Spanish title: Rasputin y la Zarina (Rasputin and the Czarina)Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Ralph Morgan, Diana WynaraDirected by: Richard BoleslavskyDistributor: MGM
"King of crime, hatred and evil… bringing about the fall of an empire"
You know how, when you watch the end credits on a film, it’ll say "the characters and story in this [...]
Spanish title: La Dama y el VagabundoStars: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy LeeDirected by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred JacksonDistributor: MGM (for Disney)
"She’s from the leash and license set… he’s footloose and collar free!"
With the Walt Disney company not running an office in Mexico, it was left to MGM to distribute this undeniable animation classic south [...]
Spanish title: Tarzan el Indomable (Tarzan the Indomitable One)Stars: Herman Brix (AKA Bruce Bennett)Directed by: Edward A. KrullDistributor: Guaranted Pictures de Mexico
"Dangers and adventures in the tropical forest"
Herman Brix could have been Johnny Weismuller, but for a shoulder injury he suffered in his first film – Touchdown. he was due to play Tarzan, the studio [...]
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: La Mujer Murcielago (The Bat Woman)Stars: Maura Monti, Roberto Cañedo, Héctor Godoy, David Silva, Crox AlvaradoDirected by: René CardonaDistributor: Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.
"Invincible! Valiant! Audacious! Powerful! Daring! Seductive!"
Cinematografica Calderon made films in Mexico from 1943 all the way through to the early 90’s before disappearing from the film business altogether, but in the 50’s and [...]
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 [...]
