Spanish title: Caceria en los Mares
Stars: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab Hunter
Directed by: John Farrow
Distributor: 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 romantic thriller, however, John Wayne plays German freighter Captain Carl Erhlich, desperately playing cat and mouse with the allies, trying to keep from being blown out of the water. 

Wayne didn’t enjoy the shoot, however, as he picked up an ear infection while diving, and spent half the shoot in abject pain as a result. More to the point, his ear was so swollen, he had to be shot from his ‘good side’ for the majority of the flick. 

In terms of this lobby card, it really catches the eye; original art of John Wayne and Lana Turner in a passionate, if slightly fearful, embrace sets off a still image of The Duke casting off on his boat. The colors are vivid, the paintwork is good, but there’s one thing that, if you look closely, will jump out at you… the artist has used the faces from the bacl and white still photo as the basis for his painted Wayne/Turner portraits.

What’s interesting about that is that he’s only taken the faces – the pose, the clothes, they’re completely original, but the faces… total copy.

Regardless, it’s a heck of a design, looks great in a black frame, and if you dig The Duke (or Lana), it’s a great tribute. 

Spanish title: Juego de Pijamas
Stars: Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr
Directed by: George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Distributor: 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 in a heart-emblazoned pajama top.

The upper left hand corner features some cut’n'paste work, demonstrating that the bouffant hairdo of John Rait is unmatched in all of film history. That said, Day isn’t far behind, and the inset image on this card shows Carol Burnett in a scene from the film with what could only be called a ’soup bowl cut’.

Come for the movie, stay for the 1950’s equivalent of the mullet.