Mexican Lobby Card:
El Misterio Del Latigo Negro (1958)
This Mexican lobby card for El Misterio Del Latigo Negro is gorgeous and a fine example of how much talent-driven composition Mexican lobbies can achieve.
Mexican Lobby Card:
The Deadly Wrestling Hold (1990)
The Deadly Wrestling Hold, La Llave Mortal, is promoted in a Mexican lobby card that uses two inset fight scenes for half of the lobby and illustration for the other half.
Mexican Lobby Card:
The Invisible Terror (1969)
I'm not sure who the artist is here, for this The Invisible Terror Mexican lobby card, but this minimalist illustration always catches my eye.
Mexican Lobby Card:
Aventuras Del Latigo Negro (1961)
Beautiful blend of colors, illustration, and inset scene make this Mexican lobby card for Aventuras Del Latigo Negro a sophisticated promotional piece. (See another great Latigo Negro lobby here.)
Mexican Lobby Card:
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
Beast of a movie is more like it. Curucu, Beast of the Amazon is an awful mess of editing, direction (Curt Siodmak), and acting, which make this one a terror to watch. Monster is laughable. From IMDb: "Director Curt Siodmak said of this film, "I shot it down there [in Brazil], in the jungles. I never recovered, physically." Neither did the audience.
Mexican Lobby Card:
House of Frights (1963)
Light-hearted illustration with pastel colors makes this La Cas De Los Espantos Mexican lobby card a good teaser for the movie. Is it just me or does the inset scene remind you of a Jack Kirby drawn panel in the way the women are positioned and emoting?
Mexican Lobby Card:
The Body Snatchers (1956)
A wrestler is forced to swap brains with a gorilla, the usual mayhem ensues: Ladron De Cadaveras, The Body Snatchers. This Mexican lobby card is unbalanced with the floating heads added in the top left corner, but from bottom left to top right, there’s a more stylized flow showing.
Mexican Lobby Card: Fury Unleashed (1957)
Great illustration and colors make this Mexican lobby card for Furias Desatadas, Fury Unleashed, a winner.
Mexican Lobby Card: Dynasty of Dracula (1980)
La Dinastia Dracula, Dynasty of Dracula, has a very effective Mexican lobby card.
Double Bill Pressbook:
The Devil’s Partner
and Creature from the Haunted Sea
Here's a nifty double bill pressbook for The Devil's Partner and Creature from the Haunted Sea. This one has a unique design: you unfold the left and right edges to read the first page, then lift that page to see the ads. Striking combination of blue and yellow make this one pop. As does the lurid illustrations.
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Double Bill Pressbook:
The Devil’s Partner
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Mexican Lobby Card:
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
More sword and sandal artistry on this Mexican lobby card for the Italian movie, Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961). Beautiful, stylized illustration, font, and inset scene placement make this a colorful lobby for promoting the movie.
Mexican Lobby Card: The Giant Claw (1957)
Here’s the Mexican lobby card for The Giant Claw, La Garra Gigante. (See the movie pressbook here.) None of the actors knew what the giant bird they were reacting to looked like until after the movie was in the can. Special effects for the creature were farmed out to the wrong people. Much hilarity for audiences ensued. Interesting that the lobby card shows what strongly appears to be an eagle. Actor Jeff Morrow was so mortified during a first time showing in his home-town theater he snuck out to avoid his friends and family after the showing. Dialog in this one’s a turkey, as is the scientific hooey to justify the alien bird. I suppose this one was destined to…lay an egg at the box office.