About these Cards
100 card set issued out of Australia by Ardath and packaged with State Express Cigarettes.
Cards were issued in two different sizes, 1-7/16" X 2-5/8" and 2-1/16" X 2-5/6 inches. This was done so the cards could be used in cigarette packets of different quantities—that is why the heights of each style card is the same, but the widths are different.
Here is a side-by-side example of the same card (#50) in each of the two sizes:
Several stars and/or movies are represented multiple times throughout the set. The 100 "Scenes from Big Films" cards represent a total of 35 different movies, including 83 cards picturing Hollywood releases (primarily MGM) and 17 cards depicting scenes from British releases. The breakdown by studio:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - 60 cards
United Artists - 17 cards
British Dominions - 7 cards
British International - 7 cards
RKO - 6 cards
Associated Talking Pictures - 3 cards
A complete text checklist follows the gallery.
Gallery of "Scenes from Big Films" Cards
Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through the entire set. A text checklist follows the gallery.
"Scenes from Big Films" 100-Card Checklist:
1 - Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan who appear in "Tarzan and His Mate"
2 - Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan who appear in "Tarzan and His Mate"
3 - Johnny Weissmuller who appears in "Tarzan and His Mate"
4 - John Barrymore and C. Henry Gordon rehearsing for "Night Flight"
5 - Helen Hayes and John Barrymore between scenes of "Night Flight"
6 - Elizabeth Allan, Benita Hume and Lewis Stone in "Service"
7 - Lewis Stone and Lionel Barrymore in "Service"
8 - Phillips Holmes and Lewis Stone in "Service"
9 - Elizabeth Allan and Alan Edwards in "Service"
10 - Lionel Barrymore in "Service"
11 - Ramon Novarro in "A Night in Cairo"
12 - Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy and Louise Closser-Hale between scenes of "A Night in Cairo"
13 - Ramon Novarro in "A Night in Cairo"
14 - Ramon Novarro in "A Night in Cairo"
15 - Lewis Stone and Benita Hume in "Service"
16 - Marie Dressler in "Dinner at Eight"
17 - Marie Dressler and Louise Closser-Hale between scenes of "Dinner at Eight"
18 - Jean Harlow in "Dinner at Eight"
19 - Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore between scenes of "Dinner at Eight"
20 - Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore rehearsing for "Dinner at Eight"
21 - Marie Dressler and Phillips Holmes between scenes of "Dinner at Eight"
22 - Jean Harlow and Edmund Lowe rehearsing for "Dinner at Eight"
23 - Marion Davies with "Michael" in "Peg O' My Heart"
24 - Marion Davies with "Michael" in "Peg O' My Heart"
25 - Marion Davies with "Michael" in "Peg O' My Heart"
26 - Floating Studio, The Schooner 'Nanuk,' Headquarters for the MGM Polar Expedition filming "Eskimo"
27 - Captain Peter Freuchen, author of "Eskimo," filmed by MGM
28 - Philip Nunarook in "Eskimo"
29 - Native Girl playing in Kayak between scenes of "Eskimo"
30 - Doruk and Nunarook brought to Hollywood from Arctic for "Eskimo"
31 - Robert Montgomery and Ann Harding in "When Ladies Meet"
32 - Ann Harding and Myrna Loy in "When Ladies Meet"
33 - Robert Montgomery and Ann Harding in "When Ladies Meet"
34 - Little Upik, Child Actor brought to Hollywood from the Arctic for "Eskimo"
35 - Three Beautiful Natives appearing in "Eskimo"
36 - Ernest Truex and Una Merkel in "Whistling in the Dark"
37 - Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Alice Brady and Myrna Loy rehearsing for "When Ladies Meet"
38 - Robert Montgomery, Ann Harding and Myrna Loy in "When Ladies Meet"
39 - Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy and Alice Brady in "When Ladies Meet"
40 - Ann Harding, Myrna Loy and Frank Morgan in "When Ladies Meet"
41 - Ernest Truex and Una Merkel in "Whistling in the Dark"
42 - Edward Arnold, Ernest Truex and Una Merkel in "Whistling in the Dark"
