Spanish title: La Novicia Rebelde (The Rebellious Novice)
Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, The Bil Baird Marionettes
Directed by: Robert Wise
Distributor: 20th Century Fox 

"Radiance that floods the screen and warms the heart"

This undeniable classic has introduced millions of people to the musical feature genre, over several generations, and the lobby card promoting its Mexican release certainly hits all the right notes.

The original art up top isn’t actually original art at all – it’s still images used to promote the film on the official poster, painted over so they appear hand-painted, but from a distance you’d never know. The black and white inset features a recognizable scene with Julie Andrews and her Von Trapp Family Singer co-stars, which is always a plus, and the colors are definitely vivid.

What’s not quite stellar about this card? Well, 20th Century Fox decided in the 60’s that they could save a little time (and money) by setting up a template design for their lobby cards; one that included those odd green columns down the sides, and an ugly, bright yellow background clearly designed to catch the eye more than sell the mood of a film.

There were hundreds of films promoted with lobby cards like this one, and though this is one of the better designs of that lot, when you see a few of them together, it’s nowhere near as impressive as fully original work. In fact, that much bright yellow ink in one place is liable to give you a headache.

Still, a spoon full of sugar…