Orthi Film Stars Playing Cards (Blue Backs)

Issuing Company:
Country of Issue: Spain
Year of Issue: 1920s
Color/B&W: Color
Number of Cards in Set: 48
Card Size:
Issued as insert with what product: Chocolates

Notes: Checklist Incomplete. The 1 Sunflowers card shows the title of this set, "Figuras del Cine," which translates to Movie Figures. Cards 1, 10, 11, and 12 all show movie stars (1 of Swords and 10 of Clubs are unidentified), but lower numbers (except Sunflowers) do not show any named movie stars. The Sunflower cards show movie stars within the sunflowers, with the number of movie stars on the card equalling the numeric value of the card (example 5 Sunflowers card shows 5 movie stars within the sunflowers on the card).

There is another Spanish Playing Card set with Orthi advertising on the backs.


Swords

1. Unidentified, but looks to be Douglas Fairbanks
2. No movie star on front
3. No movie star on front
4. No movie star on front
5. No movie star on front
6. No movie star on front
7. No movie star on front
8. No movie star on front
9. No movie star on front
10. Clyde Cook
11. Harry Carey
12. Harold Lloyd

Wine Glasses

1. Charles Chaplin
2. No movie star on front
3. No movie star on front
4. No movie star on front
5. No movie star on front
6. No movie star on front
7. No movie star on front
8. No movie star on front
9. No movie star on front
10. Larry Semon
11. Hoot Gibson
12. Monty Banks

Clubs

1. Buster Keaton
2. No movie star on front
3. No movie star on front
4. No movie star on front
5. No movie star on front
6. No movie star on front
7. No movie star on front
8. No movie star on front
9. No movie star on front
10. Unidentified movie star on front
11. Buck Jones
12. Ben Turpin

Sunflowers

1. Figuras Del Cine
2. Windsor, Picford
3. Meller, Valentino, Vidor
4. Nagel, C. Talmadge, Charlot, Adoree
5. Keaton, Negri, Lloyd, Cortez, Swanson
6. Barrymore, LaRocque, Hoxie, Brian, P. Ruth, Moreno
7. Pringle, La Plante, Moore, Shearer, Griffith, Talks, Cody
8.
9. No movie star on front
10. Billy Bevan
11. Tom Mix
12. Harry Langdon


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