Country of Issue: France
Year of Issue: 1930s
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set: Series of 50
Card Size:
Issued as insert with what product: Cigarettes
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Issuing Company: Bastos Country of Issue: France Year of Issue: 1930s Color/B&W: B&W Number of Cards in Set: Series of 50 Card Size: Issued as insert with what product: Cigarettes |
Notes: Checklist incomplete. There were at least four different series of these cards (each of them 50-card series), three of which featured film stars, as follows:
Serie B cards appear to be the same set as Chocolat Cardon Film Stars with different backs.
The World Tobacco Issues Index makes no mention of Serie D, it looks like that may never have been issued.
Thanks to Serge Plumecocq and Richard Minns for help with this checklist.
Serie B - Vedettes de L'Ecran
16. Gwen Lee
25. Alice Cocea
36. Raquel Torres
43. Margaret Morris
49. Noreen Lesley
Serie C - Beautes de L'Ecran
8. Dorothy Jordan
11. Raquel Torres
14. Robert Arnoux et Germaine Roger
17. Meg Lemonnier
18. Lily Damita
22. Jeanne Helbling
25. William Powell
26. Moussia
38. Anita Page
43. Sally Eilers
44. Nancy Carroll
45. Mary Doran
49. Leila Hyams
Serie E - Vedettes de L'Ecran
5. Jeanette MacDonald (spelled Jeannette on card)
17. Bette Davis
20. Josephine Baker
21. Lilian Harvey
22. Joan Crawford
27. Dita Parlo
30. Miriam Hoplins (spelled Myriam on card)
37. Merle Oberon
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