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Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards

La Maldicion De La Momia (1957)
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Here's the 8 card Azteca Mexican lobby card set to La Maldcion de la Momia. On the Azteca lobby cards (which were printed for Spanish-speaking American movie theaters), each inset scene is an actual photograph. The cards are also smaller than the regular Mexican lobby cards. Evil Dr. Krupp squares off against Popoca, a masked wrestler, and other annoyances to his mad master plan. Very enjoyable, even if a bit slower moving than today's movies.

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La Maldicion De La Momia (1957)
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2 Caras Tiene La Muerte (Second Face 1954)
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Thanks to Geraldo for identifying this crime movie as Second Face, 1954. I had searched IMDb  for director Joy Rich, but came up empty. So I either need to polish my searching skills or IMDb needs to work on their search algorithm. But either way, this Mexican lobby card is illustrated beautifully. The elements, the colors, and the inset scene photo, as well as the choice of font style, blends into a big must-see-this-movie for theater patrons when they saw this lobby card in the theater's, well, lobby.

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The Woman in Green (1945)
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I'm a big Sherlock Holmes and Watson fan. The Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce series was a well-worked update to the characters. Here's the Mexican lobby card for The Woman in Green. Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty was a perfect choice: he clearly showed, for me, that reptilian countenance Doyle wrote about. The ending is rather silly, though: Professor Moriarty is certainly more clever than that. 

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Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
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This is one of those horror movies that seems to impress more than its production should warrant. The music is pretty good for a budget horror, and the love storyline, of ancient man and reincarnated woman, brings a certain tragedy and out of time element to it all. But Richard Anderson was practically comatose throughout, and the voice-over wasn't needed. Still, once the music kicks in and Quintilus rises, albeit slowly, there's a definite eerie mood that begs you to yearn for more (an effect I also experienced with The She-Creature).

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The Tiger Woman (1944)
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By now you probably have gotten the feeling I'm into Republic Pictures Serials, and jungle movies. Now, if Linda Stirling had actually worn the outfit shown in the illustration for this Mexican lobby card, well, I'd have liked that too. Of course, there are social considerations to discuss and argue in these older jungle movies and serials: how white men and women always seem to find themselves ruling over native tribes, and unlikely stuff like that. Or how the prop and art departments kept coming up with mismatching wardrobes for the culture and time period (yes, budget, I know). I wouldn't mind, though, wearing those puffy pants (see the inset scene). Those are awesome. And don't forget the boots.

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The Phantom of the West (1931)
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I'm not certain, but I believe this is the Mexican lobby card for The Phantom of the West. The style is colorful and simple, similar to this Chandu lobby. An original photograph was pasted onto the card (I'm assuming by hand), which gave way to printing the scene later. The early Mexican lobbies with the pasted on photographs are quite novel and always a favorite find for collectors like me.

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