Film Weekly Magazine was in circulation 1928- 1939 prior to merging with Picturegoer, so figure the cards were issued during that period. Not sure if it was as a supplement or mail-away premiums, but obviously associated with the magazine title.
While listed as a postcard because of the size, 3-3/8″ X 5-1/4″, many of those I have seen have backs that are blank except for an identifying line of text and may just as well be described as a premium or promotional photo.
This page is intended to provide you will all of the possible tools required to view, research, collect, and even purchase the cards in this set, as well as the classic film stars included in this set.
Checklist (Incomplete):
Adrianne Allen
Richard Arlen
George Arliss
Nils Asther
Mary Astor
Lew Ayres
George Bancroft
Tallulah Bankhead
Vilma Banky
Richard Barthelmess
Joan Barry
John Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Warner Baxter
Wallace Beery
Constance Bennett
Joan Bennett
Edna Best
Joan Blondell
John Boles
Dorothy Bouchier
Evelyn Brent
George Brent
Mary Brian
Clive Brook
Joe E. Brown
Virginia Bruce
Jack Buchanan
James Cagney
Nancy Carroll
Paul Cavanagh
Charlie Chaplin
Ruth Chatterton
Ina Claire
Mae Clarke
Colin Clive
Ronald Colman
Robert Coogan
Gary Cooper
Jackie Cooper
Joan Crawford
Lili Damita
Bebe Daniels
Marion Davies
Bette Davis
Frances Dee
Dolores Del Rio
Reginald Denny
Marlene Dietrich
Billie Dove
Marie Dressler
James Dunn
Irene Dunne
Sally Eilers
Madge Evans
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Charles Farrell
Gracie Fields
Ralph Forbes
Sidney Fox
Kay Francis
William Freshman
Greta Garbo
Janet Gaynor
Hoot Gibson
John Gilbert
Margot Grahame
Mitzi Green
William Haines
Neil Hamilton
Note: Any names linked from the above checklist lead to original biographies of that star written especially for things-and-other-stuff.com
Ann Harding
Gordon Harker
Jean Harlow
Lilian Harvey
Jean Hersholt
Phillip Holmes
Jack Holt
Miriam Hopkins
Harold Huth
Leila Hyams
Dorothy Jordan
Henry Kendall
Molly Lamont
Elissa Landi
Frank Lawton
Evelyn Laye
Lila Lee
John Loder
Carole Lombard
Edmund Lowe
Myrna Loy
Paul Lukas
Ralph Lynn
Ben Lyon
Jeanette MacDonald
Dorothy Mackaill
David Manners
Fredric March
Sari Maritza
Herbert Marshall
Adolphe Menjou
John Miljan
Tom Mix
Robert Montgomery
Colleen Moore
Lois Moran
Karen Morley
Paul Muni
Conrad Nagel
Ramon Navarro
Greta Nissen
Marian Nixon
Ivor Novello
Jack Oakie
Maureen O’Sullivan
Anita Page
William Powell
Esther Ralston
Basil Rathbone
Stewart Rome
Norma Shearer
Lowell Sherman
Winifred Shotter
Sylvia Sidney
Barbara Stanwcyk
Betty Stockfeld
Lewis Stone
Lilyan Tashman
Jameson Thomas
Ernest Torrence
Helen Twelvetrees
Conrad Veidt
Lupe Velez
Tom Walls
Johnny Weissmuller
Alice White
Anna May Wong
Loretta Young
Robert Young
The rest of the images in this set can be seen over on the original Gallery pages at Smugmug
Tags: 1920s, 1930s, Film Weekly, Movie Stars, postcards, premiums, real photo
1926 Gallaher “Cinema Stars” Tobacco Cards issued by Gallaher Ltd. out of Belfast & London. 100 card set. Measures 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″.
1948 Dinkie Grips card from Series 3 covering MGM films. Full cards with unpunctured “grips” area at bottom measure approximately 2-1/8″ X 4-1/4″. Issued out of Birmingham, England by Dinkie Products with ad on back for Dinkie Grips as well as other Dinkie Products (Dinkie Curlers and Wavesetters).
1939 Gallaher “My Favourite Part” Tobacco Cards issued out of London, measuring approximately 1-1/2″ X 2-1/2″.
