1959 Lincoln Town Sedan Commercial - with "Harper Bazaar's Most Beautiful Woman"
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- Julia Meade is the Hostess of this commercial. It was created by J. Walter Thompson Company for Lincoln. Aired January 25th 1959, error with the date in the credits.
Harper’s Bazaar Worlds Most Attractive Woman, Mrs. Gail Whitney Cowell’s father was Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Film Producer and Philanthropist. Mrs. Cowell was married to Richard Cox Cowell and divorced in one year, in 1959.
On March 6th 1959, Mrs. Cowell (at the age of 20) told the newspapers, “I’m going to get a divorce as soon as my lawyer can arrange it.”. Her Husband Richard Cox Cowell age 35 at the time claimed, “As far as I am concerned, everything is alright.”.
On April 20th 1961, the former Mrs. Cowell married Louis S. Stur.
Sadly Mrs. Gail Vanderbilt (Whitney) Stur died on September 13, 1963 at the age of 24 at the Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Disease. Such a short life, amazingly sad. So hard to believe that sadness she would go thru after this commercial aired.
Nobody knows what happened to the Lincoln.
Julia Meade passed away in 2016 at the age of 90.
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Full day. Drive from Gail’s vacation home in her new Lincoln Town Sedan to try on gowns at Bullard’s Westwood, and once finished up there, drive across town to the country club, change clothes real fast, wait for a free court, and pick up a game of tennis - then back to the locker room for a shower (PLEASE TELL ME THEY SHOWERED), change *back* into their street clothes, RE-set their hair, dash out to the parking lot, and then drive off to the hospital where Gail can change a few bed pans, take some temperatures, do some blood work, and then dash over to room 212 to administer a quick enema before returning to Gail’s place for sandwiches, coffee, and petite fours made by her personal cook. It’s a wonder Gail has time to keep that full figure. Full day, full figure.
lol, you know, I never realized that, you're right...she was busy that day!!!! I'm sure that was just a casual day too!
Love these old car commercials.
Thank you for the “Whatever happened to…” at the end. Very interesting.
When not only cars were attractive but unlike today women were actually PRETTY
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I love these old commercials, seemingly highlighting when things were fresh and new, including beautiful automotive design,(a little before my time). Julia Meade was a great spokesperson, I have a couple of commercials I found on here from the old Ed Sullivan show where she presented the new '54 Lincoln , and later, the all new '57 Lincoln, featuring America's first car with the four headlight design.
That's not actually four headlights. It's a Dual Headlight with to very large massive Parking lamps. Lincoln didn't use Four headlamps until 1958. Nash was actually the first to use four Headlights as standard equipment in all 50 States in 1957
@@OsbornTramain appreciate the info. I was just quoting verbatim what she said in the commercial 😊
Such poise and class, pity this isn't seen much today!!!
Interesting epilogue about Mrs. Gail Vanderbilt (Whitney) Stur. She died so young. 😥
Osborn, You have outdone yourself with this one! 😁
more to come!
now they have the assisted parallel parking. you just turn the feature on from the right spot and you're golden
Richard Cox Cowell of Palm Beach, Florida passed on December 27, 2022 at age 95.
I read the notes about the woman who owned the Lincoln (the woman voted one of the most attractive women by Harper's Bazaar). It's very sad that she died at only 24.
I know, I found the commercial and then the history and thought to my self, how sad. Cancer is a terrible thing and back in that time, there wasn't much hope for people, by the time you found out you had it, it was too late to do anything.....a very sad story indeed.
I was also surprised when I googled her name. they didn't say how she died. that was too bad she seemed like she had a lot going for her.
I just realized that her '59 Lincoln was just like the one that "Evil Vicky" and her even more evil mother Edna drove (well, maybe theirs was a '60 - its been a while) in the original Parent Trap. What those two lacked in scruples, they made up for in their taste in cars!
very beautiful car! I wish I had one like that. 😻
Love it. But however with a curb weight of over 2 tons it should drive nicely lol
L O V E Those Lincolns!!
They fixed the front bumper and changed the grill in 59. This isn't a Town Car , I believe it's a Premier , the choice with Lincoln in the beginning of 59 was Premiere and Capri.
OMG! And I enjoyed this immensely.
