GODFREYPHILLIPS STAGE AND CINEMA BEAUTIES (Series A) (1933)

Issuing Company: Godfrey Phillips Ltd.
Country of Issue: England
Year of Issue: 1933
Color/B&W: Color
Number of Cards in Set: 35
Card Size: 1 3/8" x 2 5/8"
Issued as insert with what product: Cigarettes

Godfrey Phillips issued another Stage and Cinema Beauties set in 1934 with the same card design as this set. Some of the stars have the same number in the two sets with different poses. When this happens, the pose is listed next to the star (for example, card #9 in this set shows Joan Crawford looking forward. In the 1934 set, she is shown in a side view.)

There are two different #15s in this set, Anne Grey or Marjorie Lavol.

There are two different poses for card #3 Joan Barry with some text variations on the backs, too. Richard Minns reports that this variation is not recorded in any of the handbooks, therefore the head & shoulders card is assumed to be quite rare. The more common version which shows Barry sitting in a full length pose mentions the film "The Outsider" on the back, which was a 1931 release. The scarcer head and shoulders version instead mentions the film "Rome Express" which was released in 1932.

Richard Minns reports that a further variation for card No. 9 Joan Crawford has also been seen, not recorded in any handbook. It has the identical back text as the Series A card but shows Crawford in full length as opposed to the more common head and shoulders version.

Thanks to Richard Minns for help with this checklist.


1. Dolores Costello
2. Lilian Bond
3a. Joan Barry (sitting, full length)
3b. Joan Barry (head and shoulders)
4. Marjorie King
5. Madeleine Carroll
6. Enid Stamp Taylor
7. Lupe Velez
8. Tallulah Bankhead
9a. Joan Crawford, looking forward (head and shoulders)
9b. Joan Crawford (full length)
10. Noel Francis
11. Sydney Fox
12. Janet Gaynor, looking forward
13. Evalyn Knapp
14. Bebe Daniels
15a. Anne Grey
15b. Marjorie Lavol
16. Nancy Carroll, looking forward
17. Claire Dodd
18. Myrna Loy, full length
19. Constance Bennett
20. Marian Marsh
21. Madge Evans, full length
22. Driscilla Strain
23. Lil Dagover
24. Norma Shearer, full length
25. Lily Damita
26. Lupita Tovar
27. Rose Hobart
28. Lillian Roth
29. Loretta Young
30. Clara Bow, side view
31. Marlene Dietrich, full length
32. Rochelle Hudson
33. Anna May Wong
34. Anita Page
35. Kay Francis


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