About 1938 BAT Modern Beauties Tobacco Cards, Series 5
Fifth series of 36 Extra-Large 2-5/8" X 3-3/4 inch tobacco cards.
Real photo cards issued by the British American Tobacco Co. Ltd. (B.A.T.).
From England.
All actresses including several recognizable names and just as many who would only appear in a film or two.
Highlights include Jessie Matthews, Anna Lee, Anita Louise, Olivia de Havilland, Kay Francis and Blondie's Penny Singleton when she was still billed as Dorothy McNulty.
And enlarged view of the front and back of card #2, Kay Francis, before getting to the gallery of Series 5:
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1938 BAT Modern Beauties Tobacco Cards, Series 5 Gallery
The following gallery includes images of tobacco cards from the 1937 BAT Modern Beauties second series of tobacco cards.
Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through each card in the gallery. Text checklist follows below.
1938 BAT Modern Beauties Tobacco Cards, Series 5 Checklist
1 - Florence Rice
2 - Dorothy Dare
3 - Lynne Carver
4 - Virginia Grey
5 - Martha O'Driscoll
6 - Priscilla Lawson
7 - Polly Ward
8 - Janice Jarratt
9 - Olivia de Havilland
10 - Gloria Dickson
11 - Kay Francis
12 - Dorothy McNulty aka Penny Singleton
13 - Anita Louise
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15 - Claire Luce
16 - Emily Lane
17 - Judith Barrett
18 - Jessie Matthews
19 - Jean Alden
20 - June Clyde
21 - Betty Furness
22 - Jean Chatburn
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24 - Kathleen Kelly
25 - Jean Rogers
26 - Barbara Read
27 - Renee Houston
28 - Adrienne Ames
29 - Tala Birell
30 - Joy Hodges
31 - Carol Goodner
32 - Ellen Clancy
33 - Mary Maguire
34 - Rosalind Marquis
35 - Laurie Douglas
36 - Anna Lee
I'd love to hear from you if you can fill in the holes for missing card numbers 14 and 23 in our checklist above. Please email with names and numbers if you've got them and feel free to attach scans of the missing cards if you'd like to help complete our gallery as well. Thank you!
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