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Vintage Austrian postcard. Ghwala Druck, Vienna. Postcard for the Persil industrial film and early sound film Wäsche - Waschen - Wohlergehen (Johannes Guter, 1932), commissioned by the company Henkel, produced in 1931 and first publicly shown on 24 January 1932 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. On this card: Dr Breuer (Fritz Alberti) explains to an audience in his laboratory.
Fritz Alberti (1877-1954) was a German stage and screen actor.
Vintage Austrian postcard. Ghwala Druck, Vienna. Postcard for the Persil industrial film and early sound film Wäsche - Waschen - Wohlergehen (Johannes Guter, 1932), commissioned by the company Henkel, produced in 1931 and first publicly shown on 24 January 1932 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. On this card: the professor and his wife (Paul Henckels, Grete Reinwald) get a tour around the Henkel factory by Dr. Breuer (Fritz Alberti).
German actor Paul Henckels (1885-1967) appeared in over 230 films, often as a supporting actor. He played in films by directors like Fritz Lang, Jacques Feyder, and G.W. Pabst. He also worked as a stage actor, a stage director, and as a theatre manager.
Grete Reinwald (1902–1983) was a German stage and film actress. As a child, due to her sweet, appealing features, she modelled for many monochrome, hand-tinted and autochrome postcards. Her sister Hanni Reinwald and brother Otto Reinwald were also actors. Together with them, Reinwald debuted in film in 1913-14 in Ein Sommernachtstraum in unserer Zeit by Stellan Rye. From 1919 she had a rich career in German silent cinema, often portraying enamoured women or faithful wives. She starred e.g. in the Stuart Webbs film Das Rattenloch /The Rat Hole (Max Obal, Ernst Reicher, 1921), Die kleine Dagmar (Alfred Halm, 1921), Jugend (Fred Sauer, 1922), Das kalte Herz (Sauer, 1924), Goldjunge / Golden Boy (Henk Kleinman, 1925) with Henkie Klein, Die elf schillschen Offiziere (Rudolf Meinert, 1926), Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland (Max Mack, 1928), and others. As a supporting actress, she also played in many sound films, for the last time in 1957. Grete Reinwald was married to the actor Fred Louis Lerch. All in all, Reinwald acted in over 90 films.
Fritz Alberti (1877-1954) was a German stage and screen actor.
Vintage Austrian postcard. Ghwala Druck, Vienna. Postcard for the Persil industrial film and early sound film Wäsche - Waschen - Wohlergehen (Johannes Guter, 1932), commissioned by the company Henkel, produced in 1931 and first publicly shown on 24 January 1932 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. On this card: the female travelling demonstrator (Lotte Spira) explains the professor's wife (Grete Reinwald) how to do the washing with new Persil detergent.
Grete Reinwald (1902–1983) was a German stage and film actress. As a child, due to her sweet, appealing features, she modelled for many monochrome, hand-tinted and autochrome postcards. Her sister Hanni Reinwald and brother Otto Reinwald were also actors. Together with them, Reinwald debuted in film in 1913-14 in Ein Sommernachtstraum in unserer Zeit by Stellan Rye. From 1919 she had a rich career in German silent cinema, often portraying enamoured women or faithful wives. She starred e.g. in the Stuart Webbs film Das Rattenloch /The Rat Hole (Max Obal, Ernst Reicher, 1921), Die kleine Dagmar (Alfred Halm, 1921), Jugend (Fred Sauer, 1922), Das kalte Herz (Sauer, 1924), Goldjunge / Golden Boy (Henk Kleinman, 1925) with Henkie Klein, Die elf schillschen Offiziere (Rudolf Meinert, 1926), Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland (Max Mack, 1928), and others. As a supporting actress, she also played in many sound films, for the last time in 1957. Grete Reinwald was married to the actor Fred Louis Lerch. All in all, Reinwald acted in over 90 films.
