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: 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: El Samurai AsesinoStars: Toshiro Mifune, Michiyo AratamaDirected by: Kihachi OkamotoDistributor: Films de Mexico
"Friends and enemies, looking for glory but never obtaining it!"
When our lobby card dealer mentioned he had an inexpensive one in stock for a samurai movie with "some guy called Mifute… Mifube… Mifune maybe?" – we kind of jumped at it. [...]
Spanish title: Deliciosa Pecadora (Delicious Woman)Stars: Ann Margret, Tony Franciosa, Robert Coote, Yvonne Romain, Horace McMahonDirected by: George SidneyDistributor: Paramount Pictures
"A woman who is fascinating to the end; see her dance as never before"
If you can’t enjoy Ann Margret strutting her strutter about in this campy exploitation flick of the ’60’s, you’re either not male, [...]
Spanish title: El Barco mas Loco del EjercitoStars: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Warren Berlinger, Patricia DriscollDirected by: Richard MuprhyDistributor: Columbia Pictures
Another of the 1960’s Columbia Mexico lobby cards, which are notable due to their slightly smaller size, slightly thicker cardboard, and lack of original art (see Requiem [...]
Spanish title: Requiem para um LuchadorStars: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie HarrisDirected by: Ralph NelsonDistributor: Columbia Pictures
"The violent, loveless world of ‘Mountain Rivera’!"
Call it serendipity if you will, but over all my years of tracking down Mexican lobby cards of American feature film releases, I usually take my pick of what I can [...]
Spanish title: Vuelve… i Amor Mio!Stars: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Edia Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack KruschenDirected by: Delbert MannDistributor: Universal Mexico
"They see my little nest… me a turtle dove, him a sparrowhawk…"
Lord knows what the slugline means, but this is a great kitschy lobby card if you can ignore the hokey text written [...]
