Country of Issue:
Year of Issue: 1950s
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set:
Card Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
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Notes: Unknown if checklist is complete or not. Blank backed. Some of these contain red writing on the front or back that looks like it was done with a typewriter. From seeing additional cards, it looks like those red typewriter cards are just that - cards that were typed on with a red typewriter. The cards were almost certainly issued without the red typewriter text. Based on the stars in the set, it looks like these were issued in the early 1950s. Amit Benyovits picked up a group of these cards. He notes that many of the cards have some staining that looks like buttered popcorn and speculates that these may have been given out at movie theatres.
Another group of these were reported by collector Justin Santoro. He reports none of his had red typewriter text. His cards do not have any "popcorn stains" on the backs, super clean. Three of his cards had yellowish backings, are what he believes to be linen backed. They have that felt or fuzzy feel to them, like how some movie posters were printed. About half of the cards, have serial numbers or marking numbers (bottom right hand corner of the portrait), that the original 8x10 photos used to have. There is a light glossy sheen to them, indicating (possibly) they were made by a professional photographer. Justin's group of cards came from Canada, which may be their origin. Justin also reports that the image on the card of actress Ann Blyth was the one they used for the 1948 Bowman movie star set.
Bernie Feldman reports that some of these cards display the name about 1/8" below the photos, so it is not known if that is a separate set or just part of this same set. These cards include Rex Allen, Gene Autry, Rod Cameron, Robert Cummings, Olivia DeHavilland, William Elliott, Arthur Franz, Monte Hale, Allan "Rocky" Lane, Fess Parker, Bob Steel. Bernie also reports that there is a Dale Roberson (sic) card with the name in somewhat larger print. For now, I'm going to include all of these as part of the same checklist.
Thanks to Amit Benyovits, Bernie Feldman, and Justin Santoro for helping with this checklist.
Julia Adams
Rex Allen
June Allyson
Pier Angleir (that's how it's spelled on card - should be Angeli)
Dezi Arnaz
Gene Autry
Lauren Bacall
Lex Barker
Jack Benny
Joan Blondell
Ann Blyth
William Boyd
Scott Brady
Barbara Britton
Smiley Burnett
Susan Cabot
Rod Cameron
Yvonne de Carlo
Sunset Carson
Jeff Chandler
Cyd Charisse
Dane Clark
Perry Como
Jerome Courtland
Buster Crabbe
Bing Crosby
Robert Cummings
Dan Dailey
Vic Damone
Linda Darnell
Doris Day
Gloria DeHaven
Olivia DeHavilland
Richard Denning
John Derek
Marlene Dietrich
Brian Donlevy
Peggy Dow
Betsy Drake
Dan Duryea
William Elliott
Joan Evans
Rhonda Fleming
Sally Forset
Arthur Franz
Mona Freeman
Ava Gardner
Betty Garette
Farley Granger
Monte Hale
June Haver
George Gabby Hayes
Dick Haymes
Louis Hayward
Susan Hayward
Rita Hayworth
Wanda Hendrix
John Hodiak
William Holden
Rock Hudson
Marsha Hunt
Betty Hutton
Richard Jaeckel
Harry James
Gloria Jean
Gene Kelly
Heddy Lamarr
Fernando Lamas
Dorothy Lamour
Burt Lancaster
Allan "Rocky" Lane
Frankie Lane
Mario Lanza
Al LaRue
Piper Laurie
Barbara Lawrence
Joan Leslie
Jerry Lewis
Monica Lewis
Frank Lovejoy
William Lundigan
Ida Lupino
Guy Madison
Dean Martin
Victor Mature
Marilyn Maxwell
Virginia Mayo
Roddy McDowall
Patricia Medina
Marie Montez
George Montgomery
Terry Moore
Gene Nelson
Margaret O'Brien
Maureen O'Hara
Debra Paget
Fess Parker
Ezio Pinza
Dick Powell
Eleanor Powell (spelled Elenor on card)
Jane Powell
Ronald Reagan
Debbie Reynolds
Tex Ritter
Dale Roberson (Robertson) (name in somewhat larger print)
Roy Rogers
Ruth Roman
Cesar Romero
Rosalind Russel
Ann Sheridan
Barbara Stanwick
Charles Starrett
Bob Steele
Elizabeth Taylor
Marta Toren
Robert Wagner
John Wayne
Cornel Wilde
Bill Williams
Esther Williams
Shelley Winters
Teresa Wright
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