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lurtch

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missing hood ornaments?
« on: May 27, 2013, 15:41:53 »
While watching the film CABARET last evening with my wife, I noticed something odd.

There are four or five clips in the movie that have the characters motoring around in  elegant 30's era touring cars and a snazzy roadster.

I carefully looked for, but failed to see, the Mercedes star hood ornament on them. What gives?  Anyone have any info about this? How could they NOT be Mercedes-Benz?

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Re: missing hood ornaments?
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2013, 17:33:10 »
Interesting...it was filmed in Munich in 1972, maybe the cars were hard to come by? Maybe they were something else? Surely there would be some other cues to look for...
« Last Edit: May 28, 2013, 01:28:32 by mdsalemi »
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Re: missing hood ornaments?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2013, 20:48:27 »
Perhaps Mercedes wouldn`t pay for "product placement" in the movie so the producers removed them from the cars.
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