Notes: This set consists of four series, Serie A through D, with each containing 50 cards for 200 total.
All have the name of the star printed at the bottom border and most (but not all) also the name of the firm Bensdorp. The same set can have both variations of the text, apparently without any logic.
There was an album issued for this set. The album holds all 200 cards. The album has a blue cover with the word "Filmo" printed in silver on it. It has an introductory page (with a photo of Greta Garbo as Queen Christina in the closing shot of the film of the same name) and three full-page b/w photos from various films (Paul Kemp and Marta Eggerth in "Die Csardasfürstin", Greta Garbo again as Queen Christina (the same photo as before), Hermann Thimig and Renate Müller in "Viktor und Viktoria") as well as an index and a blank page for autographs.
Bensdorp also issued additional series E through H for a total of 200 more cards. There were at least two printings of the series which can be found with and without Bensdorp on the front of the cards and some differences in the text on the backs. A second album exists with the title Filmo designed to house Series E - H.
Date info: Jouni Kuurne offers the following date information. I would suggest a date of 1933-1934 at least for the Series A-D. The card F 272 shows Adolf Wohlbrück with his dog (the same photo was issued also as Ross postcard 8389/1); this photograph has been elsewhere dated to the early part of the year 1933.
Thanks to Jouni Kuurne, Richard Minns, and Greg Graetz for help with this checklist.
Serie A
1.-4. Lilian Harvey
5.-8. Willy Fritsch
9.-12. Brigitte Helm (11. with a black cat.)
13.-16. Hans Albers
17.-20. Magda Schneider
21.-24. Gustav Frölich (22. with a dog.)
25.-28. Greta Garbo (25., 28. in "Queen Christina".)
29.-32. Marlene Dietrich
33.-36. Renate Müller (36. in "Viktor und Viktoria".)
37.-40. Jan Kiepura
41.-44. Marta Eggerth
45.-48. Käthe von Nagy
49.-50. Liane Haid
Serie B
51.-52. Liane Haid
53.-56. Willi Forst
57.-58. Dorothea Wieck
59.-60. Lil Dagover
61.-62. Paul Hörbiger
63.-64. Hermann Thimig (63. in "Viktor und Viktoria"?)
