June 17, 2015
Mexican Lobby Card:
Missile to the Moon (1958)
A big spider, rock guys, and moon maidens in distress. Must be the 1950s. Not the rip-off done with the illustration in the top right corner. I like the addition of the bubble helmet though. I recall the Flash Gordon model kit came with a bubble helmet. The kit didn't come with a fair maiden clinging to his side, though. Now that would have been some model kit.
Mexican Lobby Card: Korea Patrol (1951)
Kinetic illustration with heavily shadowed combatants contrasted against a bright color make this Mexican lobby card for Patrulla Koreana a romanticized art piece for the ugly actions of war. (See an alternate version, Los Tigres De Korea.)
Mexican Lobby Card: Urubu (1948)
Here's a luridly illustrated Mexican lobby card for Urubu (aka Urubu, The Vulture People). Menacing, almost silhouetted people, a bosomy white girl in dire danger (and let's not forget the skimpy, inappropriate clothing, for jungle hiking), make this a memorable lobby. The movie is probably a boring jungle documentary so they had to spice it up somehow.
