Country of Issue: England
Year of Issue: 1950s
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set:
Card Size:
Issued as insert with what product: Magazine
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Issuing Company: Country of Issue: England Year of Issue: 1950s Color/B&W: B&W Number of Cards in Set: Card Size: Issued as insert with what product: Magazine |
Notes: Checklist probably incomplete. These cards were given out with Tit-Bits Magazine in the 1950s. In those years, the covers of that magazine always featured a young actress or other young lady in a bathing suit or other sexy clothing. The cards were similar in appearance to the magazine covers. Cards have been seen in two different sizes, they probably changed sizes for the cards partway through the promotion. Most of the cards were issued in black and white, but at least one card was issued in color.
The women on the cards are identified most of the time, but in some cases they are not identified.
The January/February 1954 issue of The Camerica Cigarette Card Club Notes & News magazine mentioned these cards. "During last summer George Newnes, the publishers of "Tit-Bits," had a mobile cinema unit touring the big seaside resorts on a publicity tour. After each show, cards of "'Tit-Bits' Star Cover Girls" were handed round to the audience. It is believed that other cards have been distributed through nesagents over the counter. The exact number of different titles is not known, but it is not thought to exceed many more than six. Any help from members to help clarify this would be appreciated. The titles so far known are Lillemor Knudsen, Patricia Owens, Silvana Mangano, Joyce Merrion, Joy Owen, Yvonne Anders."
These cards were discussed in the New Issues section of the July 1954 issue of The Camerica Cigarette Card Club Notes & News magazine. "Further issues have now been distributed by George Newnes, in their spasmodic one-card issues of "Tit-Bits" "Star Cover Girls." Mr. A. Pitts was the first of several to report "Doreen Lord," and two further cards which I have seen are of "Simone Silva," the bad girl of the screen, and "Claretta," mistress of Mussolini, who died with him so fearfully in the latter part of the war. The last-mentioned card is different from any previous, in that it is a photograph of a drawing and is a horizontal picture. All other details for these latest cards are the same as for previous cards reported. It should be noted that...the size differs from one card to another.
Thanks to Richard Minns for helping with this checklist.
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Princess Amara
Yvonne Anders
Jill Barton
Joan Collins
Debra
Diana Dors
Shirley Eaton
Lisa Gastoni
Pamela Hatton
Audrey Hotchkiss (Look out for this attractive picture...)
Audrey Hotchkiss (One of the Tit-Bits Star Cover Girls)
Audrey Hotchkiss (Tit-Bits lovely star as Oleana in "Battle of the Dawn")
Valerie Hudson
Jill Ireland
Joan Kirkpatrick
Lillemor Knudsen (Lovely Lillimor Knudsen as Lady Godiva)
Lillemor Knudsen (Tit-Bits own lovely cover girl as Lady Godiva)
Gina Lamberton
Lina Lopez
Doreen Lord (Lovely Doreen Lord Another Tit-Bits Cover Star)
Doreen Lord (What is the Secret of this Girl's Success)
Sophia Loren
Silvana Mangano
Brenda Mee
Joyce Merrion
Vivienne Moss
Sylvia O'Neill
Joy Owen
Pat Owens (Tit-Bits lovely star as "Carolina" in the new serial "Bride of the Desert")
Patricia Owens (Tit-Bits own lovely star)
Marina Papaelia
Patrizia as "Princess Tarangil" (Patrizia Mangano)
Jill Penson
Tessa Prendergast
Pat Raphael
Gisele Robert
Simone Silva
Joan Stewart (Glamorous Joan Stewart, a Tit-Bits Cover Lovely)
Joan Stewart (Joan Stewart Tit-Bits Star Cover Girl)
Marina Vlady
Every day she waited in the Zodiac room for Mussolini to come to her
Left helpless on the rock by Antonio's ruthless revenge...
She boasted once too often of the power she held over men
She stood quite still in the boat, rigid with fear...
Color Cards
Lillemor Knudsen (Glamorous Tit-Bits Cover Star)
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