woS - Bilderdienst Mulheim-Ruhr

Issuing Company: Werbe Organisation Schwaab (woS)
Country of Issue: Germany
Year of Issue: 1952
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set: 504
Card Size: 2" x 2 3/4"
Issued as insert with what product:

Notes: Six different albums were issued to house these cards. The cards from this set are made from thin glossy paper stock, not cardboard. From date research on the stars (especially the paired stars), this set was probably issued in about 1952.

This set was sold in groups of 72 or (the final 2 series) 36 cards as follows:

The first 144 cards are known both with and without "A" and "B" before the number. Cards become increasingly rare from 289 onwards, in particular the final 2 series of 36 cards are hard to get.

Albums were issued, and this gets a little complicated.

1.) "Sterne am Filmhimmel" Sammelalbum Bilder Serie 1-80. This was the initial album and contained 80 cards, instead of the usual 72 or 144. 2.) "Sterne am Filmhimmel" Sammelalbum 1. Reissued album, this time with cards A1-72. 3.) "Sterne am Filmhimmel" Sammelalbum 1 u. 2. This was an album of 144 cards, combining the series A1-72 and B73-144. 4.) "Unsere Filmlieblinge" Sammelalbum Cowboy 1. An album of 72 cards, with the series C145-216. 5.) "Unsere Filmlieblinge" Sammelalbum Cowboy 2. An album of 72 cards, with the series C217-288. 6.) "Sterne am Filmhimmel" Sammelalbum 3 u. 4. An album of 144 cards, with the series D289-360 and E361-432.

No album was issued for the cards C3a 433-468 or F1 505-540.

Collector Ralf Wierz located an original bag used to sell these cards. Here's Ralf's report on the bag:

"I was able to buy some of the German woS series cards and one original paper bag where the cards were sold in. So the cards didn't come with cigarettes. I remember when I was at school in the 1970's these kind of paper bags with collector cards in it were sold at newspaper stands or kiosks. The woS were sold for 10 Pfennig per bag and 5 cards were in it. On the back is some advertising for Wissoll products, they sold Sweets, Chocolate Bars, Pralines and Cocoa."

Thanks to Ralf Wierz, A. J. Vezina, Greg Graetz, Amit Benyovits, Richard Minns, and Nick Bolton for help with this checklist.


