Brody Motion Picture Stars

Issuing Company: Brody Novelty Candy Package Co., Inc.
Country of Issue: USA (676 Broadway, New York)
Year of Issue: late 1920s or early 1930s
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set:
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Notes: Checklist incomplete. The backs for this set show the complete checklist for this set. Some of these card backs show Lon Chaney as the last name on the lower right colummn, while others have Lon Chaney removed from the checklist. Chaney died in 1930, so these cards may have been issued during that time period and he may have been removed from the set because of his death.

The backs state that collectors could order an album to hold the cards from this set, though the offer states that the album will hold 48 cards, while the set contains 50 cards.

Cards from the Kashin Motion Picture Stars set look a lot like cards from the Brody Motion Picture Stars set. Kashin cards have blank backs, while Brody cards can be found with printed backs or blank backs. The biggest difference between the two sets is that Kashin cards are slightly larger than Brody cards. This difference is often difficult to detect when looking at computer scans of a card or a group of cards. Both Kashin and Brody sets have a printed checklist listed (Kashin on the boxes and Brody on the cards themselves), yet both sets contain additional variations. Collector Pat Chiappetta reports that some of the exact same poses are in both sets.

Thanks to Pat Chiappetta for help with this checklist.


Richard Arlen
Jean Arthur
Nils Asther (not on printed checklist)
Belle Baker
George Bancroft
Lionel Barrymore (not on printed checklist)
Sally Blane
John Boles
Olive Borden
Clara Bow
Evelyn Brent
Mary Brian
Clive Brook (not on printed checklist)
Nancy Carroll
Lane Chandler
Lon Chaney
Maurice Chevalier
Joe Cobb (not on printed checklist)
Ronald Colman (not on printed checklist)
Betty Compson (not on printed checklist)
Gary Cooper
Helene Costello
Joan Crawford
Bebe Daniels (wearing large hat)
Bebe Daniels (no hat)
Jean Darling (not on printed checklist)
Marion Davies
Reginald Denny
Richard Dix
Dog
Billie Dove (not on printed checklist)
Doris Eaton (not on printed checklist)
Charles Farrell
Kay Francis (not on printed checklist)
Robert Frazer (not on printed checklist)
Greta Garbo
Janet Gaynor
John Gilbert
Lillian Gish (not on printed checklist)
Ralph Graves
William Haines
Neil Hamilton
Jack Holt
Hedda Hopper (not on printed checklist)
Leila Hyams (not on printed checklist)
Sonny Jim
Buster Keaton (not on printed checklist)
Laura La Plante
Rita LeRoy (not on printed checklist)
Davey Lee (not on printed checklist)
Gwen Lee
Lila Lee
Jacqueline Logan
Edmund Lowe
Mary Ann (not on printed checklist)
Ken Maynard
Victor McLaglen
Adolph Menjou
John Miljan (not on printed checklist)
Robert Montgomery (not on printed checklist)
Colleen Moore (not on printed checklist)
Tom Moore (not on printed checklist)
Lois Moran
Chester Morris (not on printed checklist)
Jack Oakie
Eugene O'Brien
Anita Page
Ann Pennington (not on printed checklist)
William Powell
Irene Rich
Charles Buddy Rogers
Lillian Roth (not on printed checklist)
Norma Shearer (shoulders not bare)
Norma Shearer (bare shoulders)
Milton Sills
Ethelind Terry (not on printed checklist)
Thelma Todd (not on printed checklist)
Hugh Trevor (not on printed checklist)
Richard Tucker (not on printed checklist)
Rudy Vallee (open collar)
Rudy Vallee (wearing tie)
Mary White
Fay Wray (not on printed checklist)


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