About 1953 Wow Favourites of the Screen Trading Cards
Images and checklist on this page courtesy of collector Amit Benyovits.
Wow Bubble Gum "Favourites of the Screen" Trading Cards issued out of London, England.
Each of these tiny cards measures approximately 7/8" X 15/16".
An album issued with the cards which shows the names of each card in each of two series. Album measures 4-1/4" X 6".
48 cards per series. 96 cards total.
Approximate date of issue 1953. Based on film titles named on reverse side of cards. All films date 1953 to 1954*.
* Except Rodeo King and the Senorita (1951).
1953 Wow Favourites of the Screen Trading Card Gallery
The following gallery displays an assortment of 1953 Wow Bubble Gum Favourites of the Screen Trading Cards. Most pictured cards are Series 2, a few are Series 1. One example of the reverse side from each series is shown.
Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through them all. Text checklist of pictured cards found below.
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1953 Wow Favourites of the Screen Trading Card Checklist
Listed alphabetically by series with card numbers included where confirmed.
Series 1
Pier Angeli
June Allyson
Fred Astaire
Lucille Ball
Polly Bergen
Anne Blythe
Leslie Caron
Cyd Charisse
Joan Crawford
Frances Dee
Vera Ellen
John Ericson
Nanette Fabray
Clark Gable
20 - Rita Gam - Next film: Saadia
Ava Gardner
Greer Garson
Stewart Granger
Kathryn Grayson
38 - Jean Hagen - Next film: Half a Hero
William Holden
28 - Van Johnson - Next film: Easy to Love
Gene Kelly
Grace Kelly
25 - Deborah Kerr - Next film: Julius Caesar
Fernando Lamas
26 - Dewey Martin - Next film: Tennessee Champ
Tony Martin
Anne Miller
Ricardo Montalban
Eleanor Parker
Walter Pidgeon
Jane Powell
Barbara Ruick
Red Skelton
Jean Simmons
Betta St. John
Elaine Stewart
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Taylor
27 - Carlos Thompson - Next film: The Flame and the Flesh
Spencer Tracy
Lana Turner
James Whitmore
Michael Wilding
21 - Cara Williams - Next film: Great Diamond Robbery
Esther Williams
Shelley Winters
SERIES 2
87 - Rex Allen - Next film: Rodeo King & The Senorita
57 - Edward Arnold - Next film: City That Never Sleeps
Charlotte Austin
74 - Lauren Bacall - Next film: How to Marry a Millionaire
93 - Buddy Baer - Next film: Jubilee Trail
83 - Anne Bancroft - Next film: Gorilla at Large
Scott Brady
89 - David Brian - Next film: A Perilous Journey
Richard Burton
84 - John Carroll - Next film: Geraldine
71 - Wendell Corey - Next film: Hell's Half Acre
88 - Joan Evans - Next film: The Fortune Hunter
Gloria Gordon
75 - Betty Grable - Next film: How to Marry a Millionaire
82 - Sterling Hayden - next film: Johnny Guitar
92 - Susan Hayward - Next film: Demetrius and the Gladiators
78 - Wanda Hendrix - Next film: Sea of Lost Ships
Ruth Hussey
70 - Evelyn Keyes - Next film: Hell's Half Acre
Barbara Lawrence
78 - Joan Leslie - Next film: Jubilee Trail
John Lund
Fred MacMurray
James Mason
John McCallum
Dorothy McGuire
91 - Victor McLaglen - Next film: Trouble in the Glen
Marilyn Monroe
54 - Terry Moore - Next film: King of the Khyber Rifles
Mary Murphy
63 - Dennis O'Keefe - Next film: The Lady Wants Mink
Gregory Peck
95 - Jean Peters - Next film: Vicki
Jane Powell
49 - William Powell - Next film: How to Marry a Millionaire
58 - Tyrone Power - Next film: King of the Khyber Rifles
Mala Powers
60 - Vera Ralston - Next film: Jubilee Trail
Roy Rogers
66 - Ruth Roman - Next film: The Shanghai Story
77 - Barbara Stanwyck - Next film: Executive Suite
72 - Tamara Toumanova - Next film: Invitation to the Dance
Forest Tucker
Richard Widmark
Marie Windsor
51 - Helen Wood - Next film: Give a Girl a Break
64 - Teresa Wright - Next film: The Actress
Gig Young
