Affairs of Messalina, The (or "Messalina") - 27 x 40 inch English (Canada) one sheet promoting the 1951 Italian/French film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Feliz, Georges Marchal, Memo Benassi, Delia Scala, Camillo Pilotto, Jean Tissier, etc. Screenplay by Carmine Gallone and Pierre Laroche

The Efrain Barradas Mexican and Cuban Film Poster Collection, collected and donated by Dr. Ramón A. Figueroa, consists of 432 film posters (mostly 27 x 36 inch one sheets, but also including the larger 3 sheet poster format), lobby cards and window cards representing a time frame from 1939 to 2007. Mexico and Cuba are the main focus of the collection, but related posters, lobby cards and window cards, produced in Puerto Rico, Belgium, Italy, Poland and the United States, are also represented.

The collection spotlights the work of many of the great stars and performers (Maria Felix, Pedro Infante, Pedro Armendariz, Ricardo Montalban, Tin-Tan, Alicia Alonzo, Carlos Cruz, Jorge Martinez etc), the revolutionary film directors (Luis Bunuel, Miguel M. Delgado, Joaquin Pardave, Juan Orol, Leopoldo Laborde, Daniel Diaz Torres, Luis Felipe Bernaza, Mario Rivas, Enrique Pineda Barnet, etc.) and the dynamic poster artists (Alberto Vargas, Eduardo Munoz Bachs, Josep Renau, Ernesto Garcia Cabral, Leopoldo Mendoza, Antonio Fernandez Reboiro, etc.). The names of the memorable and the long- forgotten are included in this colorful collection of promotional material representing so much of the groundbreaking history of the Latin American film industry.

The posters are filed alphabetically by title (each letter of the alphabet is represented by a separate folder) and each poster is numbered. When requesting a poster, the researcher should list the film title and the letter of the alphabet and poster number (Example: "Amor de Locura - A-13" or "Mercedes Sosa - M-24", etc.). The size of the poster, duplicate poster information, the country in which the film and poster were produced, the year of the film's release, alternate film titles, cast, directors, screenwriters, and poster artists (if known) are included in this description of the collection (Example: "Familia Perez, La - 27 x 36 inch Mexican film poster promoting the 1949 Mexican film directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares and starring Joaquin Pardave, Sara Garcia, Manuel Fabregas, Beatriz Aguirre, Jose Elias Moreno, Alma Rose Aguirre, Lilia Prado, Felipe de Alba, Conchita Carracedo, Ana Maria Villasenor, Celia Duarte, Isaac Norton, Eduardo Noriega, etc. Screenplay by Gilberto Martinez Solares and Joaquin Pardave. Poster artist: Espert"). Digital images of each poster are also available online, but the hard copy of each poster is still available to the researcher.

Since the original acquisition, both Dr. Ramón A. Figueroa and Dr. Efrain Barradas have added additional posters, from their personal collections, to supplement and enhance the existing holdings. These gifts have been scanned and added to the online digital image collection and the finding guide. In some instances, a special dedication (per the request of the donor) has been added to the finding guide and these honors are visible in bold type font at the end of the descriptive record (Example: Lecuona - 20 x 30 inch Cuban film poster promoting the 1983 Cuban documentary film directed by Oscar Valdes. Screenplay by Oscar Valdes. Poster artist: Niko 83. GIFT OF EFRAIN BARRADAS IN HONOR OF INAKI RODENO, UF CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES).