Notes: Blank-backed. Unnumbered. There is no company name on the cards in this set, but it was issued by Barratt.
Note that this set was previously listed in the Anonymous section, but was moved to the A-B section when Richard Minns informed me it was a Barratt issue, and that is confirmed by the British Trade Index.
Two series of cards were issued, both with fronts in sepia with a thick script. One a series of 40 cards, the other at least 36 cards. British Trade Reference HB-44 and HB-45.
Some subjects appear in both series so further identifications are needed. Two subjects have been seen which do not appear in the handbook (Norma Shearer & Franchot Tone) and are likely to belong to the set of 36. It is likely that both are series of 40 cards with a further two subjects left to find.
Thanks to Lee Graves, Malcolm Luckie, and Richard Minns for help with this checklist.
1st Set
Lew Ayres
Warner Baxter (no hand visible)
Joe E. Brown
Jack Buchanan
Gary Cooper (mouth closed)
Jackie Cooper (wearing cap)
Ricardo Cortez (looking to camera)
Cicely Courtneidge
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Dressler
James Dunn
Sally Eilers
Charles Farrell
Janet Gaynor
Hoot Gibson
Wynne Gibson
Anne Grey
Oliver Hardy
Lilian Harvey
Sydney Howard
Jack Hulbert
Elissa Landi
Stan Laurel
Harold Lloyd
Paul Lukas (white tie)
Ralph Lynn
Jeanette MacDonald
Fredric March
Herbert Marshall
Jessie Matthews
Tom Mix
Polly Moran
Charlie Murray
Will Rogers (looking at camera)
Winifred Shotter
Slim Summerville
Sylvia Sydney
Helen Twelvetrees
Tom Walls
Loretta Young
2nd Set
Judith Allen
Wendy Barrie
Lionel Barrymore
Richard Barthelmess
Warner Baxter (pipe in left hand)
Wallace Beery
Joan Bennett
John Boles
Mary Carlisle
Jane Carr
Nancy Carroll
Ruth Chatterton
Gary Cooper (mouth open)
Jackie Cooper (no cap)
Ricardo Cortez (looking to right)
Buster Crabbe
Bing Crosby
Frances Dee
Richard Dix
Irene Dunne
Jimmy Durante
Cary Grant
Zita Johann
Buck Jones
Paul Lukas (black tie)
John Mills
Robert Montgomery
Marion Nixon
Merle Oberon
Zasu Pitts
Dolores Del Rio
Ginger Rogers
Will Rogers (looking left)
Norma Shearer
Gloria Stuart
Margaret Sullavan
Franchot Tone
Warren William
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