had 4K streaming and algorithms, we had the sheer, unadulterated power of Technicolor and eyebrows plucked into the stratosphere. Howard Keel is sporting a mustache so sharp it could probably slice through the hull of that riverboat, while the copy promises "torchy blues" and "dancing darlings." It’s an era where the marketing strategy was essentially: "We put every famous person we know on a boat and turned the saturation up to 11." Truly, a simpler time for the entertainment industry.