About the 1933 Lux Toilet Soap Movie & Radio Star Portraits
Specially Engraved Portraits of Movie & Radio Stars issued circa 1933 by Lux Toilet Soap.
Issued in the United States.
24 pieces listed on envelope. 2 additional seen. Thus total of 26 now known.
Each measures 5" X 7 inches.
Printed on light card stock.
Black and white photos with green tone framed in green with white surrounding and extending to edges.
Backs are blank.
Lux also issued a similar set of 9" X 12" portraits in 1934. That set is featured on THIS page.
See complete text checklist below the gallery. Checklist also pictured on manufacturer's envelope below (image courtesy Amit Benyovits).
Available for sale in the Immortal Ephemera Store:
Gallery and Checklist follow below Store listings
1933 Lux Toilet Soap Movie & Radio Star Portraits Gallery
Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through them all.
All shown except Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon.
Text listing of contents follows below.
1933 Lux Toilet Soap Movie & Radio Star Portraits Checklist
* Denotes stars pictured in gallery but unaccounted for on Lux Envelope.
John Barrymore
Wallace Beery
Alice Brady
Mary Carlisle
Jackie Cooper
Joan Crawford
Marie Dressler
Jimmy Durante
Madge Evans
Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
Helen Hayes
Myrna Loy
Ben Lyon
Una Merkel *
Robert Montgomery
Ramon Novarro *
Maureen O'Sullivan
Jean Parker
Jack Pearl
Franchot Tone
Lee Tracy
Lupe Velez
Ed Wynn
Diana Wynyard
Robert Young