Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:
Following your recent post about Hemingway, I spotted what looks like a Zenith Transoceanic in the the classic film noir, “Kiss Me Deadly” – a favourite of mine with such memorable moments such as the “What’s in the box” scene.
That does, indeed, look like a Transoceanic–possibly the Model T600? Great catch. Thanks, Mark, for sharing your film and TV radio sightings!
Yes, just as in the Hemingway photo, it’s he latest Zenith Trans-Oceanic at that time.
The T600 was introduced in the Spring of 1954.
I wonder if this was an early case of ‘product placement’ in movies?
Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer character was popular in novels and films, and had a run of radio shows on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Eight of the radio episodes are available in the Archive.com Old Time Radio section at: https://archive.org/details/MikeHammer
Love Mickey Spillane books and movies!! Great catch!!