A pretty as a painting Mexican lobby card for La Venganza Del Doctor Mabuse (Dr. M schlägt zu, The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse, 1972). A fascinating criminal mastermind that borrows much from pulp villains. This cinema entry for the evil doctor is directed by Jess Franco. (Note that ‘Jak’ Taylor should be ‘Jack’ Taylor.) Jerry Lacy (Dark Shadows) starred as the nefarious criminal in a 2013 independent entry directed by Ansel Faraj.
A wonderful whimsical style makes this Mexican lobby card an inviting promotion for The Ghost Jesters.
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.
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).
Here's the Mexican lobby card for El Planeta De Las Tormentas (Planeta Bur), a Russian science fiction movie.
Almost looks like Freddy Krueger at the top left, doesn't it?
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?
Women and monsters: What would horror and science fiction be without them? Here’s the minimalist Mexican lobby card for La Nave De Los Monstruos.
My favorite Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movie: Tarzan's New York Adventure. This Mexican lobby card shows him enjoying the luxury of indoor plumbing.
Here's a wholesome Mexican lobby card for Roy Roger's Down Dakota Way. Note how Trigger, his horse, gets top billing above Dale Evans and Pat Brady. I bet they worked for hay too. I was never a big fan of Rogers, mostly of Gene Autry (the Singing Cowboy). Don't forget it was Autry who gave us Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Of course, the rest is history.
I've probably seen every Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movie at least four times. They'd pop up every weekend on local television (Sunday, I recall), along with Abbott and Costello movies. In this one, the natives truly are restless, causing much mayhem for Jane and Boy. I hear a new reboot of the Tarzan storyline is coming from Hollywood. I'm sure they'll muck it up with the usual flair for petulant-scripting you get from writers unfamiliar with how to handle a particular genre. Like jungle movies. Back in the 1940s, there was an aura of mystery and danger you could play with. Today, if Tarzan's not carrying a cell phone and selfie-stick, I'd wonder what the hell was wrong with him.
Caught this movie for the first time during a Famous Monsters Convention (I think it was an FM con) back in the 1970s. Hilarious movie. Photography and scenes are splendid.