Vintage Austrian postcard. Ghwala Druck, Vienna. Postcard for the Persil industrial film and early sound film Wäsche - Waschen - Wohlergehen (Johannes Guter, 1932), commissioned by the company Henkel, produced in 1931 and first publicly shown on 24 January 1932 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. On this card: washing in Antiquity.
To introduce their first synthetic detergent to the general public, the company Henkel, in collaboration with Ufa, created the Persil sound film, which was less of a conventional advertising film and more of a real feature film that became one of the most popular German cinema films in the 1930s. At the centre of the plot is Professor Stahlschmidt (Paul Henckels), whose scientific interest is awakened when his laundress tells him about a new detergent called ‘Persil’. Meeting the Henkel chemist Dr. Breuer (Fritz Alberti), he is invited, together with his wife (Grete Reinwald), to visit the Henkel factory in Düsseldorf to find out more. Afterward, a travelling female demonstrator (Lotte Spira) learns Frau Stahlschmidt how to operate her washing with the new detergent. In the end a salesman (Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur) explains the various domestic uses of the Henkel products.
The film was immensely popular in Germany, where it was shown for seven years in a row and drawing in 30 million spectators, making it the best visited film in Germany. In addition to the long run, the free entrance to the film, and the collaboration of renowned film actors like Henckels, Reinwald, Ida Wüst and Fritz Alberti explain the success of the film. The last act of the film was shot in colour, in order to explain the effect of Persil for coloured laundry. The film launched the establishment of feature-length industrial and advertising films in Germany, using fictional narration.
(Sources: German Wikipedia, www.ofdb.de/film/64027,99668,W%C3%A4sche-Waschen-Wohlerge..., IMDb, Filmportal)
The catchy colour of this laundry dosing ball caught my eye this evening - lit from underneath with a torch.
Andere tijden :-) 14 December 2024.
The sluice in the Doorslag in Nieuwegein dates back to 1671. It has lost its function due to other locks nearby. As an histiric landmark it has been restored in recent years. To the left a part of the former Persil washing-powder factory can be seen. This complex is about to be redeveloped in the near future.
Die Recherche ergab, dass die Werbefigur deutschlandweit noch auf 20 Persil-Uhren zu sehen ist. In Wismar steht eine am Lindengarten auf dem Platz vor dem ehemaligen „Königlich-schwedischen Provianthaus“, der einstigen Poliklinik bzw. dem vormaligen Arbeitsamt.
Ursprünglich hatte die historische Persil-Uhr mit der „Weißen Dame“, der Werbeikone einer Waschmittelmarke, ihren Platz am unteren Ende der Krämerstraße. Bei deren Umgestaltung erhielt sie in der Altstadt den neuen Aufstellungsplatz.
Erstmals warb die „Weiße Dame“ 1922 in weißem Kleid und mit weißem Florentiner-Hut auf einem Plakat für Persil, das von dem Berliner Kunstmaler Kurt Heiligenstaedt entworfen worden war.
April 2017, Helmut Kuzina
Fremstillet paa videnskabeligt Grundlag
Aalborg/Denmark
Joe took this photo of a Shop front with a Persil advert but unfortunately no details as to where it was taken. Photo: Joe Moir.
Called Sea Parsley in Québec, here's a tough, beautiful plant from the celery family that can also be eaten (the leaves, the stalks and the young shoots).
Preston Riverside
Badewannen-Fahrt zum Jungbrunnen 29/06/2023 12h54
A log flume in and around the castle "Rauhe Klinge". Boats themed as bathtubs.
Badewannen-Fahrt zum Jungbrunnen
The attraction opened in the year 2000 and was built by the German company MACK Rides. The course is located both inside Rauhe Klinge Castle and outside. When it opened, the Badwannen-Fahrt zum Jungbrunnen had the highest descent in Europe in a tree trunk attraction. The track was expanded in 2002 and uses vehicles that look like bathtubs. The tour also has a dark ride section which looks like a bathhouse with bathing men and women.
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Persil Picking Flowers
a British magazine advert. 1955
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Persil( candles)
a British magazine advert. 1950
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