Introducing a new Gallery on the site featuring 1931 BAT Cinema Artistes tobacco cards plus a 1929 Academy Awards story focusing on a stolen fountain pen.
Sposin’ You Pulled $300 Out of a Pack of Strollers?
Seven ads from early 1923 solicit submissions to the Strollers Movie Limerick Contest. The ads include sample limericks and picture C142 Canadian Strollers movie cards.
Side by Side: 1934 Wills Famous Film Stars, Both Sizes
A front and back, side by side view of each of the two different sizes of 1934 Wills Famous Film Stars tobacco cards.
Top 10 British Movie Star Tobacco Card Issues of the 1930’s
This Top 10 list of favorite British Movie Star Tobacco Card sets from the 1930’s includes explanations, descriptions and links to movie card galleries of the chosen sets.
W.C. Fields juggling; The Great Man born 130-ish years ago today
After bumping into the 1976 biopic W.C. Fields and Me I wanted to learn more and so I read James Curtis’ Fields biography. Page includes a clip of Fields juggling in The Old Fashioned Way (1934).
The long career of character actress Mary Boland
A look at the career of Mary Boland from her 1907 Broadway debut through her teamings with Charlie Ruggles and beyond. Illustrated with vintage movie cards and collectibles.
