urn:taro:utexas.blac.00212 Agrasánchez Collection of Latin American Cinema, 1934-1987Finding aid written by Ancelyn Krivak and Megan Jorgeson, August 2007 Finding aid encoded by Ancelyn Krivak and Megan Jorgeson, August 2007Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Agrasánchez, Jr., Rogelio Agrasánchez Collection of Latin American Cinema 1934-1987 English, Spanish, and Portuguese. 2007-03 3 linear feet and 38 posters Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Original posters, lobby cards, stills and negatives advertising Latin American films from the 1930s to the 1980s. Biographical Sketch

Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr. of Harlingen, Texas is a collector of Mexican movie materials and an expert on vintage cine mexicano materials. He is the owner and curator of the Agrasánchez Film Archive in Harlingen, the world’s largest private collection of its kind. The Agrasánchez Film Archive’s holdings include 1,400 movies, 2,000 posters, 12,000 lobby cards, and 60,000 still photographs. In addition to materials from the Mexican film industry, Agrasánchez has collected movie memorabilia from Argentina and other Latin American countries. Agrasánchez has written several books on Mexican cinema.

Scope and Contents Note

The Agrasánchez Collection of Latin American Cinema consists mainly of still photographs, negatives of stills, movie posters and lobby cards from Latin American films dating from 1934 to 1987. The collection measures 3 linear feet, plus 38 posters, and is arranged into 5 series: Negatives, Stills, Posters, Lobby Cards, and Various Materials. These are arranged alphabetically by title within their respective series. Additional materials include broadsides, film programs and transparencies.

Collection materials are primarily from Argentina and Brazil, with a few pieces from Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala and Venezuela. They represent a wide variety of genres and periods. Posters, stills and negatives from Argentina's Golden Age of filmmaking (1930s-1940s)comprise a significant portion of the collection. Many of Argentina's most well-known actors, such as Hugo del Carril, Luis Sandrini, Tita Merello, Zully Moreno, Mirtha Legrand and Libertad Lamarque are represented here in classic melodramas and screwball comedies. Musicals of this era feature legendary artists of the tango, including Carlos Gardel and Astor Piazzolla. The collection also contains many negatives, stills and posters from Argentinian exploitation films of the 1960s to 1970s, including sex comedies and vampire movies featuring starlets like Libertad Leblanc and Isabel Sarlí. Also from this time period are vehicles for Argentina's pop singers, such as Sandro and Leo Dan. Many negatives, stills and posters from Brazil are from Cinema novo directors of the 1960s to 1980s, including Joaquim Pedro de Andrade and Carlos Diegues.

The first series, Negatives, consists of negatives of movie stills from approximately 130 films. The negatives are 8x10 and are filed alphabetically by movie title. Individual files contain between 5 and 38 negatives.

Stills, the second series, is made up of 8x10 black and white photographs from over 40 movies. They are filed alphabetically by title, with 4 to 24 stills for each title.

The Posters, found in series three of the collection, are housed alphabetically by title in flat files, five posters per file. Most of the posters list actors' and directors' names, as well as production company information.

The fourth series consists of Lobby Cards, designed to be hung in theatre lobbies. They contain identically printed designs and promotional information, with each card displaying a different still photograph from the movie. The lobby cards measure 11 inches tall by 14 inches wide and are filed alphabetically by movie title.

Series five, Various Materials contains broadsides and programs for several Argentinian films of the 1960s. In addition, there is a set of transparencies of an unidentified cartoon.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series: Negatives, Stills, Posters, and Lobby Cards and Various Materials.

Related Material

The Benson Collection also holds the Agrasánchez Collection of Mexican Cinema.

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted

Use Restrictions

Standard copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Agrasánchez Collection of Latin American Cinema, Benson Latin American Collection, the University of Texas at Austin.

Index Terms

The Agrasánchez Collection of Latin American Cinema is classified under the following Subject Headings:

Motion Pictures--Latin America--Pictorial Works. Motion Pictures--Argentina--Pictorial Works. Motion Pictures--Brazil--Pictorial Works. Motion Pictures--Colombia--Pictorial Works. Motion Pictures--Cuba--Pictorial Works. Motion Pictures--Guatemala--Pictorial Works. Motion Pictures--Venezuela--Pictorial Works. Motion Pictures--Argentina--Pictorial Works. Film Posters--Argentina. Film Posters--Brazil. Agrasánchez Film Archive. Box and Folder Inventory Negatives, 1934-1986 1 1 Acosada, 1964 1 2 Adán y la serpiente, 1946 13 Adiós, pampa mía, 1946 1 4 ¡Al diablo con este cura!, 1967 15 Amada inmovil, la, 1945 1 6 Amor última modelo, 1942 17 Argentine film, unidentified, n.d. 18 Bartolo tenía una flauta, 1939 19 Batalla de Chile, la, 1973. 110 Beso en la nuca, un, 1946 111 Bestia desnuda, la, 1971 21 Boda, la, 1964 2 2 Bodas de sangre, 1938 23 Bruma en el riachuelo, 1942 24 Bye bye Brazil, 1980 2 5 Caballeros de la cama redonda, la, 1975 26 Caballo del pueblo, el, 1935 27 Canto del cisne, el, 1945 28 Canuto Cañete, 1963 2 9 Capitán veneno, el, 1943 210 Casi un Sueño, 1943 2 11 Casa de los millones, la, 1942 212 Casa del amor, la, 1973 2 13 Casta Susana, la, 1944 2 14 Celos, 1946 2 15 Cinco besos, 1946 3 1 Chingolo, 1940 3 2 Conde de Montecristo, el, 1953 33 Creo en Dios, 1959 3 4 Cuando el amor llega [Hipólito y Evita], 1973 35 Cuando calienta el sol, 1963 36 Cuando canta el corazón, 1941 37 Danza de la fortuna, la, 1944 38 Demonio creó a los hombres, el, 1960 39 Deseo, el, 1944 3 10 Deseo salvaje, n.d. 311 Deshojando margaritas, 1946 41 Detrás de un largo muro, 1959 42 Donde mueran las palabras, 1946 43 Dos ángeles y un pecador, 1945 44 Dos rivales, los, 1944 4 5 Embrujo de amor, 1971 46 En la ardiente oscuridad, 1959 47 En una playa junto al mar, 1971 48 Éramos seis, 1945 4 9 Evadidos, los 1964 410 Extraña ternura, 1964 4 11 Furia sexual, n.d. 412 Gitano, 1970 4 13 Guerra Conjugal, 1945 414 Guerra gaucha, la, 1942 51 Hipócritas, las, 1965 5 2 Jibaro millonario, el [Millonario a go-go], 1965 5 3 Joven viuda y estanciera, 1941 54 Juego del amor y del azar, el, 1944 55 Kapax del Amazonas1981, 56 Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1985 5 7 Lucrecia Borgia, 1947 58 Macunaíma, 1969 5 9 Made in Argentina, 1987 510 Madrastra, la, 1960 5 11 Maestrita de los obreros, la, 1942 512 Maja de los cantares, la, 1946 61 Mala vida, la, 1973 6 2 ¿Mami, donde está mi madre? [El hijo de la calle], c. 1960s-1970s 63 Marido ideal, un 1947 6 4 Martín Fierro, 1968 6 5 Más Alla del Olvido, 1956 66 Más infeliz del pueblo, el, 1941 67 Millonario, el, 1955 6 8 Mosquita muerta, 1946 69 Mi novia es un fantasma, 1944 610 Muchachada del a bordo [Yo no soy marinero], la, 1936 611 Mujer sin importancia, una, 1945 612 Mujeres perdidas, 1964 6 13 Mundo alegre de Helô, o, 1967 614 Na garganta do diabo, 1960 71 Novela de un joven pobre, la, 1942 72 Novia, la, 1961 7 3 ¡Olé...Cuba!, 1957 7 4 