About these Cards
Issued by John Player & Sons, Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company.
50 card set from Great Britain.
Each card measures approximately 1-3/8" X 2-5/8".
Colorful painted images, white borders.
Adhesive backs. Often found pasted into accompanying album. Common cards, but be sure to check for back damage.
Third Series noted on reverse with descriptive text on backs as shown.
Key cards include Vivien Leigh, Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and several other major Hollywood stars.
Available for sale in the Immortal Ephemera Store:
Gallery and Checklist follow below Store listings
Gallery of 1938 Player's Series 3 Movie Cards
Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through the entire set. Both sides of all 50 cards are shown. Text listing of contents follows below.
1938 John Player & Sons Film Stars Third Series Checklist:
1 - Brian Aherne
2 - June Duprez
3 - Fred Astaire
4 - Constance Bennett
5 - Charles Boyer
6 - Virginia Bruce
7 - Diana Churchill
8 - Gary Cooper
9 - Joan Crawford
10 - Bette Davis
11 - Olivia De Havilland
12 - Deanna Durbin
13 - Nelson Eddy
14 - Gracie Fields
15 - Errol Flynn
16 - George Formby
17 - Valerie Hobson
18 - John Howard
19 - Allan Jones
20 - Patric Knowles
21 - Dick Powell
22 - Vivien Leigh
23 - Margaret Lockwood
24 - Myrna Loy
25 - Corinne Luchaire
26 - Jeanette MacDonald
27 - Barry Mackay
28 - Fredric March
29 - Raymond Massey
30 - Ray Milland
31 - Mary Morris
32 - Paul Muni
33 - Merle Oberon
34 - Laurence Olivier
35 - Maureen O'Sullivan
36 - Lilli Palmer
37 - Nova Pilbeam
38 - Eleanor Powell
39 - Luise Rainer
40 - Basil Rathbone
41 - Rene Ray
42 - Shirley Ross
43 - Rosalind Russell
44 - Norma Shearer
45 - James Stewart
46 - Robert Taylor
47 - Franchot Tone
48 - Spencer Tracy
49 - Conrad Veidt
50 - Anton Walbrook