A 1 Silvana Mangano
A 2 Debra Paget
A 3 Ingrid Bergman
A 4 Kathe Gold
A 5 Volker Von Collande
A 6 Esther Williams
A 7 Dieter Borsche
A 8 Maria Schell
A 9 Jean Simmons
A 10 Jean Peters
A 11 Hans Holt
A 12 Kristina Soderbaum
A 13 Kristina Soderbaum
A 14 Adolf Wohlbruck
A 15 Willy Fritsch
A 16 Maureen O'Hara
A 17 Bruni Lobel
A 18 Bruni Lobel
A 19 Maria Litto
A 20 Sonja Ziemann
A 21 Rudolf Prack
A 22 Theo Lingen
A 23 Josef Meinrad
A 24 Hans Moser
A 25 Willy Fritsch
A 26 Annhy Ondra
A 27 Hardy Kruger
A 28 Hans Richter
A 29 Hildegard Knef
A 30 Hilde Krahl
A 31 Hilde Krahl
A 32 Gustav Frohlich
A 33 Ewald Balser
A 34 Mathias Wieman
A 35 Eva-Ingborg Scholz
A 36 Peter Mosbacher
A 37 Simone Signoret
A 38 Michele Morgan
A 39 Victure Mature
A 40 Edith Schneider
A 41 Katja Mayberg
A 42 Marina Reid
A 43 Doris Dowling
A 44 Johannes Heesters
A 45 Gretl Schorg
A 46 Nadia Gray
A 47 Wolf Albach Retty
A 48 Rita Hayworth
A 49 Inge Egger
A 50 Dieter Borsche
A 51 Hans Sohnker
A 52 Angelika Hauff
A 53 Richard Haussler
A 54 Albrecht Schoenhals
A 55 Carl Raddatz
A 56 Clark Gable
A 57 Kurt Meisel
A 58 Tyrone Power
A 59 Margaret Lockwood
A 60 Walt Disney
A 61 Mickey Mouse
A 62 Hase Klofer
A 63 Goofy
A 64 Blume-das Stinktier
A 65 Nadia Gray
A 66 Gretl Schorg
A 67 Rita Hayworth
A 68 Silvano Mangano
A 69 Gene Tierney
A 70 Georg Thomalla
A 71 Paul Horbiger
A 72 Joan Rice
B 73 Jean Simmons
B 74 Esther Williams
B 75 Pinocchio
B 76 David Farbar
B 77 Errol Flynn
B 78 Vera Molnar
B 79 Jean Marais
B 80 Marika Rokk
B 81 Ingrid Bergman
B 82 Ingrid Bergman
B 83 Ingrid Bergman
B 84 Ingrid Bergman
B 85 Marianne Wischmann
B 86 Marianne Wischmann
B 87 Harry Piel
B 88 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. und Maureen O'Hara
B 89 Robert Lindner
B 90 Christiane Lenier
B 91 Jeanette Schulze
B 92 Arno Assmann
B 93 Christianne Lenier
B 94 Vera Molnar
B 95 Gary Cooper
B 96 Gary Cooper
B 97 Willy Fritsch
B 98 Sonja Ziemann
B 99 Cornell Borchers
B 100 Marianne Wischmann
B 101 Faline
B 102 Bambi
B 103 Paula Wessely
B 104 Harry Piel
B 105 Marika Rokk
B 106 Jeanette Schultze
B 107 Rudolf Platte
B 108 Inge Egger
B 109 Peter Van Eyck
B 110 Irene V. Meyendorff
B 111 Carl Raddatz
B 112 Hilde Hildebrand
B 113 Elina Ibourdette
B 114 Cary Grant
B 115 Jane Russell
B 116 Alida Valli
B 117 Esther Williams
B 118 Esther Williams
B 119 Stewart Granger
B 120 Margaret Lockwood
B 121 Jane Russell (Misspelled Russel)
B 122 Donald Cook
B 123 Marlene Dietrich
B 124 June Haver
B 125 Bambi
B 126 Faline
B 127 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. und Walter Slezak
B 128 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. und Walter Slezak
B 129 Pinocchio
B 130 Pinocchio
B 131 Pinocchio
B 132 Lassie
B 133 Michele Morgan
B 134 Stewart Granger
B 135 Jean Kent
B 136 Albert Lieven
B 137 Debra Paget
B 138 Joan Rice
B 139 Viveca Lindfors
B 140 Gene Kelly
B 141 Sonja Ziemann
B 142 Louis Jourdan und Debra Paget
B 143 Glenn Ford
B 144 Red Skelton
C 145 Joel McCrea
C 146 Joel McCrea
C 147 Joel McCrea
C 148 Joel McCrea
C 149 Joel McCrea
C 150 Errol Flynn
C 151 Errol Flynn
C 152 Errol Flynn
C 153 Errol Flynn
C 154 Johnny Weissmuller
C 155 Johnny Weissmuller
C 156 Frau Tarzan "Miss Tarzan"
C 157 Johnny Weissmuller
C 158 Johnny Weismuller
C 159 Tarzans Sohn "Tarzans Son"
C 160 John Wayne
C 161 John Wayne
C 162 John Wayne and Ella Raines
C 163 Randolph Scott und Jacqueline White
C 164 Anne Jeffreys
C 165 Szene aus "Der Schrecken von Texas"
C 166 Randolph Scott
C 167 Randolph Scott und Jacqueline White
C 168 Anne Jeffreys
C 169 Anne Jeffreys
C 170 Robert Ryan
C 171 Gary Cooper
C 172 Gary Cooper