Orquidea, la, 1951 7 5 Pantaleón y las visitadores, 1975 76 Papá corazón se quiere casar, 1974 7 7 Papá tiene novia, 1941 7 8 Patagonia rebelde, la, 1974 79 Película Argentina, 1940s 710 Película Argentina, 1950s 711 Peluquería de Señoras [Campeón por faldas], 1941 712 Piel de zapa, la 1943 7 13 Placeres conjugales, 1964 714 Psexoanálysis, 1968 7 15 Pupa [Casa de muñecas], la, c. 1960s 81 Quiero llenare de ti, 1968 82 Rei Pelé, o, 1963 8 3 Renzo del gitano, 1972 84 Riachuelo [?], 1934 [?] 85 Rigoberto, 1945 8 6 Ritmo de aventura, 1968 87 Sangre de virgenes, 1968 88 Santa cándida, 1945 8 9 Santiago querido, 1965 810 Santos Vega vuelve, 1947 91 Secuestro sensacional, 1942 92 Seis suegras de Barba Azul, las, 1945 93 Senderos de fe, 1938 9 4 Señora de Pérez se divorcia, la, 1945 95 Si yo fuera rica, 1941 9 6 Siempre te amaré, 1978 97 Siempre fuimos compañeros, 1973 98 Sorpresas del divorcio, las, 1943 99 Stella, 1943 9 10 Su primer baile, 1942 911 Te extraño tanto amor, c.1970s 912 Territorio verde, 1952 9 13 Testigo para un crimen, 1963 101 Tia de Carlos, la [?], 1946 [?] 102 Toda nudez sara castigada, 1973 10 3 Todo un hombre, 1943 104 Traidores de San Angel, los, 1967 105 Vida continua, la, 1969 106 Villa rica del Espíritu Santo, 1945 107 Visa USA, 1986 10 8 Yo quiero morir contigo, 1941 109 Yo quiero una mujer así, 1950 Stills, 1935-1987 11 1 Accidente 703, 1964 112 Acosada, 1964 11 3 Adán y la Serpiente, 1946 114 Adiós, pampa mía, 1946 11 5 Amada inmovil, la, 1945 116 Amor prohibido, un, 1955 11 7 Barragua, 1985 118 Batalla de Chile, la, 1973 11 9 Bestia Desnuda, la, 1971 1110 Boda, la, 1964 11 11 Bodas de sangre, 1938 11 12 El bruto, 1961 11 13 Burrerita de Ipacarai, la, 1962 1114 Bye bye Brazil, 1980 11 15 Caballo del pueblo, el, 1935 1116 Calle del pecado, la, 1954 1117 Capitán del veneno, 1943 1118 Casa de Madame Lulú, 1968 1119 Cautiva de la selva, 1969 11 20 ¡Che!, 1969 11 21 Cigarra está que arde, la, 1967 11 22 Clandestinos, 1987 1123 Como te extraño, mi amor, 1966 1124 Conde de Montecristo, el, 1953 121 Culpa, la, 1969 12 2 Culpable, el, 1960 123 Curandero del Pueblo, el, n.d. 124 Derecho de gozer, el, 1968 125 Día que me quieras, el, 1969 116 Doña Flor y sus dos maridos, 1976 127 En el viejo Buenos Aires, 1942 128 En la ardiente oscuridad, 1958 129 En mi casa mando yo, 1968 1210 En una playa junto al mar, 1971 1211 Evadidos, los, 1964 12 12 Extraño ternura, 1964 1213 Favela, 1961 12 14 Fiaca, la, 1969 1215 Fidelidad, la, 1970 12 16 Fin de la noche, el, 1944 1217 Flor desnuda, la, 1962 12 18 Fray dólar, 1970 12 19 Garganta del diablo, la, 1960 1220 Gringalet [La sangre manda], 1959 1221 Habanera, n.d. 1222 Hembra, la, n.d. 12 23 Heroes de blanco, 1962 1224 Imperio del sol [Royal Hunt of the Sun], 1968 1225 India, 1960 12 26 Jibaro millonario [Millonario a go-go], c. 1960s 12 27 Jugador, el, 1947 131 Kapax del Amazonas, 1981 132 Mama de la novia, la, 1978 133 ¿Mami, donde está mi madre?, c. 1960s-1970s 134 Maria M, 1964 13 5 Marido ideal, un, 1947 136 Más infeliz del pueblo, el, 