Spanish title: Jesse James vs la Hija de FrankensteinStars: John Lupton, Cal Bolder, Nada OnyxDirected by: William BeaudineDistributor: Cinematografica Azteca (for Embassy Pictures Corporation)
"Shocking assassins… a gunman and the daughter of a monster…!"
Shot in just eight days, back to back with the also cheap-and-nasty Billy The Kid vs Dracula, this film is a long way [...]
Spanish title: El Satiro de la Playa (The Satyr of the Beach)Stars: Dwan (or is it Dawn?) Marlow, Anton van Stralen, Doug LeithDirected by: Bethel BuckalewDistributor: Peliculas Agrasanchez
"Hours of ecstasy…! And hours of terror that you’ll never forget…!"
Bethel Buckalew (AKA Peter Porter, AKA Peter Perry, AKA A.P. Stootsberry, AKA Seymour Tuchus) made a lot of [...]
Spanish title: Tarzan el Temerario (Tarzan the Reckless One)Stars: Johnny Weismuller, Brenda JoyceDirected by: William ThieleDistributor: Distribuidora Sotomayor (for RKO Radio Pictures)
"Tarzan defies enemy agents… in a hot-bed of intrigue and danger!"
This story involves Tarzan having to get his ‘jungle fever’ remedy
(trust me, white boy, there ain’t no cure for jungle fever) from a lost
jungle, [...]
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: 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: Tenías que ser túStars: Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Percy Waram, Spring Byington, Ron RandellDirected by: Don Hartman and Rudolph Mate Distributor: Columbia Pictures
"I love you, I love you much… very, very much."
If you ever needed an example that demonstrated the importance of using proper accents in written Spanish text, this film title does [...]
Spanish title: La Laguna AzulStars: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William DanielsDirected by: Randal KleiserDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"The sensational story of a natural romance."
We really don’t have much to add here. It’s a cheap, cheesy lobby card that illustrates perfectly what was lost when the distributors switched from original art to photo art.
In [...]
Spanish title: LeyendaStars: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennet, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork HubbertDirected by: Ridley ScottDistributor: 20th Century Fox
"Good does not exist without evil. Nor love without hatred.
Nor innocence without guilt. I am the Dark."
You won’t find many Tom Cruise movies here – mostly because he’s a nutbar – but we [...]
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, [...]
