CADILLAC
Dec 08, 2021
4 minutes
Without our appetite for US-made films and TV shows, most Australians wouldn’t recognise a 1950s Cadillac or understand its symbolism. Filmmakers unashamedly used these cars as metaphors for success. Whether carrying the hero or villain, an elegant or imposing Cadillac was often used by
characters with attributes similar to the car’s. Vito Corleone’s funeral procession in ‘The Godfather’ has virtually a complete set of 1950s and 1960s models and Marilyn Monroe’s favourite was a black 1955 model Eldorado. However, ‘star car’ museums across the world routinely display mannequins of Norma Jean alongside pink versions.
And when Eartha
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