Spanish title: Paris en AbrilStars: Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude DauphinDirected by: David ButlerDistributor: Warner Bros
"Nights in Paris! Romantic encounters! Endless pleasures! You’ll cheer for this spring-time celebration!"
This lobby card is a great example of how cinema art designers often mixed original art with cut’n’paste images and illustration to create something that looks all hand-painted. [...]
Spanish title: Moby DickStars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles, Herman MelvilleDirected by: John HustonDistributor: Warner Bros (for 20th Century Fox and United Artists)
"The White Whale had almost destroyed him…"
The second of our two lobby cards for John Huston’s Moby Dick, this design is by far the superior of the two.
The first relies [...]
Spanish title: Los GooniesStars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Curtis Hanson, Robert Davi, Joe PantolianoDirected by: Richard DonnerDistributor: Indefilms
"The light, the map, the caves, the death traps, the treasure… all part of the adventure of The Goonies"
This lobby card design is pretty standard – it’s the illustrated image from the poster that [...]
Spanish title: Intriga de Honolulu (Intrigue in Honolulu)Stars: John Wayne, Nancy Olso, James ArnessDirected by: Edward LudwigDistributor: Warner Bros
"He traveled 6000 miles on a secret mission to squash a group of assassins who threatened the world!"
In general, I’m not a fan of the cut’n’paste lobby cards, at least not as much as those with original [...]
Spanish title: Caceria en los MaresStars: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab HunterDirected by: John FarrowDistributor: Warner Bros
"The elusive Sea Captain and his blonde woman in an explosive, suspense-packed story of high daring on the high seas!"
Usually, you’ll find the great American heroes playing great American heroes in war movies. In this [...]
Spanish title: Juego de PijamasStars: Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy JrDirected by: George Abbott, Stanley DonenDistributor: Warner Bros
"Cheers, suggestion, incitement… and howls of enthusiasm
as you die of laughter"
This is a great piece of Mexican lobby card art, from the beautiful colors right on down to the pantless depiction of Doris Day [...]
Spanish title: Aventuras de los Comandos (Adventures of the Commandos)Stars: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Arthur Kennedy Directed by: Raoul WalshDistributor: Warner Bros
"Boldness, morals, and intrepidity as never seen before, in a chilling
adventure…"
While this card isn’t exactly an awe-inspiring piece of original art (a lot of WB film lobby cards of this period followed a similar [...]
Spanish title: Moby DickStars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Orson WellesDirected by: John HustonDistributor: Warner Bros (for 20th Century Fox and United Artists)
"Before the shark… there was the whale!"
This is one of two different lobby card releases for this film, and this is definitely the inferior one. The odd choice of circling Gregory Peck’s [...]
