Spanish title: Sanson Contra Los Piratas (Samson Against The Pirates)Stars: Kirk Morris, Margaret Lee, Daniele VargasDirected by: Amerigo AntonDistributor: Peliculas Agrasanchez
"The Fury of the Seven Seas, dominated by one man – the greatest conquest of the screen!"
Eh, not quite. This is a terrible film, typical of the cardboard sets/spaghetti action genre of Italian filmmaking of [...]
Spanish title: El Zorro y Los Tres MosqueterosStars: Gordon Scott, Jose Greci, Maria Grazia Spina, Gianni Rizzo, Giacomo RossiDirected by: Luigi CapuanoDistributor: United Producers de Mexico
"Thousands of emotions in this great adventure film! Athos, Portos,
Aramis, D’Artagnan, and Zorro fighting for their honor – and a lady!"
Luigi Capuano wasn’t exactly the king of serious drama; a [...]
Spanish title: Los Tambores de la Muerte (The Drums of Death)Stars: Clay Moore, Phyllis Coates, Johnny Spencer, Roy GlennDirected by: Fred C. BannonDistributed by: Distribuidora Sotomayor, for Republic Pictures
"Jungle thrills and voodoo madness in the heart of the dark continent – a Republic super-series!"
We don’t see a whole lot of Distribuidora Sotomayor lobby cards around, [...]
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: MogamboStars: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace KellyDirected by: John FordDistributor: MGM Mexico
"A battle of the sexes… and a battle against the gorillas!"
This lobby card for the Sam Zimbalist-produced multi-Oscar nominated jungle feature is in incredible shape. No pinholes, no tears, nice thick cardboard; in fact, if not for a couple of slightly dinged [...]
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: La Venganza de la Selva (Vengeance of the Forest)Stars: Rod Cameron, Cesar RomeroDirector: William A. BerkeDistributor: Peliculas Agrasanches, S.A. (for Lippert Pictures)
"Two men and a woman fight to survive the fury of the jungle… from which nobody escapes."
Lippert Pictures were in the business of low budget, big thrill Saturday morning matinee pictures designed [...]
