Van Houten Unidentified Film Stars

Issuing Company: C. J. van Houten & Zn Country of Issue: Belgium Year of Issue: 1931 Color/B&W: B&W Number of Cards in Set: 24 Card Size: Issued as insert with what product: Chocolates

Notes: Checklist incomplete. This is a Dutch-French bilingual series from Belgium. These cards are in pairs of two successive numbers placed side by side, with the stars unidentified on the cards. There was a contest where you could win a Philipps radio. You had to guess which stars were in the photos.

Date info: The films "Marius," "The Smiling Lieutenant," "Dishonoured," "Le Rebelle," "Rien Que la Verite," and "Rive Gauche" were released in 1931, and all other films identified so far were released earlier, so I'm placing a 1931 date on this set though it could have been issued a bit later.

Thanks to Serge Plumecocq and Richard Minns for help with this checklist.

1. Raimu and Alida Rouffe in "Marius"
2. Anita Page (film unknown)
3. Claudette Colbert and Maurice Chevalier in "The Smiling Lieutenant"
4. Charles Morton (film unknown)
5. Unknown film
6. Emil Jannings in "Betrayal"
7. Paul Pauley and Marfa D'Hervilly in "Rien Que la Verite"
8. Harold Lloyd in "Feet First"
9. Eric von Stroheim in "Foolish Wives"
10. Henry Garat, Robert Arnoux, and Meg Lemonnier in "Rive Gauche"
11. Betty Compson and George Bancroft in "The Docks of New York"
12. Jeanette MacDonald and Jack Buchanan in "Monte Carlo"
13. Richard Dix in "Redskin"
14. Suzy Vernon, Thomy Bourdelle, and Paule Andral in "Le Rebelle"
15. Unknown film
16. Unknown film
17. Unknown film
18. Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman in "Ben Hur"
19. Laurel & Hardy and Dell Henderson in "The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case"
20. Unknown film
21. Marlene Dietrich & Victor McLaglen in "Dishonoured"
22. Ramon Novarro & Dorothy Jordan in "In Gay Madrid"
23. John Gilbert in "The Big Parade"
24. Unknown film

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