Agrasánchez Collection of Latin American Cinema, 1934-1987


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Agrasánchez, Jr., Rogelio
	Title	Agrasánchez Collection of Latin American Cinema
	Dates:	1934-1987
	Abstract	Original posters, lobby cards, stills and negatives advertising Latin American films from the 1930s to the 1980s.
	Accession No.	2007-03
	Extent	3 linear feet and 38 posters
	Language	English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
	Repository	Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin

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.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted

Use Restrictions

Standard copyright restrictions apply.


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.

Related Material


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

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Box and Folder Inventory



Negatives, 1934-1986
box	folder
1	1	Acosada, 1964
	2	Adán y la serpiente, 1946
	3	Adiós, pampa mía, 1946
	4	¡Al diablo con este cura!, 1967
	5	Amada inmovil, la, 1945
	6	Amor última modelo, 1942
	7	Argentine film, unidentified, n.d.
	8	Bartolo tenía una flauta, 1939
	9	Batalla de Chile, la, 1973.
	10	Beso en la nuca, un, 1946
	11	Bestia desnuda, la, 1971
box	folder
2	1	Boda, la, 1964
	2	Bodas de sangre, 1938
	3	Bruma en el riachuelo, 1942
	4	Bye bye Brazil, 1980
	5	Caballeros de la cama redonda, la, 1975
	6	Caballo del pueblo, el, 1935
	7	Canto del cisne, el, 1945
	8	Canuto Cañete, 1963
	9	Capitán veneno, el, 1943
	10	Casi un Sueño, 1943
	11	Casa de los millones, la, 1942
	12	Casa del amor, la, 1973
	13	Casta Susana, la, 1944
	14	Celos, 1946
	15	Cinco besos, 1946
box	folder
3	1	Chingolo, 1940
	2	Conde de Montecristo, el, 1953
	3	Creo en Dios, 1959
	4	Cuando el amor llega [Hipólito y Evita], 1973
	5	Cuando calienta el sol, 1963
	6	Cuando canta el corazón, 1941
	7	Danza de la fortuna, la, 1944
	8	Demonio creó a los hombres, el, 1960
	9	Deseo, el, 1944
	10	Deseo salvaje, n.d.
	11	Deshojando margaritas, 1946
box	folder
4	1	Detrás de un largo muro, 1959
	2	Donde mueran las palabras, 1946
	3	Dos ángeles y un pecador, 1945
	4	Dos rivales, los, 1944
	5	Embrujo de amor, 1971
	6	En la ardiente oscuridad, 1959
	7	En una playa junto al mar, 1971
	8	Éramos seis, 1945
	9	Evadidos, los 1964
	10	Extraña ternura, 1964
	11	Furia sexual, n.d.
	12	Gitano, 1970
	13	Guerra Conjugal, 1945
	14	Guerra gaucha, la, 1942
box	folder
5	1	Hipócritas, las, 1965
	2	Jibaro millonario, el [Millonario a go-go], 1965
	3	Joven viuda y estanciera, 1941
	4	Juego del amor y del azar, el, 1944
	5	Kapax del Amazonas1981,
	6	Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1985
	7	Lucrecia Borgia, 1947
	8	Macunaíma, 1969
	9	Made in Argentina, 1987
	10	Madrastra, la, 1960
	11	Maestrita de los obreros, la, 1942
	12	Maja de los cantares, la, 1946
box	folder
6	1	Mala vida, la, 1973
	2	¿Mami, donde está mi madre? [El hijo de la calle], c. 1960s-1970s
	3	Marido ideal, un 1947
	4	Martín Fierro, 1968
	5	Más Alla del Olvido, 1956
	6	Más infeliz del pueblo, el, 1941
	7	Millonario, el, 1955
	8	Mosquita muerta, 1946
	9	Mi novia es un fantasma, 1944
	10	Muchachada del a bordo [Yo no soy marinero], la, 1936
	11	Mujer sin importancia, una, 1945
	12	Mujeres perdidas, 1964
	13	Mundo alegre de Helô, o, 1967
	14	Na garganta do diabo, 1960
box	folder
7	1	Novela de un joven pobre, la, 1942
	2	Novia, la, 1961
	3	¡Olé...Cuba!, 1957
	4	Orquidea, la, 1951
	5	Pantaleón y las visitadores, 1975
	6	Papá corazón se quiere casar, 1974
	7	Papá tiene novia, 1941
	8	Patagonia rebelde, la, 1974
	9	Película Argentina, 1940s
	10	Película Argentina, 1950s
	11	Peluquería de Señoras [Campeón por faldas], 1941
	12	Piel de zapa, la 1943
	13	Placeres conjugales, 1964
	14	Psexoanálysis, 1968
	15	Pupa [Casa de muñecas], la, c. 1960s
box	folder
8	1	Quiero llenare de ti, 1968
	2	Rei Pelé, o, 1963
	3	Renzo del gitano, 1972
	4	Riachuelo [?], 1934 [?]
	5	Rigoberto, 1945
	6	Ritmo de aventura, 1968
	7	Sangre de virgenes, 1968
	8	Santa cándida, 1945
	9	Santiago querido, 1965
	10	Santos Vega vuelve, 1947
box	folder
9	1	Secuestro sensacional, 1942
	2	Seis suegras de Barba Azul, las, 1945
	3	Senderos de fe, 1938
	4	Señora de Pérez se divorcia, la, 1945
	5	Si yo fuera rica, 1941
	6	Siempre te amaré, 1978
	7	Siempre fuimos compañeros, 1973
	8	Sorpresas del divorcio, las, 1943
	9	Stella, 1943
	10	Su primer baile, 1942
	11	Te extraño tanto amor, c.1970s
	12	Territorio verde, 1952
	13	Testigo para un crimen, 1963
box	folder
10	1	Tia de Carlos, la [?], 1946 [?]
	2	Toda nudez sara castigada, 1973
	3	Todo un hombre, 1943
	4	Traidores de San Angel, los, 1967
	5	Vida continua, la, 1969
	6	Villa rica del Espíritu Santo, 1945
	7	Visa USA, 1986
	8	Yo quiero morir contigo, 1941
	9	Yo quiero una mujer así, 1950



