Galleries

Beauties of Mexican Cinema (1940-1970) A photo gallery of the actresses portrayed in the book 'Beauties of Mexican Cinema/Bellezas del cine mexicano', by Rogelio Agrasánchez Jr. The photographs in this gallery are not included in that volume.

Movie still gallery : During the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, producers paid special attention to have high quality promotional materials made: posters, movie stills, copy, etc. They used to appoint accomplished photographers as stillmen. Among them, three members of the "Mexican modern photography generation": Agustín Jiménez (who was also a noted cinematographer), Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Luis Márquez Romay. Here, we are showing a small sample of their outstanding works for the Mexican film industry.

Mexican movie poster art from the 1970s: The 1970s brought deep change for the Mexican film industry. This transformation reached its poster art too. A new generation of artists, more creative freedom and fresh trends resulted in outstanding works of art.

Leopoldo Mendoza movie poster art gallery: Leopoldo Mendoza was the most prolific movie poster artist in the history of Mexican cinema. Here is a sample of his splendid and colorful works.