Huracan Ramirez (1953)
Mexican Lobby Card
The first movie in a series featuring the fictional luchador, Huracan Ramirez.
Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards
Una Senora Movida (1959)
Mexican Lobby Card
A humorous illustration of a body rolled up in a sheet, being whisked away at night, makes murder look rather charming in this Mexican lobby card for Una Senora Movida. The style of the illustration, zig-zag border, and inset scene give this lobby a sly Pink Panther-ish playfulness.
El Pantano De Las Animas (1957)
Mexican Lobby Card
Looking at this Mexican lobby card for Swamp of the Lost Souls, you wouldn't think a gill man is prowling around or this is a horror western. Beautiful illustration and colors are marred by a too-large inset scene (and a boring one at that): would prefer a scene of the gill man.
El Ahijado De La Muerte (1946)
Mexican Lobby Card
A nice merging of separate dramatic illustrations in yellow and black makes this Mexican lobby card for El Ahijado De La Muerte eye-catching, capturing the adventure fantasy tone of this noir western well.
Blackhawk (1952)
Mexican Lobby Card
Here's the Mexican lobby card for the Columbia serial, Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom. Kirk Alyn, who also played the first screen Superman, stars in this 15 episode actioner.
Captain Video
Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
Mexican Lobby Card
Two things come to mind every time I see this Mexican lobby card for Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere serial: The Honeymooners episode where Ralph and Norton attempt to share a television set, and THAT ray gun he's holding. I must have that ray gun!
Dark Venture 1956
Mexican Lobby Card
Once again, intrepid Caucasians venture into the deepest, darkest jungle to be terrified by the locals, the animals, and their own poor judgement and bad decisions. Oh my.
Platillos Voladores (1956)
Mexican Lobby Card
A simply beautiful Mexican lobby card for the apparently now lost, according to IMDb, 1956 comedy Los Platillos Voladores.
The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
The 1970s saw a revival of devil worship and satanic shenanigans, usually with the good guys and gals losing badly. Here's the Mexican lobby card for Tigon produced The Blood on Satan's Claw. "In his 2010 BBC documentary series A History of Horror, writer and actor Mark Gatiss referred to the film as a prime example of a short-lived subgenre he called "folk horror", grouping it with 1968's Witchfinder General and 1973's The Wicker Man. The film was to be Patrick Wymark's last English language film, and was released three months after his death." (Wikipedia)
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Mexican Lobby Card
Here's the vibrant, if somewhat nebulous in meaning, Mexican lobby card for From the Earth to the Moon movie from RKO and released through Warner Brothers. Location filming was done in Mexico.
Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)
Mexican Lobby Card
A menacing inset scene and carefully arranged border illustration, along with an intriguing use of coloration, make this Mexican lobby card for Jungle Drums of Africa a perfect example of how movies depicted the Dark Continent in the 1950s: full of mystery and menace. Quick, what's the single theme every jungle movie from the 1940s to 1950s always seemed to peg its script on? My answer: outsiders pissing off the locals enough to cause much harm and mayhem. From comedies to jungle dramas, hapless visitors and belligerent natives were the usual payoffs. Not surprisingly, many horror movies follow this same theme.
La Casa De Los Espectros
Mexican Lobby Card
Nicely spooky Mexican lobby card for La Casa De Los Espectros, even if the inset scene cuts into the background illustration unevenly.