Stills, 1935-1987
box	folder
11	1	Accidente 703, 1964
	2	Acosada, 1964
	3	Adán y la Serpiente, 1946
	4	Adiós, pampa mía, 1946
	5	Amada inmovil, la, 1945
	6	Amor prohibido, un, 1955
	7	Barragua, 1985
	8	Batalla de Chile, la, 1973
	9	Bestia Desnuda, la, 1971
	10	Boda, la, 1964
	11	Bodas de sangre, 1938
	12	El bruto, 1961
	13	Burrerita de Ipacarai, la, 1962
	14	Bye bye Brazil, 1980
	15	Caballo del pueblo, el, 1935
	16	Calle del pecado, la, 1954
	17	Capitán del veneno, 1943
	18	Casa de Madame Lulú, 1968
	19	Cautiva de la selva, 1969
	20	¡Che!, 1969
	21	Cigarra está que arde, la, 1967
	22	Clandestinos, 1987
	23	Como te extraño, mi amor, 1966
	24	Conde de Montecristo, el, 1953
box	folder
12	1	Culpa, la, 1969
	2	Culpable, el, 1960
	3	Curandero del Pueblo, el, n.d.
	4	Derecho de gozer, el, 1968
	5	Día que me quieras, el, 1969
box	folder
11	6	Doña Flor y sus dos maridos, 1976
box	folder
12	7	En el viejo Buenos Aires, 1942
	8	En la ardiente oscuridad, 1958
	9	En mi casa mando yo, 1968
	10	En una playa junto al mar, 1971
	11	Evadidos, los, 1964
	12	Extraño ternura, 1964
	13	Favela, 1961
	14	Fiaca, la, 1969
	15	Fidelidad, la, 1970
	16	Fin de la noche, el, 1944
	17	Flor desnuda, la, 1962
	18	Fray dólar, 1970
	19	Garganta del diablo, la, 1960
	20	Gringalet [La sangre manda], 1959
	21	Habanera, n.d.
	22	Hembra, la, n.d.
	23	Heroes de blanco, 1962
	24	Imperio del sol [Royal Hunt of the Sun], 1968
	25	India, 1960
	26	Jibaro millonario [Millonario a go-go], c. 1960s
	27	Jugador, el, 1947
box	folder
13	1	Kapax del Amazonas, 1981
	2	Mama de la novia, la, 1978
	3	¿Mami, donde está mi madre?, c. 1960s-1970s
	4	Maria M, 1964
	5	Marido ideal, un, 1947
	6	Más infeliz del pueblo, el, 1941
	7	Maternidad sin hombres, 1968
	8	Matón a sangre fria, un, n.d.
	9	Me enamoré sin darme cuenta, 1972
	10	Muchacho, 1970
	11	Na garganta do diabo, 1960
	12	Nino, 1972
	13	No title [Argentina], n.d.
	14	No title, n.d.
	15	No title, n.d.
	16	Novia, la, 1961
	17	Novicio rebelde, el, 1968
	18	¡Olé...Cuba!, 1957
	19	Pampa Salvaje, 1966
	20	Pantaleón y las visitadoras, 1975
	21	Pimienta, 1966
	22	Placeres conyugales, 1964
	23	Pobre Mariposa, 1986
	24	Por el mismo camino [?], 1953 [?]
	25	Quiero llenarme de ti, 1969
	26	La Raulita, 1975
	27	Rei Pelé, o, 1963
box	folder
14	1	Redencion [La rubia Mireya], 1948
	2	Requiebro, 1955
	3	Ritmo de Aventura, 1968
	4	Sabaleros, 1959
	5	Santos Vega vuelve, 1947
	6	Seara vermelha, 1964
	7	El secuestrador, 1958
	8	Setenta veces siete, 1962
	9	Si yo fuera rica, 1941
	10	Simplemente una rosa, 1971
	11	Sorpresas del divorcio, las, 1943
	12	Tangos, 1986
	13	Te extraño tanto, amor, c.1970s
	14	Te necesito tanto, amor, 1976
	15	Title unknown [with Federico Luppi], n.d.
	16	Vida continua, la, 1969
	17	Yo quiero una mujer así, 1950