65.-66. Camilla Horn
67.-68. Anny Ondra
69.-70. Heinz Rühmann
71.-72. Karl Ludwig Diehl
73.-74. Jenny Jugo
75.-76. Luise Ullrich
77.-78. Viktor de Kowa
79.-80. Adolf Wohlbrück
81.-82. Dolly Haas
83.-84. Hertha Thiele
85.-86. Wolfgang Liebeneier
87.-88. Wolf Albach-Retty
89. Annabella
90. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
91. Charles Laughton (as Henry VIII in "The Private Life of Henry VIII")
92. Anna May Wong
93. Merle Oberon (in "The Private Life of Henry VIII")
94. Elsa Lanchester (in "The Private Life of Henry VIII")
95. Binnie Barnes (in "The Private Life of Henry VIII")
96. Elisabeth Bergner
97. Clark Gable
98. Janet Gaynor
99. Sylvia Sidney
100. Maurice Chevalier
Serie C
101. Germaine Aussey
102. Fredric March
103. Henry Garat
104. Mae West
105. Charlotte Ander (with a white dog)
106. Louis Graveure
107. Max Hansen
108. Maria Paudler
109. Georg Alexander
110. Ida Wüst
111. Rose Barsony
112. Richard Tauber
113. Friedel Schuster
114. Michael Bohnen
115. Emil Jannings
116. Gitta Alpar
117. Paul Henckels
118. Olga Tschechowa
119. Ery Bos
120. Hans Moser
121. John Boles
122. Jean Harlow
123. Lily Damita
124. Richard Arlen
125. Norma Shearer
126. Ramon Novarro
127. Harold Lloyd
128. Katherine Hepburn
129. Luis Trenker
130. Henny Porten
131. Claire Fuchs-Kaufmann
132. Sepp Rist
133. Paul Richter
134. Dorit Kreysler
135. Ursula Grabley
136. Hans Söhnker
137. Gretl Theimer
138. Heinrich George
139. Leo Slezak
140. Gerda Maurus
141. Conrad Veidt.
142. Franziska Gaál
143. Ellen Schwanneke
144. Harry Liedtke
145. Margit Symo
146. Harry Piel
147. Jwan Petrovich (playing the violin, in close-up)
148. Maria Beling
149. Paul Hartmann
150. Lissy Holzschuh
Serie D
151. Leni Riefenstahl
152. Attila Hörbiger
153. Richard Romanowsky
154. Jessie Vihrog
155. Hansi Niese
156. Paul Kemp
157. Lien Deyers
158. Willy Eichberger
159. Johannes Riemann
160. Erika von Thellmann
161. Susi Lanner
162. Gustav Diessl
163. Anton Pointner
164. Trude Berliner
165. Ernst Verebs
166. Jarmila Novotna
167. Lucie Englisch
168. Oskar Karlweis
169. Adele Sandrock
170. Harald Paulsen
171. Fritz Kampers
172. Marianne Hoppe
173. Heinrich Heilinger
174. Charlotte Susa.
175. Leopoldine Konstantin
176. Rudolf Forster
177. Lionel Barrymore (as Rasputin, in "Rasputin and the Empress")
178. Jeannette MacDonald
179. Joan Crawford
180. John Barrymore
181. Dolores Del Rio
182. Charles Farrell
183. Gary Cooper
184. Claudette Colbert
185. Euger Klöpfer - Käthe v. Nagy
186. Paul Richter - Else Elster
187. Camilla Horn - Louis Graveure
188. Renate Müller - Willy Fritsch
189. Annie Makart - Harry Piel
190. John Boles - Lilian Harvey
191. Annabella - Gustav Fröhlich
192. Dolores Del Rio - Joel McCrea
193. Carl L. Diehl - Käthe v. Nagy
194. Erik Ode - Margit Symo
195. Sylvia Sidney - Maurice Chevalier
196. Marta Eggerth - Jan Kiepura
197. Hans Albers - Lien Deyers
198. Jenny Jugo - Paul Hörbiger
199. Franziska Gaál - H. Thimig
200. D. Kreysler - W. Liebeneiner
Serie E
201. Greta Garbo
202. Greta Garbo
203. Greta Garbo
204. Greta Garbo
205. Marlene Dietrich
206. Marlene Dietrich
207. Marlene Dietrich
208. Marlene Dietrich
209. Kathe von Nagy
210. Kathe von Nagy
211. Kathe von Nagy
212. Kathe von Nagy
213. Willy Fritsch
214. Willy Fritsch
215. Willy Fritsch
216. Willy Fritsch
217. Brigitte Helm
218. Brigitte Helm
219. Brigitte Helm
220. Brigitte Helm
221. Hans Albers
222. Hans Albers
223. Hans Albers
224. Hans Albers
225. Lilian Harvey
226. Lilian Harvey
227. Lilian Harvey
228. Lilian Harvey
229. Liane Haid
230. Liane Haid
231. Liane Haid
232. Liane Haid
233. Renate Muller
234. Renate Muller
235. Renate Muller
236. Renate Muller
237. Gustav Frohlich
238. Gustav Frohlich
239. Gustav Frohlich
240. Gustav Frohlich
241. Marta Eggerth
242. Marta Eggerth
243. Marta Eggerth
244. Marta Eggerth
245. Magda Schneider
246. Magda Schneider
247. Magda Schneider
248. Magda Schneider
249. Camilla Horn
250. Camilla Horn
Serie F
251. Jenny Jugo
252. Jenny Jugo
253. Anny Ondra
254. Anny Ondra
255. Lil Dagover
256. Lil Dagover
257. Dorothea Wieck
258. Dorothea Wieck
259. Gretl Theimer
260. Gretl Theimer
261. Viktor de Kowa
262. Viktor de Kowa
263. Heinz Ruhmann
264. Heinz Ruhmann
265. Dolly Haas
266. Dolly Haas
267. Luise Ullrich
268. Luise Ullrich
269. Karl Ludwig Diehl
270. Franziska Gaal
271. Franziska Gaal
272. Adolf Wohlbruck
273. Louis Graveure - Jenny Jugo
274. Ida Wust - Karin Hardt
275. Meg Lemonnier - Jacques Pills
276. Magda Schneider - Albert Lieven
277. Olga Tschechowa und Tochter (daughter Ada)
278. Willy Fritsch - Kathe von Nagy
279. Luise Ullrich - Hermann Thimig
280. Dolly Haas - Albert Lieven
281. Sylvia Sidney
282. Joan Crawford
283. Claudette Colbert
284. Jeanette MacDonald
285. Ramon Novarro
286. Annabella
287. Helen Hayes
288. Fredric March
289. Luis Trenker
290. Gerda Maurus
291. Jarmila Novotna
292. Wolf Albach-Retty
293. Hilde Hildebrand
294. Hans Moser
295. Max Hansen
296. Helke Jurgensen
297. Johannes Riemann
298. Odette Florelle
299. Madeleine Ozeray
300. Harry Piel
Serie G
301. Conrad Veidt
302. Sybille Schmitz
303. Hanna Waag
304. Charles Boyer
305. Oskar Karlweis
306. Maria Paudler
307. Trude Berliner
308. Hermann Thimig
309. Olga Tschechowa
310. Marianne Hoppe
311. Gitta Alpar
312. Olly von Flint
313. Emil Jannings
314. Trude Marlen
315. Ursula Grabley
316. Leo Slezak
317. Richard Romanowsky
318. Elisabeth Bergner
319. Rosy Barsony
320. Joseph Schmidt
321. Lien Deyers
322. Dita Parlo
323. Leopoldine Konstantin
324. Ery Bos
325. Szoke Szakall
326. Hansi Knoteck
327. Maria Beling
328. Hans Thimig
329. Attila Horbiger
330. Reva Holsey
331. Inge List (Jnge on card)
332. Paul Kemp
333. Grit Haid
334. Theo Lingen
335. Paul Horbiger
336. Elsa Merlini
337. Paul Richter - Dorit Kreysler
338. Griffith Jones - Elisabeth Bergner
339. Lilian Harvey - Lew Ayres
340. Karin Hardt - Hans Sohnker
341. Ramon Novarro - Helen Hayes
342. Paul Horbiger - Franziska Gaal
343. Sybille Schmitz - Siegfried Schurenberg
344. Jeanette MacDonald - Ramon Novarro
345. Eta von Hajdu
346. Katherine Hepburn
347. Maya Feist
348. Sari Maritza
349. Pat Paterson
350. Jean Harlow
Serie H
351. Dolores Del Rio
352. Ellen Frank
353. Hans Sohnker
354. Margot Wagner
355. Charlott Serda
356. Jan Kiepura
357. Rudolf Forster
358. Carola Hohn
359. Luise Rainer (Louise on card)
360. Mathias Wieman
361. Georg Alexander
362. Lee Parry
363. Carsta Lock
364. Werner Fuetterer
365. Jessie Vihrog
366. Hertha Thiele
367. Edit Linn
368. Lucie Englisch
369. Mary Losseff
370. Carla Bartheel (Bartheal on card)
371. Eliza Illiard (Jlliard on card)
372. Truus van Aalten
373. Gustav Waldau
374. Maria Sazarina
375. Lotte Lorring
376. Willi Forst
377. Adele Kern
378. Liliane Dietz
379. Frances Day
380. Else Elster
381. Hans Stuwe
382. Karin Hardt
383. Genia Nikolaiewa
384. Fritz Schulz
385. Jane Carr
386. Werner Krauss
387. Ludwig Stossel
388. Susi Lanner
389. Jwan Petrovich
390. Maria Sorensen
391. Wera Engels
392. Hermann Speelmans
393. Paul Hartmann
394. Brigitte Horney
395. Christl Mardayn
396. Albert Lieven
397. Ralph Arthur Roberts
398. Herta Worell
399. Maria Andergast
400. Richard Tauber
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