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Congo Bill (1948)
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There's something fascinating about the girls and gorillas thematic that was a Hollywood bad habit that hit its zenith in the 1940s, along with mad scientists and gorillas. Of course, the most notable is King Kong (1933), but there were many movies plotting along this theme. Here's the Mexican lobby card for the Congo Bill Columbia Pictures 15 chapter serial. While it may all appear rather silly now to watch an actor in a gorilla suit carrying an unconscious woman in his arms, try to imagine as if you were sitting in a grand, single screen, theater in the 1940s. (Here's the Congo Bill pressbook.)

Congo Bill

Congo Bill Lobby Card

The Devil’s Rain (1975)
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Here's the Mexican lobby card for The Devil's Rain. You can see the pressbook here. I can best sum it up by saying a lot of people melt at the end. So either fast forward or plan on spending little quality time until the end. Great poster art, though. And the makeup effects are good. A lot of movies came out in the 1970's, on television and in the theater, with stories about satanists and witchcraft and all that. Not sure why. This is one of those movies. Now, if we were talking Race with the Devil (1975), of which you can see the pressbook here, that's worth your while.

Devil's Rain lobby

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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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. 

Woman in green lobby card

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