From Zombos' Closet

Mexican Lobby Card: Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)

Well, not every science fiction movie has to be top heavy with meaning, you  know? Here's the Mexican lobby card for Cat-Women of the Moon, "love starved moon maidens on the prowl." Meow!

Mexican Lobby Card: The Colossus of New York (1958)

An often overlooked science fiction movie, The Colossus of New York brings together themes we still struggle with, such as social responsibility, the misuse of great power for unethical reasons, and how much technology can influence a human being's balance between rationality and irrationality, leading to dire consequences for others. 

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Pressbook: Gun Girls (1957)

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Pressbook: A Study in Terror (1965)

Mexican Lobby Card: Korea Patrol (1951)

Mexican Lobby Card: Urubu (1948)

Mexican Lobby Card: La Cabeza Malefica (1958)

This Mexican lobby card for La Cabeza Malefica, The Thing That Couldn't Die, gives new meaning to the phrase "hold your head up high."

Mexican Lobby Card: Mutiny in Outer Space (1965)

A kitchy layout sparks this Mexican lobby card for Mutiny in Outer Space, Motin En La Nave Espacial.

Mexican Lobby Card: Robot Monster (1953)

More bizarre than peanut butter and Jiffy Lube (wait, I got that right?), comes El Monstruo De Marte, or Robot Monster for short. A movie even Ed Wood would be stymied by. It simply defies description. Imagine a movie beyond bad, beyond logic, and beyond any common sense you care to throw at it. You must see it. You must! The power of trashy, hilarious cinema compels you! And yes, even more bizarre, is the lobby card that someone actually had to, just had to, pencil in the outline of the beast shown in the scene photo. Mind you, this was done before the card went to print. You've got a gorilla-suited guy with a skull for a head (in the illustration anyway) wearing a diving-like helmet with rabbit ears. Who the *F* cares about the lizard in the photo?

Mexican Lobby Card: The Lost Planet (1953)

Okay, look, I know it's not an adventure on the planet of pennies, but I'm trying a few new ways to either scan or photograph my lobby cards. I prefer scanning, (you can see the actual texture of the paper) but some cards can't be stitched back together after scanning both halves on a ledger-sized scanner, so photography is the next best thing I can do. And it is faster. Unless you have a 24 x 36 inches scanner located close to Westbury, New York, I think photography is the way to go. But if you do have a commercial scanner like that, call me, I'm coming over.

This is the Mexican lobby card for The Lost Planet (but not one called pennies), a 15 chapters, Columbia serial. Wikipedia says it's the last sound serial made, so that makes it worth seeing (along with the helmets).

I would kill for one of those helmets. I would.

Mexican Lobby Card: Target Earth (1954)

This is one of those movies that scared me back in the 1960s. Watching it on my old black and white cathode ray tube television helped lessen my fright, but those robots really creeped me out. Here's the Mexican lobby card with colorful artwork and a suitable scene of frightened people. And then there's Richard Denning. Gasping again. We've seen that look of fear before. He's a master at it. This one is a budget entry but worth watching on a Saturday, even if just for the robots. The actors aren't too shabby either. 

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Mexican Lobby Card: Hercules

Here's a little peplum for your Tuesday, the handsome and sculpted Steve Reeves. Loved watching his Hercules movies every Sunday (along with the Abbott and Costello movies) on television. Reeves was born in Montana. Here's a quote attributed to him from IMDb: 

Filmmaking in Europe was a little different from working in the United States. There's a scene in 'Hercules' where I'm in chains -- they looked like steel, but they were actually made of wood -- and I had to swing these chains at my supposed enemies who were advancing towards me. Well, I didn't want to really strike someone so I kind of held back with my motions. The director yelled, 'Swing those chains! Swing them hard!' I said, 'I don't want to hurt someone.' And the director yelled back, 'If they don't get hurt, they don't get paid!'

Mexican Lobby Card: Deadtime Stories (1986)

My, what big--um--whatever--you have, Little Red Riding Hood, in this Mexican lobby card for Deadtime Stories, Cuentos Macabros.

Mexican Lobby Card: Commando Cody, Cosmic Vengeance

I want the gun and belt pack. Sure, I'd go for the cool leather jacket and mask, but I'd settle for the gun and belt pack ;) (See other Commando Cody lobbies: Hydrogen Hurricane, Captives of the Zero Hour , Radar Men from the Moon.)

Mexican Lobby Card: El Hermano Infame (1943)

Here's the Mexican lobby card for Fugitive from Sonora (1943). An all-around great looking lobby for this Republic movie.

Mexican Lobby Card: El Asesino Enmascarado (1962)