C 173 Steve Cochran
C 174 Gregory Peck and Barbara Payton
C 175 Gary Cooper
C 176 Paulette Goddard and Gary Cooper
C 177 Paulette Goddard
C 178 Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard
C 179 Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard
C 180 Gary Cooper
C 181 Gary Cooper und Paulette Goddard
C 182 Gary Cooper und Paulette Goddard
C 183 Gary Cooper
C 184 Ray Milland
C 185 Ray Milland und McDonald Carey
C 186 Hedy Lamarr und Ray Milland
C 187 MacDonald Carey
C 188 Hedy Lamarr und McDonald Carey
C 189 Ray Milland und Hedy Lamarr
C 190 Donald Crisp
C 191 Alan Ladd and Donald Crisp
C 192 Alan Ladd
C 193 Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall, und Robert Preston
C 194 Alan Ladd
C 195 Szene aus "Der Todesverächter" (the Film is named Whispering Smith (1948))
C 196 Alan Ladd
C 197 Alan Ladd and Robert Preston
C 198 Alan Ladd und Robert Preston
C 199 Alan Ladd und Brenda Marshall
C 200 Alan Ladd and Robert Preston
C 201 Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, und Donald Crisp
C 202 Alan Ladd
C 203 Alan Ladd und Robert Preston
C 204 Brenda Marshall und Robert Preston
C 205 Alan Ladd
C 206 Gary Cooper
C 207 Gary Cooper
C 208 Gary Cooper
C 209 Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur
C 210 Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur
C 211 Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur
C 212 Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith
C 213 Florence Batesm, Szoke Sakall, Alexis Smith and Errol Flynn
C 214 Alexis Smith and Errol Flynn
C 215 Randolph Scott
C 216 Wendell Corey and McDonald Carey
C 217 Randolph Scott und Ruth Roman
C 218 Tyrone Power
C 219 Susan Hayward
C 220 Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward
C 221 Susan Hayward
C 222 Tyrone Power
C 223 Susan Howard and Tyrone Power
C 224 Susan Hayward
C 225 Tyrone Power
C 226 Susan Hayward und Tyrone Power
C 227 Tyrone Power
C 228 Tyrone Power
C 229 Tyrone Power
C 230 Aus "Zwei in der Falle"
C 231 Tyrone Power
C 232 William Boyd
C 233 William Boyd
C 234 William Boyd
C 235 William Boyd
C 236 William Boyd
C 237 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" ("Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 238 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" (“Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 239 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" (“Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 240 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" (“Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 241 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" (“Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 242 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" (“Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 243 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" (“Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 244 "3 Musketiere der Prärie" (“Texas Trouble Shooters", issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 245 Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune
C 246 Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune
C 247 Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune
C 248 “3 Musketiere der Prärie” (“Texas Trouble Shooters”, issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 249 “3 Musketiere der Prärie” (“Texas Trouble Shooters”, issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 250 “3 Musketiere der Prärie” (“Texas Trouble Shooters”, issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 251 “3 Musketiere der Prärie” (“Texas Trouble Shooters”, issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 252 “3 Musketiere der Prärie” (“Texas Trouble Shooters”, issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 253 “3 Musketiere der Prärie” (“Texas Trouble Shooters”, issued in USA 1942, in Germany 1950)
