Los Fantasmas Burlones (1965)
Mexican Lobby Card
A wonderful whimsical style makes this Mexican lobby card an inviting promotion for The Ghost Jesters.
The Nest (1988) Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican lobby cards in the 1980s were usually printed on thin, glossy paper. On the plus side, less acidity, so they hold up better; on the minus side, not as appealing as the older, larger, and print-on-thick-card-stock lobbies are. On a side note, I met Robert Lansing while working at B. Dalton Software Etc. on 5th Avenue in New York City. He was looking for a financial software package, I forget which one. We special ordered it. I recall he was a laconic as his screen persona.
Ruby (1977) Mexican Lobby Card
Here's one horror movie on my to-see list, but the problem is that the original R-rated version was chopped for VHS and television. A DVD release by VCI in 2001 contains the theatrical version, but not the director's cut. This version has a different ending than the one the director intended. (Ruby (1977) entry on Wikipedia).
El Planeta De Las Tormentas (1962)
Mexican Lobby Card
Here's the Mexican lobby card for El Planeta De Las Tormentas (Planeta Bur), a Russian science fiction movie.
Santo vs. El Estrangulador (1965)
Mexican Lobby Card
Almost looks like Freddy Krueger at the top left, doesn't it?
Santo Contra Los Zombies (1962)
Mexican Lobby Card
Here's what I'm waiting for on The Walking Dead: someone wearing a luchador mask kicking zombie butt. Come on, people! In a world filled with zombies, how can you NOT have a person in a luchador mask kicking zombie butt?
Circus of Horrors (1960) Pressbook
At 18 by 23 1/4 inches, this is one big pressbook. Add ten pages filled with photos, articles, a coloring promotion, a theater giveaway clown mask by Topstone, a comic herald, and a full color cover, it becomes a pressbook collector's dream. I'm sure the audience liked the movie, too.
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The Roaring West (1935) Movie Pressbook
Fifteen exciting chapters of Wild West action with Buck Jones. No cussing allowed.
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The Brides of Dracula (1960) Movie Pressbook
Still a good movie, even if Christopher Lee wasn't in it. This is something of a double bill pressbook, although The Leech Woman is somewhat off to the side as a suggestion more than a big selling point.
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Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
Pressbook
I would watch the Bomba and Tarzan movies every Sunday on local television, along with Abbott and Costello. The movies aren’t great, but always entertaining, and they give you an interesting perspective on how Hollywood (and America) viewed the Dark Continent (Sub-Saharan Africa according to Wikipedia), and its inhabitants through cinema. And boy, I wish I looked that good in a loincloth. I know the term “dark continent” has fallen out of favor, but it best encompasses the artistic leanings and dramatic on-film mindsets of the 1930s through 1950s: mysterious, unknown, and sinister.
Master of the World (1961)
Movie Pressbook
This large 15 by 22 inches pressbook for Jules Verne's Master of the World, starring Vincent Price, has stiff covers, lots of promotional material, and a polished page layout. All of this presents quite a "selling" package to movie theaters, and indicative of American International's use of quality pressbooks for movies where Vincent Price is involved. (See The Tomb of Ligeia and The Haunted Palace.)
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