hello gents,i acquired this 1940 milord set at an anual antiques fair. it apperas to be a promo from a casino as per what's left of the stamp on the case.i have seen one other before on a forum but not sure where.any ideas? thanks in advance. it could also be something completely different. cheers.
My thoughts are this shaver was one from the hotel casino you could buy if you left your shaver at home, places still do this today but the shavers are often a single edge Bic shaver or some kind of double blade you can buy in bigger packs that are often just the generic brand usually even on cruises with the exception of some specific casinos or Disney places having a logo on the handle. Very few places have better models of disposable like the 3 blade or more that Bic and others make except maybe Gillette now or even the disposable double edge Safe-T-Shavers some like Medline 100 pack or McKesson 25 pack make that are sold on Amazon.
I do know hotel and places like cruises sold mainly travel shavers mainly for those needing a shaver due to lost luggage/forgot shaver so maybe this is what we are seeing is a for a fancy hotel casino where they sold a better model. Something like this suggests a hotel casino in Las Vegas, Reno, or Atlantic City, at least in North America as Deadwood another gambling destination was not fully legal again in 1988 since 1880 also about the time casinos were legal on most Native American Reservations in the USA.
Nice pickup, Gary. I bet she'll clean up and shave good. You have a fantastic collection of vintage Gillettes. My vote is for something completely different. I can make out the letters C-A-S on the case. I think it is obvious to the most casual observer that this is one of the razors awarded to the CAST of the movie "Grapes of Wrath" in 1940. I'd say this razor was likely used by Henry Fonda in combination with Williams soap and healthy applications of Lilac Vegetal. A new blade would of course be used for each three-pass shave as per the Screen Actor's Guild agreement paragraph 2, section 3a. This would not only provide great shaves for the Big Screen, but would also provide sufficient protection against flying insects since much of the filming was done outdoors during the Dust Bowl. Life on a movie set in those days was not all peaches and cream, so that might explain the condition of the razor and the case. I don't suppose you found any movie script fragments under the case liner? If so, that would seal the deal. This is just my humble opinion, but it all seems reasonable to me.
I am thinking the Aladin Casino in Las Vegas. This was a continuation of the Sands, before Disney messed everything up and in 1994 the Casino had to change to just being more of the Sands Casino to avoid paying Disney despite the hotel having the trademark to the name for Casinos.