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The copy of Harper's Bazaar that Julia Meade references at the beginning of the spot is the March 1958 issue. Between that having to still be recent enough to reference and the fact that the mercurial Mrs. Cowl filed for divorce in March 1959, I kind of want to assume that this commercial would have aired at some time in the early Fall of 1958 to promote a 1959 model Lincoln? Loved the implication that people on the street would stop and their jaws would drop upon seeing the car...or was it seeing* Mrs. Cowl...or both? Also, did anyone notice that although Julia Meade commented how easily Gail parked the Lincoln, it sure LOOKED as though Gail was having a little bit of difficulty getting it centered in that spot! (As if was even Gail driving the filming?!) Also, Julia was apparently going to hop out into what looked like a planter at the curb. Oh, Julia, the rich didn't care about the welfare of spokeswomen! LOL
OT, you've been sharing some great stuff! I thank you and I can't wait to see more!
Her last name was Cowell, not Cowl. Given the sheer size of those old Lincolns, I think anyone would have had difficulty parking them.
Absolutely positively aired on January 25th 1959. I made an error typing the information. i was listing a few dates...and screwed up.......This would make sense if you're saying the March Issue is the Issue they are speaking about, March would have been released in early February.......so good catch...and yes. I noticed the exact same thing on parking......wasn't a clean park, problems at the end...actually, sticking out a bit farther to the left than it should be, not totally centered correctly....and I bet she did it a few times and that was probably the best shot the got.
@@OsbornTramain No--you were fine, Os. If this aired on January 25, 1959, it would make sense that they weren't promoting it as the "NEW '59 Lincoln!" but rather that it's the '59 Lincoln. As for the Harper's Bazaar issue that was cited, it came out nearly a year earlier in March 1958--but if you were called the most beautiful woman by one of the world's leading fashion magazines, would you care if they wanted to still cite it nearly a year later? Probably not. LOL Yeah, you're probably right that Gail was actually the one driving...and likely doing multiple takes parking, so they took the best one they got!
I believe she probably did all that often enough to be worth mentioning. And know what? The commmercial still comes off as being insanely conceited! That leviathan Lincoln is a disgrace!
Why didn't they show her stopping at the gas station twice to fill up during her exciting day?😂
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Interesting...
Just another trip to the Cleavers house in their upscale 1950's suburban neighborhood after the " Beav's " dad made VP of Bean Counters.
not really, these are the superrich of the day. Owning a Lincoln was a very special thing, not many would be sold. The Cleavers were middle class and drove a Ford or Plymouth, members of the low priced three.
Julia Meade had an amazingly long neck. All I could think of are those women in Southeast Asia who put metal rings around their necks.
I NOTICED THAT TOO!! The reference to the Asian women; HAHAHA!!!
Old money drives Lincoln... then it devolved to just old drivers 😢
Was the Town Sedan available in Lincoln Capri, Lincoln Premiere or Lincoln Continental?
I don't think so, I think it was for 1958, but I don't think it was for 1958, I think they did away with all those names.....by 1961, it was just the Lincoln Continental......period....they did phase the model names out, Lincoln like Imperial weren't selling so many cars, so I don't think they could justify model names and it's extra expense involved.
"That afternoon as we were leaving for the hospital where Mrs. Cowl works as a volunteer nurse" 1:44
I thought Mrs. Cowl was on vacation? 0:22 🤔
Nice car, stuffy commercial.
Keep em coming!👍👍
I was thinking, how did a 20 year old get a Nursing Degree? She could volunteer, maybe as a"Candy Striper"......welcoming people and talking to old folks, but a Nurse? I doubt it, I've never heard of a volunteer Nurse?
@@OsbornTramain And what did Mrs. Cowl's friend do while Mrs. Cowl was working her shift? Stay in the car and wait? Drive the car home?
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@@OsbornTramain It's not likely that she was actually a nurse. It's possible that she had an associate's degree, and maybe she was a nurse's aide, but not a full nurse. I think they took some liberties in writing the commercial to make things seem more interesting and glamorous.
I find Gail to be a bit on the chubby side for my tastes.
i agree, she didn't have a tiny waste which was really desirable then......but at the same time, she is a very attractive woman.