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Hopalong Cassidy Mexican Lobby Card

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By now you may have noticed I'm a horror AND western movie fan. (Well, toss in science fiction, fantasy, film noir…) Here's a tidy Hopalong Cassidy Mexican lobby card, with the requisite  gun and tussle illustration. This one's unusual in that the English title isn't mentioned. While Hasta el Ultimo Cartucho translates to "until the last cartridge," I'm not sure which Hopalong movie this lobby relates to. I haven't watched all of them, so I can't match up the scene to its movie.

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I, Monster (1971)
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I, Monster was planned as a 3D movie using the Pulfrich Effect. Yeah, I'm not familiar with it either, but you can find out more about this interesting camera movement technique on Wikipedia. Brian McFadden in his Amicus Horrors, Tales from the Filmmaker's Crypt, notes that Christopher Lee wasn't keen on I, Monster, his last Amicus film, because of the constant camera movement the Pulfrich Effect required, which made editing the movie difficult. I can imagine the challenges with the setups for the camera were pretty vexing too and time-consuming. 

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Dr. Cyclops (1940)
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Fantastic special effects and fast pace keep this horror science fiction movie still enjoyable to watch. Wikipedia mentions it's the first American horror movie to use the three-strip technicolor process.  Albert Dekker is especially sinister and dangerous as a scientist with no moral center. The colorful poster art uses Dr. Cyclops and Doctor Cyclops in its titles.

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