Thursday’s ad is for Rheingold, from 1948. In the late 1940s and 1950s, Rheingold recruited a number of prominent celebrities to do ads for them, all using the tagline: “My beer is Rheingold — the Dry beer!” In this ad, American actress Eleanor Parker is explaining that she has “very definite tastes and ideas,” which is why she never orders any beer except Rheingold Extra Dry.
