Mopars In Movies

[busycoupe]

I watched an old Alan Ladd movie on Netflix last night.  "Appointment with Danger" (1951). It was a film noir cops and robbers movie.  I think that the Chrysler Corp. must have had the contract to supply vehicles.  Nearly every car in the movie was a Mopar.  D24s, P15s, 48 Chrysler, 49 or 50 Chrysler, several Desoto cabs... The movie wasn't bad, but watching the cars was great.  The cars appeared to be moving pretty quickly in some of the chase scenes.

Dave

[BigDaddyO]

On the Munsters tv show in the episode "Movie Star Herman" there is one scene where a Dodge Route Van is shown in Postal livery as the 'camera car'. It looks brand new.

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

back in the day, car companies were sponsors and their products were exclusive, read some of the credits, Cars Provided by the Chrysler Corporation

One of the best methods to getting your product in the face of the public is to display them where most had their faces buried, the TV set...

[greg g]

The Los Angeles assembly plant a few blocks away from the studios probably didn't hurt either.  Sam Spade, Andy Hardy, Nancy Drew,  were MoPaR drivers.

[JerseyHarold]

Plymouth P23's are my favorite and I've compiled a good-sized list of movies and TV shows that had them.  It's fun to see them in their original settings.