By Tom Interval
Harry Blackstone Sr. endorsing Gillette products, from Popular Science Monthly, May 1938, p. 100
A birdcage disappears from the hands of The Great Blackstone without a trace. An illuminated light bulb defies gravity without any visible means of support. Facial hair effortlessly falls from the deadly blades of a Gillette razor.
Huh?
Yes, you read that right. In addition to performing his legendary trademark illusions, Harry Blackstone Sr. practiced a commercial sort of whiskerdry…er…wizardry: He endorsed Gillette razors, blades, and shaving cream!
If you haven’t seen some of these ads from the mid 1930s, check ‘em out.
Harry Blackstone Sr. endorsing Gillette products, from Popular Science Monthly, May 1938, p. 100
Harry Blackstone Sr. endorsing Gillette products, from Popular Science Monthly, Oct. 1936, p. 87
Harry Blackstone Sr. endorsing Gillette products, from Life, April 11, 1938, p. 3
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