iCANDY: Cinema, Mexican Lobby Card Style!
Lobby cards defined in-theater promotion for decades. These colorful 11 X 14 marketing tools typically integrated stills from movies into a hyper-reality created by talented graphic artists. Among the most prized by collectors and nostalgia buffs are those created in Mexico. Vibrant, colorful and OVER over-the-top, these artifacts of a bygone era still leap off the screen today. Scroll through the gallery below and then check out the comments section for resource links for even more in-depth information.
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I love this post! I think next year you need to do a tribute to the telenovella on Telemundo!
ReplyDeleteThat's a different kind of iCandy!!
ReplyDeletelooks like the MOD posting feature is working. But back to telemundo... what is hotter than a hot priest who is shirtless ?
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can do a spin off feature: guyCANDY
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