C 254 Ken Maynard
C 255 Ken Maynard
C 256 Ken Maynard
C 257 Ken Maynard
C 258 Ken Maynard
C 259 Ken Maynard
C 260 Ken Maynard
C 261 Ken Maynard
C 262 Ken Maynard
C 263 Ken Maynard
C 264 William Boyd
C 265 William Boyd
C 266 William Boyd
C 267 William Boyd
C 268 William Boyd
C 269 William Boyd
C 270 William Boyd
C 271 William Boyd
C 272 William Boyd
C 273 Ken Maynard und sein Wunderpferd Tarzan (KM and his wonder horse Tarzan)
C 274 Ken Maynard
C 275 Ken Maynard
C 276 Ken Maynard
C 277 Ken Maynard
C 278 Ken Maynard
C 279 Ken Maynard
C 280 William Boyd
C 281 William Boyd
C 282 William Boyd
C 283 William Boyd
C 284 William Boyd
C 285 Ken Maynard
C 286 Ken Maynard
C 287 Ken Maynard
C 288 Ken Maynard
D 289 Marianne Schönauer
D 290. Marianne Wischmann
D 291 Paul Hörbiger
D 292 Mady Rahl
D 293 Paul Hartmann
D 294 Rudolf Park
D 295 Jane Russel (sic. Russell)
D 296 Paul Meurisse
D 297 Francoise Rosay
D 298 Duzy Delair
D 299 Julia Fjörsen
D 300 Heinz Dieter Zeidler
D 301 Marie France
D 302 Michèle Morgan
D 303 Michèle Morgan und Edmond Audran
D 304 Michèle Morgan und Edmond Audran
D 305 Michele Morgan und Henri Vidal
D 306 Maria Litto
D 307 Willy Fritsch
D 308 Maria Litto
D 309 Käthe Haack
D 310 Ingrid Lutz
D 311 Maria Litto und Willy Fritsch
D 312 Dieter Borsche
D 313 Dieter Porsche
D 314 O.W. Fischer
D 315 Ruth Niehaus und Hans Reiser
D 316 O.W. Fischer
D 317 Gretl Schörg
D 318 Viktor de Kova
D 319 Laurence Olivier
D 320 Laurence Olivier und Joan Fontaine
D 321 Adolf Wohlbrück
D 322 Adolf Wohlbrück
D 323 Cecile Aubry
D 324 Hans Albers und Cecile Aubry
D 325 Cecile Aubry
D 326 Cecile Aubry
D 327 Jacques Sernas
D 328. Michèle Morgan
D 329. Jean Marais
D 330 Yvonne de Carlo
D 331 Yvonne de Carlo
D 332 Peter Ustinov
D 333 Yvonne de Carlo und David Tomlinson
D 334 Roland Culver
D 335 "Ein Lachen, das bald verstummt"
D 336 Angelika Hauff
D 337 Filmstar - ohne jemals einen Film gesehen zu haben (A film star – never having seen a film)
D 338 Helmut Schneider
D 339 Helmut Schneider
D 340 Das hören die Boys gerne! (That’s what boys like to hear!)
D 341 Angelika Hauff
D 342 Angelika Hauff und Helmut Schneider
D 343 Hannelore Schroth
D 344 Ernst Lothar
D 345 Inge Meysel
D 346 Käte Pontow
D 347 Ernst Lothar und Liselotte Malkowski
D 348 Jean Simmons
D 349 Trevor Howard
D 350 Jean Simmons und Trevor Howard
D 351 Jean Simmons und Trevor Howard
D 352 Trevor Howard und Maxwell Reed
D 353 John Howard Davies
D 354 Kenneth Downy
D 355 Francis L. Sullivan
D 356 Diana Dors
D 357 Deidre Doyle
D 358 Frederic Lloyd
D 359 John Howard Davies
D 360 Henry Stephenson
E 361 Hazel Court
E 362 Hazel Court
E 363 Hazel Court
E 364 Hazel Court und William Eythe
E 365 Heinrich George
E 366 Ferdinand Marian
E 367 Harry Liedtke
E 368 Hans Brausewetter
E 369 Will Dohm
E 370 Eckart Dux und Ruth Niehaus
E 371 Curt Götz
E 372 Lana Turner
E 373 Red Skelton
E 374 June Allyson
E 375 Von entsetzen gelähmt (paralysed by horror)
E 376 Inge Egger und Dieter Borsche
E 377 Michèle Morgan
E 378 Michèle Morgan und Jean Marais
E 379 Sonja Ziemann
E 380 Rudolf Prack
E 381 Sonja Ziemann und Hans Richter
E 382 Sonja Ziemann und Siegfried Breuer
E 383 Grethe Weiser
E 384 Sonja Ziemann und Rudolf Prack
E 385 Hans Richter
E 386 Ursula Lingen und Walter Müller
E 387 Anne Baxter und George Sanders
E 388 Bette Davis und Gary Merril
E 389 Anne Baxter und George Sanders
