Ross Verlag, Part 29: Bunte Filmbilder

Ross Verlag published several series of cigarette cards, which were much smaller than the famous Ross postcards. These cards (app. 7 x 5,5 cm or 28 x 22, 5 inches) were sold in packs or cartons of cigarettes in Germany and a few other countries. One of the series was called Bunte Filmbilder (Colourful Film Pictures) of which we know two series with both Hollywood and European stars. The cards have numbers on the back and were meant to be pasted into a book. The book for the second series was published in 1936. Some pictures were duplicates of photos seen on postcards, but others were designed just for the cigarette cards, which were printed for different tobacco brands.With twenty of these wonderful and indeed colourful film pictures, EFSP finishes our Ross Verlag Tribute.


Theo Lingen. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Martin Brinkmann A.G., Bremen, no. 53. Photo: Projektograph-Film. Theo Lingen in Wer zuletzt küßt… / Who Kisses Last... (E.W. Emo, 1936).


Hans Albers. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for G. Zuban, München, no. 115. Photo: Ufa.


Weiss Ferdl. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greiling AG, no. 152. Photo: Majestic-Syndikat-Film.


Heinrich George. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for G. Zuban, München, no. 190. Photo: Badal / Terra. Heinrich George in Stjenka Rasin/Stenka Rasin (Alexandre Volkoff, 1936).


Fredric March. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Lloyd Zigaretten, no. 212. Photo: Paramount. Fredric March in The Eagle and the Hawk (Stuart Walker, 1933).


Carole Lombard. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greilingen-Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 259. Photo: Paramount.


Else Elster. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Caid Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 323. Photo: Schulz and Wuellner.


Genia Nikolaieva. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greiling-Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 358. Photo: Ufa.


Heinz Rühmann and Theo Lingen. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Drama Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 360. Photo: Projectograph-Film.


Rochelle Hudson. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Lloyd Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 374. Photo: Fox-Film.


Geraldine Katt. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greiling-Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 383. Photo: Bavaria. Geraldine Katt in Die Stimme des Herzens/The Voice of the Heart (Karl Heinz Martin, 1937).


Annabella. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greiling-Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 384. Photo: New World Pictures.


Hilde von Stolz. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Caid, Series 2, no. 394. Photo: Bavaria.


Camilla Horn. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Cigarettenfabrik Caid, Series 2, no. 402. Photo: Bavaria. Camilla Horn in Sein letztes Modell/His Last Model (Rudolf van der Noss, 1937).


Luis Trenker. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greiling Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 403. Photo: Trenker / Tobis / Rota.


Hans Richter. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Drama Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 459. Photo: Cando-Film.


Albrecht Schoenhals. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greilingen Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 465. Photo: Deka-Syndikat-Film.


Elizabeth Allan. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Greiling-Zigaretten, Series no. 2, no. 484. Photo: Styria-Film.


Hans Holt. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Caid, Series no. 2, no. 491. Photo: Styria-Film. Hans Holt in Lumpacivagabundus/Lumpaci the Vagabond (Géza von Bolváry, 1936).


Shirley Temple. German collector card by Ross Verlag in the Bunte Filmbilder series for Caid, Series no. 2, no. 496. Photo: Fox-Film.

Source: Mark Goffee (Ross Verlag Movie Star Postcards). This was the last post in our Ross Verlag Tribute!