About the Caramelos Estampas de Cine Paper Stock Cards
Another gallery and checklist courtesy of contributor Amit Benyovits.
Amit comments on the irregular shape of these cards, suspecting that they may have been hand cut from larger sheets. He also adds that they are of a medium type paper stock--not too thin, but not an actual card stock either.
Caramelos Estampas Cine paper stock trading cards.
Promotional issue for candy from Granada, Spain.
Each card measures approximately 1-3/8" X 1-3/4 inches.
Set of 120 numbered in series of 15, each series lettered A through H.
Issued with album denoting Second Series. Have also spotted a similar set with an alternative illustrated album cover and card numbers (e.g., Ser.C Num.8) on left border on front. These Second Series pieces are numbered on reverse as shown in the gallery below.
Checklist and gallery below are nearly complete, naming and showing 117 of the 120 "Estampas de Cine" cards. Missing numbers are E-07, G-11 and H-11.
Discounting those missing cards the key pieces to this set appear to be the individual cards picturing each Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
It is interesting to see that not only are Laurel and Hardy included as sequentially numbered cards in the same series (C-05 and C-06), but that other themed groupings can also be spotted, such as cards #C-08, C-09 and C-10 picturing Karen Morley, Paul Muni and Ann Dvorak, the stars of Scarface (1932).
Album and contents appear to date to mid-1930s, no earlier than 1934.
Inclusion of Baby Leroy, who appeared in movies between 1933-1935, and Charlotte Henry as pictured in 1933's Alice in Wonderland, in addition to familiar poses (The Bing Crosby pose is the same as used in 1934 Gallaher Champions of Screen & Stage set; James Cagney a match for 1934 Brown & Williamson Golden Grain set; George Raft matches 1934 Godfrey Phillips Film Stars set; etc.) has led me to place a circa 1934 date on this page.
Caramelos Estampas de Cine Paper Stock Card Gallery
Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through the entire set. 117 of 120 Estampas de Cine cards are shown with text listing of contents following below gallery.
Caramelos Estampas de Cine Paper Stock Card Checklist
A-01 - Baby Le Roy
A-02 - Mae West
A-03 - Phillips Holmes
A-04 - Evelyn Venable
A-05 - Chester Morris
A-06 - Wynne Gibson
A-07 - Richard Barthelmess
A-08 - Irene Bentley
A-09 - Carlos Gardel
A-10 - Imperio Argentina
A-11 - Herbert Marshall
A-12 - Sari Maritza
A-13 - Paul Lukas
A-14 - Susan Fleming
A-15 - Buck Jones
B-01 - Kent Taylor
B-02 - Dorothea Wieck
B-03 - John Barrymore
B-04 - Norma Shearer
B-05 - Melvyn Douglas
B-06 - Virginia Bruce
B-07 - Lionel Barrymore
B-08 - Mae Clarke
B-09 - Harold Lloyd
B-10 - Constance Cummings
B-11 - Lilian Harvey
B-12 - Gene Raymond
B-13 - Slim Summerville
B-14 - Zasu Pitts
B-15 - Charlotte Henry
C-01 - Fredric March
C-02 - Miriam Hopkins
C-03 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr
C-04 - Loretta Young
C-05 - Stan Laurel
C-06 - Oliver Hardy
C-07 - Robert Montgomery
C-08 - Karen Morley
C-09 - Paul Muni
C-10 - Ann Dvorak
C-11 - Dick Powell
C-12 - Genevieve Tobin
C-13 - Warren William
C-14 - Ruby Keeler
C-15 - Al Jolson
D-01 - Jeanette Macdonald
D-02 - Maurice Chevalier
D-03 - Randolph Scott
D-04 - Kathleen Burke
D-05 - Jack Oakie
D-06 - Ida Lupino
D-07 - George Raft
D-08 - Odette Florelle
D-09 - Jack La Rue
D-10 - Toby Wing
D-11 - James Cagney
D-12 - Claire Dodd
D-13 - Erich Von Stroheim
D-14 - Tala Birell
D-15 - Carl Brisson
E-01 - Diana Wynyard
E-02 - Clive Brook
E-03 - Bette Davis
E-04 - Edward G Robinson
E-05 - Billie Dove
E-06 - Ronald Colman
E-07 -
E-08 - Helen Hayes
E-09 - Eddie Gribbon
E-10 - Alice White
E-11 - Mitzi Green
E-12 - Charles Ruggles
E-13 - Irene Dunne
E-14 - Tom Tyler
E-15 - Buster Keaton
F-01 - Frances Dee
F-02 - Bing Crosby
F-03 - Charlotte Susa
F-04 - Douglas Fairbanks
F-05 - Helen Chandler
F-06 - Charley Chase
F-07 - Gloria Stuart
F-08 - Jackie Cooper
F-09 - Juliette Compton
F-10 - Wallace Beery
F-11 - Madge Evans
F-12 - Nils Asther
F-13 - Rosalie Roy
F-14 - Jose Mojica
F-15 - Alison Lloyd
G-01 - Sylvia Sidney
G-02 - Cary Grant
G-03 - Mary Boland
G-04 - Walter Huston
G-05 - Don Alvarado
G-06 - Joan Blondell
G-07 - Jean Hersholt
G-08 - Helen Twelvetrees
G-09 - Tim Mccoy
G-10 - Grace Bradley
G-11 -
G-12 - Frances Dean
G-13 - James Dunn
G-14 - Claire Trevor
G-15 - Jack Holt
H-01 - Claudette Colbert
H-02 - William Haines
H-03 - Maureen Osullivan
H-04 - Tom Mix
H-05 - Nancy Carroll
H-06 - Ramon Novarro
H-07 - Carole Lombard
H-08 - Miriam Jordan
H-09 - Henry Armetta
H-10 - Clark Gable
H-11 -
H-12 - Richard Arlen
H-13 - Adrienne Ames
H-14 - Stuart Erwin
H-15 - Sally Eilers