Schick: Powershave Razor, 1950s

Genre: Commercial

Year Published: 1950s

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

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: Narrator This Christmas, the best reason 0:03 to give him the new Schick comes after the shave. 0:05 He'll love you for that new Schick Powershave 0:09 you give him because well, take a look at it. 0:11 Says modern right away, doesn't it. 0:13 A man who's up to date. 0:16 A man who cares about the way he looks. 0:18 This is the gift for him. 0:20 The newest, most modern electric shaver of them all. 0:22 New Schick Powershave with super action edge, 0:25 the newest idea in shaving. 0:28 New Schick Powershave specially designed 0:30 for beards tough as cactus, 0:33 skin tender as a toy balloon. 0:35 Just watch it take the sting out of this cactus. 0:38 Powerful fast. 0:40 The new Schick Powershave is so powerful 0:42 it shaves the needles off a cactus in seconds. 0:44 Shaves close too, powerful close. 0:47 So close, 0:50 there's not a bristle left to worry that tender balloon now. 0:51 Yet the new Schick Powershave is gentle, 0:55 powerful gentle. 0:57 No nicks or cuts, 0:58 no pinching or pulling 0:59 because that super action edge lets only whiskers in, 1:01 never skin. 1:03 It glides along, smoothing skin down, 1:04 popping whispers up, 1:07 for a new kind of shave. 1:09 Fast, close, gentle, deep down where his beard begins. 1:11 This Christmas, the best reason 1:16 to give him the new Schick comes after the shave. 1:17 New Schick Powershave and Auto/Home model. 1:20 Get one for your man today. 1:23 Most stores offer a 14 day free home trial 1:26 that starts Christmas Day. 1:29