Spanish title: Maciste Contra Los Monstruos (Maciste vs the Monsters)Stars: Reg Lewis, Margaret LeeDirected by: Guido MalestestaDistributor: Embassy Pictures Corporation (US), Telexport (Italy)
"A mysterious world in the prehistoric apocalyptic era, millon of years before Christ!"
In the world of Italian swords and sandals pulp film ‘epics’, Maciste is a fairly regularly-seen character. In fact, he first [...]
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: La Sirena Del CaribeStars: Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Richard EganDirected by: John SturgesDistributor: RKO Radio Pictures
"Between thousands of pirates and killer sharks, she looks for of a
lost treasure – the most fabulous adventure under the sea!"
Jane Russell was said to have been ‘two of the biggest stars in show business’, and as a [...]
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: El Hijo de Ali BabaStars: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, William Reynolds, Hugh O’Brian, Victor JoryDirected by: Kurt NeumannDistributor: Universal Pictures
"Soul of a Prince, heart of a poet… with steel in his hand and a kiss on the lips, the sensational stars of "The Prince Who Was a Thief", together again! And… [...]
Spanish title: La Dama y el VagabundoStars: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy LeeDirected by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred JacksonDistributor: MGM (for Disney)
"She’s from the leash and license set… he’s footloose and collar free!"
With the Walt Disney company not running an office in Mexico, it was left to MGM to distribute this undeniable animation classic south [...]
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: Beso de FuegoStars: Jack Palance, Barbara Rush, Rex Reason, Martha Hyer, Alan Reed, Leslie BradleyDirected by: Joseph M. NewmanDistributor: Universal Pictures
"It was the kiss that changed the course of an empire!"
You’ve gotta love the supreme tackiness that was Jack Palance in the 40’s and 50’s. Whenever you needed a bad guy with a [...]
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: La Guerra Y La PazStarring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oscar Homolka, Anita Ekberg, John Mills, Helmut Dantine, Barry Jones, Anna Maria Ferrero, Milly Vitale, Jeremy BrettDirected by: King VidorDistributor: Paramount Pictures
"Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy"
This Dino DeLaurentis epic features a lobby card that’s a bit [...]
