More Caricatures Than There Are in Heaven

All-star pictures fell on North American movie theatres in World War Two as often as bombs on Berlin. And not all of the pictures bombed.

Here’s a great ad from Boxoffice magazine for the 1943 MGM extravaganza “Thousands Cheer.”



The thing that struck me instantly was that I had seen the caricature of Lucille Ball before. And so has anyone else who watched “The Lucy Show” in the 1960s.




It’s a shame the ad is unsigned. If anyone knows who drew these great caricatures, please leave a comment.