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Here we have three badly photographed lovelies from my collection of lobby cards. For them that don't know, lobby cards are small posters that are displayed at the front of a theatre to advertise current or upcoming films. They usually come in sets, and the number of different cards in a set could be anywhere from six to twelve; for example, my set of Mestizo cards came as a set of twelve. Now, for these films:
- The first in this set is from the 1943 picture, Riders of the Northwest Mounted. It starred Russell Hayden, who became well known as one of Hopalong Cassidy's peppy sidekicks (and my favourite). The big draw of this picture is the feller on the far right; Bob Wills, bandleader of the Texas Playboys, who guest starred, offering a few songs in true singing cowboy fashion.
- Second is a tantalising tidbit from the 1961 Robert Ryan/John Dehner feature The Canadians, that I've mentioned on this page as one of the Mountie movies that I'm dying to see (HERE). Until I actually see it, this beauty will mock me from its place on my wall.
- Last in this trio is the card from the 1961 Spanish Euro/Spaghetti-type Mountie Western, Mestizo, released in English as Django Does Not Forgive. All twelve cards in this incredible set are really nice scenes, which is not always true of lobby sets. I have this in my DVD collection, and it's a really colourful action movie!
I have a pretty good collection of Mountie-related lobby cards, and I must say, it's cool to have these artifacts of the times and places that these films were actually screened!
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