Spanish title: Aventuras del Capitan KidStars: Richard Crane, David Bruce, John Crawford, George WallaceDirected by: Derwin Abbe, Charles S. GouldDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"The king of the pirates! 15 sensational episodes!"
The age of the serials was well and truly over by the time this pedestrian matinee ‘thriller’ series hit the screens, and it has all the hallmarks [...]
Spanish title: Cleopatra la Serpiente Del Nilo
Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Julie NewmarDirected by: William CastleDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"From my bed of silk, I dominate the world with my burning lips… Sin and savagery in matchless spectacle!"
This low-budget version of the Cleopatra story, which is often considered to be as good as the big [...]
Spanish title: Tenías que ser túStars: Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Percy Waram, Spring Byington, Ron RandellDirected by: Don Hartman and Rudolph Mate Distributor: Columbia Pictures
"I love you, I love you much… very, very much."
If you ever needed an example that demonstrated the importance of using proper accents in written Spanish text, this film title does [...]
Spanish title: La Laguna AzulStars: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William DanielsDirected by: Randal KleiserDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"The sensational story of a natural romance."
We really don’t have much to add here. It’s a cheap, cheesy lobby card that illustrates perfectly what was lost when the distributors switched from original art to photo art.
In [...]
Spanish title: Lawrence de ArabiaStars: Alec Guiness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, Peter O’Toole Directed by: David Lean Distributor: Columbia Pictures
"The biggest film of the year! 7 Academy Awards!"
There are few films in existence that have the pedigree of this one, and though the lobby card [...]
Spanish title: Jim de la Selva vs Hombres Gorillas (Jim of the Jungle vs the Gorilla People)Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Trudy Marshall, ChitaDirected by: William A. BerkeDistributor: Columbia Pictures, via Peliculas Agrasanches
"Ferocious gorilla men seed terror in the African forest!"
Nazis dress up as monkeys so they can steal African treasure, and only Jungle Jim (AKA [...]
Spanish title: El Barco mas Loco del EjercitoStars: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Warren Berlinger, Patricia DriscollDirected by: Richard MuprhyDistributor: Columbia Pictures
Another of the 1960’s Columbia Mexico lobby cards, which are notable due to their slightly smaller size, slightly thicker cardboard, and lack of original art (see Requiem [...]
Spanish title: Nido de Ratas (Nest of Rats) Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod SteigerDirected by: Elia KazanDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"Winner of eight prizes of the Academy!"
Of all the lobby cards in the Cineartista collection, few are printed on card as thick as this one, and few feature less colors.
Designed to promote [...]
Spanish title: Requiem para um LuchadorStars: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie HarrisDirected by: Ralph NelsonDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"The violent, loveless world of ‘Mountain Rivera’!"
Call it serendipity if you will, but over all my years of tracking down Mexican lobby cards of American feature film releases, I usually take my pick of what I can [...]
