Sold-1930's Movie Stars

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Sold-1930's Movie Stars

The first cigarette cards were issued in 1879. The idea of inserting a card into a cigarette package quickly caught on, and there were thousands of sets issued around the world from the 1880's through the 1930's. These cards pictured just about every conceivable subject, from sporting figures to politicians to many non-human subjects such as animals, flags, and world scenes.

By the 1920's, American tobacco companies had stopped issuing cigarette cards. Candy and gum products were considered more suitable since the cards were targeting children. Cards were also being used in weighing and exhibit machines.

However, cigarette cards remained very popular in Europe through the 1930's. Movie stars were a very popular subject, and the European cigarette card sets included stars from Hollywood because of the popularity of American films. A surprisingly large number of these old cigarette cards survive in nice condition. This is probably due to the large number of collectors who pursued these beautiful cards when they were issued because card collecting in Europe became an organized hobby long before card collecting gained popularity in the United States.

World War II stopped the production of cigarette cards cold, as they were deemed a non-essential item and a waste of valuable paper. They never really started up again after the war, although there were a few sets issued here and there.

This collection consists of 1930's German cigarette cards of famous Hollywood movie stars, many of which are embossed and have beautiful and unique borders. As expected, German born Marlene Dietrich was represented many times in all the German sets. Shirley Temple cards were very popular, and remain so today. Also notice that Rita Hayworth was still using her real name of Rita Cansino.

I like to collect movie star sets from other countries that are unusual and hard to find as well.

Album by RONALD GOLDBERG. 1 - 108 of 108 Total. 6264 Visits.

1 Joan Bennett 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 92	2 Joan Bennett 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 60	3 Joan Bennett 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 86	4 Constance Bennett 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 88
5 Clara Bow 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	6 Kitty Carlisle 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 50	7 Claudette Colbert 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	8 Claudette Colbert 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96
9 Claudette Colbert 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	10 Claudette Colbert 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 96	11 Claudette Colbert 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 40	12 Claudette Colbert 1937 Garbaty Film-Lieblinge SGC 96
13 Joan Crawford 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	14 Joan Crawford 1934 Garbaty Schoenheitsgalerie SGC 96	15 Joan Crawford 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	16 Delores Del Rio 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96
17 Delores Del Rio 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	18 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	19 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	20 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 98
21 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 84	22 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	23 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	24 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 84
25 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 98	26 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	27 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 92	28 Marlene Dietrich 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 60
29 Marlene Dietrich 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 88	30 Marlene Dietrich 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 40	31 Marlene Dietrich 1937 Garbaty Film-Lieblinge SGC 88	32 Alice Faye 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 92
33 Alice Faye 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 50	34 Alice Faye 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 88	35 Alice Faye 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 84	36 Alice Faye 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 88
37 Kay Francis 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	38 Kay Francis 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 84	39 Greta Garbo 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	40 Greta Garbo 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88
41 Greta Garbo 1934 Garbaty Shonheitsgalerie SGC 88	42 Greta Garbo 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	43 Greta Garbo 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 84	44 Greta Garbo 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 86
45 Greta Garbo 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 92	46 Janet Gaynor 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	47 Janet Gaynor 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 92	48 Jean Harlow 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 80
49 Jean Harlow 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	50 Jean Harlow 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	51 Jean Harlow 1934 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 88	52 Jean Harlow 1935 Haus Bergmann Brilliant Filmbilder SGC 80
53 Jean Harlow 1935 Salem Bunten Filmbilder SGC 60	54 Jean Harlow 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 88	55 Jean Harlow 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 80	56 Jean Harlow 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 80
57 Jean Harlow 1936 Zuban Bunte Filmbilder SGC 70	58 Jean Harlow 1937 Zuban Bunte Filmbilder SGC 84	59 Helen Hayes 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	60 Rita Hayworth 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96
61 Rita Hayworth 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 50	62 Rita Hayworth 1937 Brinkmann Bunte Filmbilder SGC 50	63 Sonja Henie 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	64 Sonja Henie 1937 Brinkmann Bunte Filmbilder SGC 86
65 Katherine Hepburn 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	66 Katherine Hepburn 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 60	67 Miriam Hopkins 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	68 Miriam Hopkins 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96
69 Carole Lombard 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	70 Carole Lombard 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	71 Carole Lombard 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 92	72 Carole Lombard 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 84
73 Myrna Loy 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	74 Myrna Loy 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	75 Myrna Loy 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 84	76 Ida Lupino 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 98
77 Ida Lupino 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 80	78 Ida Lupino 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 80	79 Jeanette MacDonald 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	80 Jeanette MacDonald 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 50
81 Jeanette MacDonald 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 84	82 Una Merkel 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	83 Una Merkel 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	84 Una Merkel 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 40
85 Una Merkel 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 60	86 Pola Negri 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 92	87 Maureen O'Sullivan 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	88 Merle Oberon 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96
89 Ginger Rogers 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	90 Norma Shearer 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	91 Norma Shearer 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 80	92 Gloria Swanson 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88
93 Shirley Temple 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	94 Shirley Temple 1936 Brinkmann Bunte Filmbilder SGC 88	95 Shirley Temple 1936 Zuban Bunte Filmbilder SGC 80	96 Shirley Temple 1937 Lloyd Bunte Filmbilder SGC 80
97 Shirley Temple 1937 Zuban Bunte Filmbilder SGC 84	98 Claire Trevor 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88	99 Claire Trevor 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	100 Claire Trevor 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 88
101 Claire Trevor 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 96	102 Claire Trevor 1936 Garbaty Schoner Frauen SGC 88	103 Mae West 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	104 Mae West 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 92
105 Mae West 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 84	106 Loretta Young 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	107 Loretta Young 1934 Garbaty Schonheitsgalerie SGC 96	108 Loretta Young 1936 Aurelia Sultan Filmsterne SGC 60

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