The tone and mood of the illustration for this Mexican lobby card for El Camino De La Vida (The Road of Life) is poetic and emotionally charged, and tells a story all by itself.
Highly connotative illustration and uncluttered layout give this Mexican lobby card for La Marca Del Cuervo its promotional power. Intrigue, action, and what I call the "western way" are embraced here.
Blended use of the elephant photograph with the illustration gives a lively, and a little awkward, sensibility to this Mexican lobby card for The Savage Girl with Rochelle Hudson. Sadly she wears more clothes in the movie than in the illustration, and she walks around with a killer gorilla (Charles Gemora)–no, not the guy in the inset scene holding her savage body.
Here's another Mexican lobby card for the duo of Kitty De Hoyos and Dacia Gonzalez. Not sure what the chickens are meant to convey, but I'll let you draw your own conclusions. Two words will come to mind, I'm sure. Very lively card showcasing the two women. Notice the absence of their usually brandished whips.
Looks like Zorro has some competition. Careful attention devoted to this lobby card's layout and colors draws your eyes first to the masked characters on the left while inferring their capabilities at providing suitable action for this southwestern actioner. Note the diagonal flow of the card and how two characters, a cowboy on the right and a masked rider on the left, are facing each other. Perhaps a love interest is being hinted at?
My, what big eyes they have. I couldn't resist the inherent (unintentional?) humor in the illustration of this Mexican lobby card for La Atlantida, El Paraiso Perdido.
Do you notice the odd contrast between the illustration and inset scene of this Mexican lobby card for The Hell of Frankenstein (1960)?
Here's the Mexican lobby card for Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952).
Lots of fisticuffs punctuate the movie serials. This Mexican lobby card for El Rey Del Sabotaje (Radar Patrol vs. Spy King) captures the pugilistic-paced thrills. Striking use of yellow with black, and the tilted position for the inset scene work very well together with the font choices creating an easy to understand and visually exciting layout.