Mexican Lobby Card:
Santo vs. Los Cazadores De Cabezas
Santo squares off against the Headhunters in this Mexican lobby card from 1971.
Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Card: Invisible Ghost (1941)
These are the kinds of Mexican lobby cards I dream about. Frightening image of Bela Lugosi done in spook show luridness, matched with a gasping woman in the inset scene, and colors that scream "creepy" out loud. I normally don't collect lobbies that are badly torn, but this one is rare and the missing piece doesn't ruin the impact. I hope you find it as compelling as I do. This one is for Invisible Ghost (1941). And note that Polly Ann Young's name is misspelled.
More Bela:
Mexican Lobby Card: Tarzan Y La Diablesa
Here's an interesting one: this Mexican lobby card for Tarzan and the She-Devil, Tarzan Y La Diablesa, is a bit confusing. This is a beautiful lobby highlighting Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, but Lex Barker played Tarzan in the 1953 movie. Oops.
Mexican Lobby Card:
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
The East Side Kids mix it up with Bela Lugosi in Ghosts on the Loose. A salary dispute with Leo Gorcey, the "brains" of the group, would lead to The Bowery Boys movies beginning in 1945.
More Stuff in the Closet:
Mexican Lobby Card:
El Misterio Del Latigo Negro (1958)
This Mexican lobby card for El Misterio Del Latigo Negro is gorgeous and a fine example of how much talent-driven composition Mexican lobbies can achieve.
Mexican Lobby Card:
The Deadly Wrestling Hold (1990)
The Deadly Wrestling Hold, La Llave Mortal, is promoted in a Mexican lobby card that uses two inset fight scenes for half of the lobby and illustration for the other half.
Mexican Lobby Card:
The Invisible Terror (1969)
I'm not sure who the artist is here, for this The Invisible Terror Mexican lobby card, but this minimalist illustration always catches my eye.
Mexican Lobby Card:
Aventuras Del Latigo Negro (1961)
Beautiful blend of colors, illustration, and inset scene make this Mexican lobby card for Aventuras Del Latigo Negro a sophisticated promotional piece. (See another great Latigo Negro lobby here.)
Mexican Lobby Card:
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
Beast of a movie is more like it. Curucu, Beast of the Amazon is an awful mess of editing, direction (Curt Siodmak), and acting, which make this one a terror to watch. Monster is laughable. From IMDb: "Director Curt Siodmak said of this film, "I shot it down there [in Brazil], in the jungles. I never recovered, physically." Neither did the audience.
Mexican Lobby Card:
House of Frights (1963)
Light-hearted illustration with pastel colors makes this La Cas De Los Espantos Mexican lobby card a good teaser for the movie. Is it just me or does the inset scene remind you of a Jack Kirby drawn panel in the way the women are positioned and emoting?
Mexican Lobby Card:
The Body Snatchers (1956)
A wrestler is forced to swap brains with a gorilla, the usual mayhem ensues: Ladron De Cadaveras, The Body Snatchers. This Mexican lobby card is unbalanced with the floating heads added in the top left corner, but from bottom left to top right, there’s a more stylized flow showing.
Mexican Lobby Card: Fury Unleashed (1957)
Great illustration and colors make this Mexican lobby card for Furias Desatadas, Fury Unleashed, a winner.