E 390 Susan Hayward
E 391 Gene Kelly
E 392 Vera Ellen
E 393 Mario Lanza
E 394 Lune Allyson (sic. June Allyson)
E 395 Will Quadflieg
E 396 Angelika Hauff
E 397 Georg Thomalla
E 398 Rosita Serrano
E 399 Cornell Borchers und Will Quadflieg
E 400 Rosita Serrano
E 401 Angelika Hauff
E 402 Angelika Hauff und Jan Hendriks
E 403 Will Quadflieg
E 404 Will Quadflieg und Jan Hendriks
E 405 Michèle Morgan und Edmond Audran
E 406 Michele Morgan
E 407 Jean Marais und Michèle Morgan
E 408 Jane Powell
E 409 Van Johnson
E 410 Greer Garson
E 411 Betty Grable und June Haver
E 412 Betty Grable und June Haver
E 413 Betty Grable und June Haver
E 414 Betty Grable
E 415 Claudine Dupuis
E 416 Anneliese Ericson
E 417 Nils Poppe und Anneliese Ericson
E 418 Michael Redgrave und Brian Smith
E 419 Jean Kent und Nigel Patrick
E 420 Michael Redgrave und Brian Smith
E 421 Maria Litto
E 422 Maria Litto und Ingrid Lutz
E 423 Richard Basehart
E 424 Barbara Bel Geddes und Richard Basehart
E 425 Vittorio Gassmann
E 426 Ermanno Randi und Maria Grazia Francia
E 427 Joe Stöckel
E 428 Erhard Siedel, Joe Stöckel, Beppo Brem
E 429 Glenn Langan
E 430 Glenn Langan und Adele Jergens
E 431 Kay Johnson und Reginald Owen
E 432 Andrea Leeds
C 3a 433 George Montgomery
C 3a 434 Brenda Marshall
C 3a 435. Treu wie Gold (True as gold)
C 3a 436. Glenn Langen und George Montgomery
C 3a 437. Reed Hadley
C 3a 438. Reed Hadley
C 3a 439. Zorro
C 3a 440. Zorro
C 3a 441. Idyll im Urwald (Idyllic jungle) (Tarzan)
C 3a 442. Eheglück im Dschungel (Happy marriage in the jungle) (Tarzan)
C 3a 443. Zu Gast bei Tarzan (A guest of Tarzan)
C 3a 444. Maurice Tauzin und Johnny Weissmuller
C 3a 445 Johnny Weissmuller
C 3a 446 Johnny Weissmuller und Patricia Morison
C 3a 447 Johnny Weissmuller
C 3a 448 Tarzan
C 3a 449 Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller)
C 3a 450 Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller)
C 3a 451 Tarzans Sohn
C 3a 452 Die Europäer haben das Gold (The Europeans have the gold) (Tarzan)
C 3a 453 Weisse Abenteuerer haben Tarzans Sohn gezwungen… (White adventurers have forced Tarzan’s son...)
C 3a 454 Alan Ladd
C 3a 455 Alan Ladd
C 3a 456 Alan Ladd und Mona Freeman
C 3a 457 Alan Ladd
C 3a 458 Alan Ladd und Charles Bickford
C 3a 459 Alan Ladd
C 3a 460 Alan Ladd
C 3a 461 Alan Ladd
C 3a 462 Alan Ladd
C 3a 463 Alan Ladd und Mona Freeman
C 3a 464 John Hall
C 3a 465 John Hall
C 3a 466 John Hall
C 3a 467 John Hall
C 3a 468 John Hall
F 1 505 Susi Nicoletti
F 1 506 Waltraut Haas
F 1 507 Inge Egger
F 1 508 Dagmar Rom
F 1 509 Hermann Speelmanns
F 1 510 Carl Raddatz
F 1 511 Irene von Meyendorff und Ernst Schröder
F 1 512 Irene von Meyendorff und Ernst Schröder
F 1 513 Felicita Busi
F 1 514 Vera Molnar
F 1 515 Maxi und Ernst Baier
F 1 516 Maxi und Ernst Baier
F 1 517 Ingrid Bergman
F 1 518 Charles Boyer und Ingrid Bergman
F 1 519 Erich Maria Remarque
F 1 520 Charles Boyer und Ingrid Bergman
F 1 521 Hilde Krahl
F 1 522 Dieter Borsche
F 1 523 Mathias Wieman
F 1 524 Hilde Krahl und Dieter Borsche
F 1 525 Hannelore Schroth
F 1 526 Hannelore Schroth und Ernst Lothar
F 1 527 Hannelore Schroth
F 1 528 Hannelore Schroth
F 1 529 Kristina Söderbaum und Lutz Moik
F 1 530 Kristina Söderbaum
F 1 531 Kristina Söderbaum und Lutz Moik
F 1 532 Kristina Söderbaum und Lutz Moik
F 1 533 Grandseigneur Willy Birgel
F 1 534 Maria Holst und Hans Holt
F 1 535 Inge Egger und Joe Stöckel
F 1 536 Inge Egger und Joe Stöckel
F 1 537 Vera Ellen
F 1 538 Cesar Romero und Vera Ellen
F 1 539 Cesar Romero und Vera Ellen
F 1 540 David Niven und Vera Ellen


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