43 - Ernest Truex, Una Merkel and John Miljan in "Whistling in the Dark"
44 - Edward Arnold, Una Merkel and Ernest Truex in "Whistling in the Dark"
45 - Ernest Truex, Una Merkel and Nat Pendleton in "Whistling in the Dark"
46 - Jean Harlow and Clark Gable rehearsing for "Hold Your Man"
47 - Jean Harlow and Clark Gable in "Hold Your Man"
48 - Jean Harlow in "Hold Your Man"
49 - Jean Harlow, Clark Gable and Bobby Cook in "Hold Your Man"
50 - Jean Harlow and Clark Gable between scenes of "Hold Your Man"
51 - Jack Buchanan in "Yes, Mr. Brown"
52 - Jack Buchanan and Margot Grahame in "Yes, Mr. Brown"
53 - Tom Walls and Anne Grey in "Leap Year"
54 - Tom Walls in "Leap Year"
55 - Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter in "Just My Luck"
56 - Winifred Shotter in "Just My Luck"
57 - Jack Payne and His Band in "Say It With Music"
58 - Thelma Todd and Monty Banks between scenes of "You Made Me Love You"
59 - James Carew, Stanley Lupino, Thelma Todd and John Loder in "You Made Me Love You"
60 - Leslie Fuller in "Hawleys of the High Street"
61 - Claude Hulbert and Gus McNaughton in "Radio Revue"
62 - Binnie Barnes, Constance Cummings, Gus McNaughton and Claude Hulbert in "Heads We Go"
63 - Constance Cummings, Binnie Barnes, Claude Hulbert and Gus McNaughton in "Heads We Go"
64 - Basil Rathbone, Miles Mander and Heather Thatcher in "Loyalties"
65 - Basil Rathbone, Miles Mander and Heather Thatcher in "Loyalties"
66 - Leslie Fuller, Faith Bennett and Rosie Howard in "The Pride of the Force"
67 - William Austin, Billy Milton, Iris March and Edmond Breon in "Three Men in a Boat"
68 - Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard in "Secrets"
69 - Leslie Howard, Mary Pickford and C. Aubrey Smith in "Secrets"
70 - Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard and Mona Maris in "Secrets"
71 - Al Jolson and Madge Evans in "Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp"
72 - Al Jolson, Harry Langdon and "Blue Boy" Connor in "Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp"
73 - Ronald Colman (in a dual role) and Elissa Landi in "The Masquerader"
74 - Ronald Colman, Juliette Compton, Claude King and David Torrence in "The Masquerader"
75 - Ronald Colman and Elissa Landi in "The Masquerader"
76 - Helen Hayes, Clark Gable and Louise Closser-Hale in "The White Sister"
77 - Helen Hayes and Lewis Stone in "The White Sister"
78 - Helen Hayes and Clark Gable in "The White Sister"
79 - Clark Gable and Edward Arnold in "The White Sister"
80 - Helen Hayes and May Robson in "The White Sister"
81 - Clark Gable and Helen Hayes in "The White Sister"
82 - Kay Francis in "Strange Rhapsody"
83 - Nils Asther between scenes of "Strange Rhapsody"
84 - Marion Davies rehearsing a song in "The Hollywood Party"
85 - Chorus Girls rehearsing for "The Hollywood Party"
86 - Charles Ruggles and Florance Roberts in "Melody Cruise"
87 - Greta Nissen and Phil Harris in "Melody Cruise"
88 - Claudette Colbert and Ernest Torrence in "I Cover the Waterfront"
89 - Ben Lyon and Claudette Colbert in "I Cover the Waterfront"
90 - Claudette Colbert and Ernest Torrence in "I Cover the Waterfront"
91 - Eddie Cantor in "The Kid from Spain"
92 - Eddie Cantor and Lyda Roberti in "The Kid from Spain"
93 - Eddie Cantor with two Goldwyn Beauties in "The Kid from Spain"
94 - Joel McCrea, Irene Dunne and Laura Hope-Crews in "The Silver Cord"
95 - William (Bill) Boyd (later Hopalong Cassidy), Wynne Gibson and William Gargan in "Emergency Call"
96 - Gloria Swawnson, Genevieve Tobin, Laurence Olivier, Nora Swinburne and Michael Farmer in "Perfect Understanding"
97 - Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier and John Halladay in "Perfect Understanding"
98 - Gloria Swanson and John Halladay in "Perfect Understanding"
99 - Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Phyllis Barry and Marjorie White in "Diplomaniacs"
100 - John Barrymore and Myrna Loy in "Topaze"
