Saturday, February 25, 2006
Archive: Mexican Cinema Exhibit
On exhibit at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive throughout the month of March is a comprehensive collection of original lobby cards from the golden age of Mexican cinema. Included in the collection are cards designed by Mexico's greatest caricaturist, Ernesto Garcia Cabral.
Almost unknown in the United States, Cabral and the other illustrators working in movie publicity in Mexico during the 1940s and 50s created a style of cartooning that was uniquely their own. Bold colors and dynamic designs, combined with cartoony caricature drew audiences into theaters to see films by Mexican comedians like Cantinflas, Tin Tan and Resortes. Echoes of this style of cartooning exist to this day in Mexican movie posters and television show ads.
The exhibit is free and is open to the public during office hours... Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm to 9pm.
For more info, see the Exhibit Calendar Entry
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive depends on donations from people like you to put on programs like this. The Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood encourages you to generously support this project in its crucial first few years. Please send your donations, large and small to... ASIFA-Hollywood, 2114 Burbank Bl. Burbank, CA 91506. Please write "Archive Donation" on the subject line of your check.
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive thanks its Project Sponsors: Sony Pictures Classics, The Walter Lantz Foundation, and the Animation Guild (MPSC Local 839). ¶ 7:42 PM
On exhibit at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive throughout the month of March is a comprehensive collection of original lobby cards from the golden age of Mexican cinema. Included in the collection are cards designed by Mexico's greatest caricaturist, Ernesto Garcia Cabral.
Almost unknown in the United States, Cabral and the other illustrators working in movie publicity in Mexico during the 1940s and 50s created a style of cartooning that was uniquely their own. Bold colors and dynamic designs, combined with cartoony caricature drew audiences into theaters to see films by Mexican comedians like Cantinflas, Tin Tan and Resortes. Echoes of this style of cartooning exist to this day in Mexican movie posters and television show ads.
The exhibit is free and is open to the public during office hours... Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm to 9pm.
For more info, see the Exhibit Calendar Entry
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive depends on donations from people like you to put on programs like this. The Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood encourages you to generously support this project in its crucial first few years. Please send your donations, large and small to... ASIFA-Hollywood, 2114 Burbank Bl. Burbank, CA 91506. Please write "Archive Donation" on the subject line of your check.
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive thanks its Project Sponsors: Sony Pictures Classics, The Walter Lantz Foundation, and the Animation Guild (MPSC Local 839). ¶ 7:42 PM
