About the Massilia Color Toned Film Stars
Special thanks to Amit Benyovits who has contributed all images and information from his collection (Email Amit).Issued by Massilia confectionary in France. 84 known cards.
Oversized at 4" X 5-3/4". High quality card stock.
Vibrant color-toned images on front with plain white backs.
A small Massilia logo is on each card (near bottom right corner on the Von Stroheim) and also appears on the title page of the album holding these large cards.
Also inside the album is an introduction by tragic French screen star Harry Baur, listed as President of Honor of the L'Union des Artistes.
The bulk of the set is comprised of Europeans, however several major Hollywood movie stars are included as well.
Date to the set would appear to be approximately 1937-1938 due to inclusion of child stars such as Shirley Temple and Deanna Durbin as well as the pairs shown on the four cards showing multiple film stars.
Of these pairs Yvette Lebon and Tino Rossi only appeared in one film together, released 1936; Viviane Romance and Tino Rossi appeared in 2, released in 1937 and much later (1972). Also included are the pair of Jacqueline Delubac and Sacha Guity who appeared in a whopping 11 films together: 1 in 1935, the other 10 all between 1936-1938.
The only other reference I could find to these online was about halfway down this French language page which confirms Massilia as a confectioner though speculates that the actual candy manufacturer may be Loriot (that's what Google Translate spit out for me at any rate!).
More details about these Massilia Collector Cards can be found courtesy of our friends at the wonderful European Film Star Postcards site HERE.
Gallery of Massilia Color Toned Film Star Cards
The following gallery includes images of all 84 Massilia Color Toned Film Star cards. They are shown in pairs of two in their album pages. Text checklist follows below.
Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through 25 images at a time. See the page numbering just below the gallery to move to the second page of 25 images, etc.
Checklist of Massilia Color Toned Film Star Cards
Alphabetical with pairs listed at the bottom of the list.
Don Ameche
Annabella
Junie Astor
Aubert
Mischa Auer
Jean Pierre Aumont
Bach
Mireille Balin
Lucien Baroux
Lisa Belamare
Marie Bell
Pierre Blanchar
Charles Boyer
Paul Cambo
Louise Carletti
Louise Carletti
Madeleine Carroll
Yvette Chauvire
Joan Crawford
Danielle Darieux
Lise Delamare
Marlene Dietrich
Paulette Dubost
Roger Duchesne
Deanna Durbin
Irene Dunne
Martha Eggerth
Fernandel
Edwige Feuillere
Alice Field
Victor Francen
Pierre Fresnay
Jean Gabin
Clark Gable
Ketti Gallian
Henry Garat
Greta Garbo
Fernand Gravey
Sonja Henie
Jany Holt
Louis Jouvet
Vera Korene
Bernard Lancret
Lisette Lanvin
Yvette Lebon
Ginette Leclerc
Fabien Loris
Myrna Loy
Corinne Luchaire
Andre Luguet
Jean Lumiere
Jeanette MacDonald
Michele Morgan
Gaby Morlay
Jean Murat
Merle Oberon
Dita Parlo
Elvire Popesco
William Powell
Tyrone Power
Albert Prejean
Yvonne Printemps
Reda-Caire
Georges Rigaud
Germaine Roger
Henri Rollan
Viviane Romance
Tino Rossi
Renee Saint Cyr
Jean Servais
Simone Simon
Betty Stockfield
Robert Taylor
Shirley Temple
Franchot Tone
Roland Toutain
Spencer Tracy
Nadine Vogel
Erich Von Stroheim
Johnny Weissmuller
Pierre Richard Willm
Pairs:
Annabella and Jean Murat
Jacqueline Delubac and Sacha Guitry
Yvette Lebon and Tino Rossi
Viviane Romance and Tino Rossi