From Zombos' Closet

Mexican Lobby Card: Tarzan and the Mermaids

Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) Mexican Lobby Card

Hey, just finding a son saved a lot of time and explanation, didn't it? Here are two variations on the Mexican lobby card for Tarzan Finds a Son!

Mexican Lobby Card: Jungle Mystery

Jungle Mystery (1932), "con el nuevo Tarzan, Noah Beery, Jr." Say, what?

Movie Herald: The Psychopath (1966)

Movie Herald: The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

Although somewhat yellow peril inspired, this series with Christopher Lee is still one of my favorites, as are the books by Sax Rohmer. And let's not forget that Boris Karloff played the arch criminal in 1932's The Mask of Fu Manchu. 

Frank Buck in Jungle Terror (1946) Pressbook

Before the Internet and social media, jungles were darkly mysterious, foreboding, and adventure laden, fraught with wild beasts and dangers unknown. Now the wild beasts and adventures are on YouTube. Bummer.

Movie Pressbook: The Mummy (1959)

Here's the movie pressbook for Terence Fisher's neatly scripted The Mummy; greatly enhanced by Peter Cushing's energetic performance and Christopher Lee's looming presence.

Jungle Jim in Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Pressbook

Nazis dress up as apes and go looking for gold. Jungle Jim (Johnny Weismuller) has other plans for them.

Movie Herald: The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

This Spanish language herald for El Hombre Invisible Vuelve (1940) is not in my collection. Yet. Emoviez has it for "Buy It Now" on eBay. These pictures were taken by emoviez.

Movie Herald: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

This movie herald (tabloid-style) was a promotional item for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. I don't recall seeing it when I hit the theater back in 1972 to see the movie. Heralds, like pressbooks, aren't used anymore, but I was pleasantly surprised when one for Silent Hill (2006) popped up.

Movie Pressbook: Dead of Night (1972)

Here's the movie pressbook for Dead of Night (1972), also known as Deathdream. A Viet Nam vet returns home. Or something that looks like him. An eerie, slow boil of terror. One of the decade's best horror movies, but under-appreciated today.

Movie Pressbook: The Black Panther (1956) with Sabu