In 1951, in protest over the high entertainment tax meted out on box office receipts, Swedish film producers closed their studios and began a year-long lockout of their film crews. Bergman, who after two marriages and four children had a large family to support, needed an income and signed a contract with the Sunlight Corporation to make nine commercials for Bris soap. Each commercial had to contain one of two slogans: "Perspiration alone does not smell; it is the skin bacteria that cause the smell when they come in contact with perspiration" or "Bris kills the bacteria—no bacteria—no smell." Bergman had fun making the commercials, though he had some difficulty fitting the Bris text into the films. (Birgitta Steene)