1941 13 7 Maternidad sin hombres, 1968 138 Matón a sangre fria, un, n.d. 139 Me enamoré sin darme cuenta, 1972 1310 Muchacho, 1970 1311 Na garganta do diabo, 1960 1312 Nino, 1972 1313 No title [Argentina], n.d. 1314 No title, n.d. 1315 No title, n.d. 1316 Novia, la, 1961 1317 Novicio rebelde, el, 1968 13 18 ¡Olé...Cuba!, 1957 1319 Pampa Salvaje, 1966 13 20 Pantaleón y las visitadoras, 1975 1321 Pimienta, 1966 1322 Placeres conyugales, 1964 1323 Pobre Mariposa, 1986 1324 Por el mismo camino [?], 1953 [?] 1325 Quiero llenarme de ti, 1969 1326 La Raulita, 1975 13 27 Rei Pelé, o, 1963 141 Redencion [La rubia Mireya], 1948 142 Requiebro, 1955 14 3 Ritmo de Aventura, 1968 144 Sabaleros, 1959 14 5 Santos Vega vuelve, 1947 146 Seara vermelha, 1964 14 7 El secuestrador, 1958 148 Setenta veces siete, 1962 149 Si yo fuera rica, 1941 14 10 Simplemente una rosa, 1971 14 11 Sorpresas del divorcio, las, 1943 14 12 Tangos, 1986 1413 Te extraño tanto, amor, c.1970s 1414 Te necesito tanto, amor, 1976 1415 Title unknown [with Federico Luppi], n.d. 1416 Vida continua, la, 1969 1417 Yo quiero una mujer así, 1950 Posters, 1946-1981 Flat File1 Acosada, 1964 Flat FileArmiño Negro, 1953 Flat FileAsí es Buenos Aires, 1971 Flat FileBarrio humano, el, 1955 Flat FileBestia del morir, la, 1952 Flat File2 Calle del pecado, el, 1954 Flat FileCelos, 1946 Flat FileCigarra no es un bicho, la, 1972 Flat FileCleopatra era candida, 1964 Flat FileCosas de mujer, 1951 Flat File 3 Cuando las mujeres mandan, 1950 Flat FileDeshonra, 1952 Flat FileDía que me quieras, el, 1969 Flat FileDios se lo pague, 1948 Flat FileDoña Flor y sus dos maridos, 1976 Flat File4 Extraña ternura, 1964 Flat FileGitano, 1972 Flat FileIndeseable, la, 1951 Flat FileJuan Globo, 1959 Flat FileLa de los ojos color del tiempo, 1952 Flat File5 Madrastra, la, 1960 Flat FileManos sangrientas, las, 1954 Flat FileMaria M, 1964 Flat FileMaria Magdalena, 1954 Flat FileMaternidad sin hombres, 1968 Flat File6 Maternidad sin hombres [estilo A], 1968 Flat FileMaternidad sin hombres [estilo B], 1968 Flat FileMujeres perdidas, 1964 Flat File¡Olé...Cuba!, 1957 Flat FileQuiero llenarme de ti, 1969 Flat File7 Secuestrador, el, 1958 Flat FileSetenta veces siete, 1962 Flat FileSi leyeras mi carta, 1955 Flat FileSonrisa de Mamá, la, 1972 Flat FileTunel, el, 1952 Flat File 8 Venganza del sexo, la, 1971 Flat FileVisión de un asesino, 1981 Flat FileY el demonio creó a los hombres, 1960 Lobby Cards, 1943-1981 15 1 Armiño Negro, 1953 15 2 Así nació el tango, n.d. 153 Bestia desnuda, la, 1971[moved to flat file] 154 Carnaval en Brasil, c. 1950s 155 Dios se lo pague, 1948 156 Doña Flor y sus dos maridos, 1976 157 Eclipse del sol, el, 1943 158 Fidelidad, la, 1970 15 9 Fin de la noche, el, 1944 1510 Fotógrafo de señoras, el, 1978 1511 Humo de marihuana, 1968 1512 Maternidad sin hombres, 1968 1513 Placeres conyugales, 1964 1514 Romance musical, 1947 15 15 Rufián, el, 1961 1516 Si leyeras mi carta, 1955 Various Materials, 1963-1967, n.d. 1418 Various Materials, 1963-1967, n.d.