From Great Britain. Each card measures approximately 1-3/8″ X 2-5/8″. Colorful painted images, wide white borders with an embossed oval framing the portrait. Descriptive text on reverse, numbered 1 through 48. This is Series A, there is also a Series B of this set which appears identical but includes different players and poses.
The entire set follows with a text checklist underneath the gallery. Just click any image to enlarge–once enlarged you can also scroll through up to 25 images at a time from that same larger view (beneath the bottom row of the gallery itself is pagination leading you to cards #26 and beyond). Click again to exit enlarged photo. Enjoy!
1936 Godfrey Phillips Screen Stars Series A Checklist:
Any linked names will take you to an article about that film star found elsewhere on this site.
1 – Spencer Tracy
2 – Margaret Sullavan
3 – Jean Parker
4 – Barbara Stanwyck
5 – Franchot Tone
6 – Bette Davis
7 – Eleanor Powell
8 – Sally Eilers
9 – Raymond Massey
10 – Anne Shirley
11 – Ida Lupino
12 – Myrna Loy
13 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
14 – Binnie Barnes
15 – Jessie Matthews
16 – Sophie Stewart
17 – James Cagney
18 – Josephine Hutchinson
19 – Ginger Rogers
20 – Gitta Alpar
21 – Dick Powell
22 – June Knight
23 – Ruby Keeler
24 – Elizabeth Allan
25 – Joe E. Brown
26 – Joan Blondell
27 – Merle Oberon
28 – Rosalind Russell
29 – Freddie Bartholomew
30 – Katharine Hepburn
31 – Virginia Bruce
32 – June Clyde
33 – Edward Everett Horton
34 – Leonora Corbett
35 – Constance Cummings
36 – Frances Drake
37 – Jack Buchanan
38 – Kay Francis
39 – Margaretta Scott
40 – Nova Pilbeam
41 – Nils Asther
42 – Margaret Lindsay
43 – Jean Gillie
44 – Mary Brian
45 – Leslie Banks
46 – Fay Wray
47 – Anna Lee
48 – Gene Raymond
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(A and B Series Cards):
