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Cliff Aliperti on January 5th, 2010
Far from a film star, Henry E. Dixey was a star of the stage who while active through the 1920’s seems to have peaked as early as the 1880’s. The Oxford …
Continue reading about Star of Stage Henry E. Dixey appears on a 1915 Universal postcard
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Cliff Aliperti on December 24th, 2009
… His wife, Gerard Alexander, sometimes billed as Mrs. Bertram Grassby, appeared in 18 films between 1916-1923, while Grassby himself made over 70 screen …
Continue reading about Don’t know much about Bertram Grassby but he has Facebook Fan Page
Can you identify these two theatre stars from about 1908? I’m trying to put a checklist together for this deck of playing cards, but I can’t figure out who these 2 are.
Continue reading about Can you help identify these 2 theater stars, circa 1908?
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″.
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