Early cel-animated commercial made by George Pal about an unwell King who is brought back to health with the help of Van den Bergh's Sana Margarine. This lost treasure was recently discovered in the Czech Republic.
George Pal
France
Is this thing worth four minutes of your life? Honestly, yes. If you have any interest in animation history or just want to see something truly bizarre, give it a watch. If you hate old-school cel animation or get annoyed by blatant product placement, maybe skip it. But then again, it’s only four minutes long, so you d...
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George Pal
Ralph Ince
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"Is this thing worth four minutes of your life? Honestly, yes. If you have any interest in animation history or just want to see something truly bizarre, give it a watch. If you hate old-school cel animation or get annoyed by blatant product placement, maybe skip it. But then again, it’s only four minutes long, so you don't really lose much either way. It’s wild that this thing was just chilling in the Czech Republic all this time. You’re watching it and thinking, "This was made to sell butter-s..."
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