Posters, 1946-1981

box

folder

Flat File

Acosada, 1964

Armiño Negro, 1953

Así es Buenos Aires, 1971

Barrio humano, el, 1955

Bestia del morir, la, 1952

Calle del pecado, el, 1954

Celos, 1946

Cigarra no es un bicho, la, 1972

Cleopatra era candida, 1964

Cosas de mujer, 1951

Cuando las mujeres mandan, 1950

Deshonra, 1952

Día que me quieras, el, 1969

Dios se lo pague, 1948

Doña Flor y sus dos maridos, 1976

Extraña ternura, 1964

Gitano, 1972

Indeseable, la, 1951

Juan Globo, 1959

La de los ojos color del tiempo, 1952

Madrastra, la, 1960

Manos sangrientas, las, 1954

Maria M, 1964

Maria Magdalena, 1954

Maternidad sin hombres, 1968

Maternidad sin hombres [estilo A], 1968

Maternidad sin hombres [estilo B], 1968

Mujeres perdidas, 1964

¡Olé...Cuba!, 1957

Quiero llenarme de ti, 1969

Secuestrador, el, 1958

Setenta veces siete, 1962

Si leyeras mi carta, 1955

Sonrisa de Mamá, la, 1972

Tunel, el, 1952

Venganza del sexo, la, 1971

Visión de un asesino, 1981

Y el demonio creó a los hombres, 1960



Lobby Cards, 1943-1981
box	folder
15	1	Armiño Negro, 1953
	2	Así nació el tango, n.d.
	3	Bestia desnuda, la, 1971 [moved to flat file]
	4	Carnaval en Brasil, c. 1950s
	5	Dios se lo pague, 1948
	6	Doña Flor y sus dos maridos, 1976
	7	Eclipse del sol, el, 1943
	8	Fidelidad, la, 1970
	9	Fin de la noche, el, 1944
	10	Fotógrafo de señoras, el, 1978
	11	Humo de marihuana, 1968
	12	Maternidad sin hombres, 1968
	13	Placeres conyugales, 1964
	14	Romance musical, 1947
	15	Rufián, el, 1961
	16	Si leyeras mi carta, 1955

Various Materials, 1963-1967, n.d.

box

folder

Various Materials, 1963-1967, n.d.