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Latino/Mexican lobby card collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 374 large

Scope and Contents

The Latino/Mexican lobby card collection is comprised of 177 color and black-and-white lobby cards promoting and advertising Mexican American and Latino films spanning the time period from 1937 to 1991. The film topics include mystery, comedy, drama, western, and romance. Each title includes several cards depicting variant action scenes from the film. Key Mexican American and Latina actors in the collection include: Anthony Quinn, Raquel Welch and Rita Moreno. Other actors and directors of note are Antonio and Luis Aguilar, Lola Beltrán, Pedro Armendáriz, Flor Silvestre, Cornelio Reyna, Fernando Soler, Jose Ferrer and Emilio "El Indio" Fernandez. The Aguilar brothers, Armendáriz and Emilio Fernandez were popular stars at the height of Mexico's Golden Age of cinema. Others Golden Age stars include Gloria Marin, Ramon Gay, comic actor "Tin Tan" (Germán Valdés), Marcelo Chávez, Libertad Lamarque, Sofia Álvarez, Luis and Antonio Aguilar, Ana Bertha Lepe, Mapy Cortés, Andrés Soler, and Lilia Prado. A rare lobby card includes actress Rosaura Revueltas in a supporting role for the movie Lo Mejor de Teresa (1976, sheet #51).

Dates

  • Creation: 1937-1991

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box) ; 27 X 14 x 32 cm.

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired from local vendor in June 2011.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Diana Rivera and Allyson M. Telgenhof in 2011.

Title
Finding Aid for the Latino/Mexican lobby card collection, 1937-1991
Status
4 Published And Cataloged
Author
Finding aid prepared by Diana Rivera
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

Contact:
MSU Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing MI 48823 USA