Ross Verlag, Part 11: Foreign in the UK

Ross Verlag published a series of postcards for Great Britain without the Ross Verlag name on the cards. Instead, the cards had the word 'Foreign' in one corner of the photo on the card. These were all hand-tinted colour postcards with a gloss finish. Although the Ross Verlag number was still visible on the front of these cards, they also usually had another number on the back in the stamp box. Besides these cards for the British market, Ross Verlag also published several hand-coloured postcards for the continental market. Here are 25 Ross Verlag Foreign postcards.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 847/1. Photo: British-American Films AG (Bafag). Robert Frazer.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 1247/1. Photo: Paramount-Film. Dolores Costello.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 1459/1. Photo: Alex Binder, Berlin. Nils Asther.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 1485/2. Photo: Paramount / Parufamet. Harold Lloyd.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3240/1. Photo: United Artists. Don Alvarado in Drums of Love (D.W. Griffith, 1928).


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3384/1. Photo: Paramount. Adolphe Menjou and Kathryn Carver in Service for Ladies (Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, 1927).


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3446/2, 1928-1929. Photo: Atelier Hanni Schwarz, Berlin. Willy Fritsch.


British postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3531/2, 1928-1929. Photo: MGM. Greta Garbo in Love (Edmund Goulding, 1927).


British postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3538/1. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alice Terry and Iván Petrovich in The Garden of Allah (Rex Ingram, 1927).


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3576/1. Photo: Fox. Tom Mix.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3658/4, 1928-1929. Photo: United Artists. Douglas Fairbanks is wearing the outfit from Don Q, Son of Zorro (Donald Crisp, 1925).


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3727/1, 1928-1929. Photo: PDC. Sue Carol.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3779/1. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Gilbert and Renée Adorée in the American silent drama The Cossacks (George Hill, Clarence Brown, 1928), their fifth film together.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3794/1, 1928-1929. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Collection: Marlene Pilaete. Renée Adorée.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3836/2, 1928-1929. Photo: Max Munn Autrey / Fox. George O'Brien.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3858/1. Photo: Atelier Böhm, Berlin. Hans Adalbert Schlettow in Wolga Wolga/Volga Volga (Viktor Tourjansky, 1928).


British postcard, no. 3865/1. Photo: FPS. At the backside: Real Hand-coloured Photograph. Ivor Novello.


British postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3917/1, 1928-1929. Photo: Fox. Greta Nissen and Charles Farrell in Fazil (Howard Hawks, 1928).


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3927/2. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Norma Shearer.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3932/1. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ralph Forbes.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3971/1. Photo: Ufa. Lars Hanson.


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3979/2. Photo: Paramount.The photo must be dating from the years that Emil Jannings was a star in silent Hollywood films (1927-1928).


British postcard by Ross Verlag Foreign, no. 3986/1, 1928-1929. Photo: Paramount. James Hall in The Fleet’s In (Malcolm St. Clair, 1928).


British postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4010/1. Photo: Defina / First National Pictures. Clive Brook.


British postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4811/1, 1929-1930. Photo: RKO Radio Pictures. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute. Bebe Daniels.

Source: Mark Goffee (Ross Verlag Movie Star Postcards).Special thanks to Jean Ritsema and Ivo Blom.

With thanks to Jean Ritsema and Ivo Blom! Our Ross Verlag Tribute will be continued next week and please, remember to check out the Ross Verlag Movie Stars Postcards website.