Dinkie MGM Films (Series 9)

Issuing Company: Dinkie Ltd.
Country of Issue: England
Year of Issue: 1950
Color/B&W: Color
Number of Cards in Set: 24
Card Size: uncut-2 15/16" x 2 1/2"
Issued as insert with what product: Hair Grips

Notes: Dinkie issued 11 series of movie star cards. (This is one of five series to feature scenes from MGM films.) This is the only Dinkie set that was in color. This set was issued in 2 ways - with the series number and card numbers on the cards or with no series number or card number on the cards. These cards came with a tab that could be cut off or left on - these cards are found either way.

Thanks to Amit Benyovits for providing most of the information for this checklist.


1. Gloria de Haven and Tom Drake in "Two Girls and a Sailor"
2. Van Johnson and June Allyson in "Two Girls and a Sailor"
3. Roddy McDowall and Jane Powell in "Holiday in Mexico"
4. Jose Iturbi and Jeanette MacDonald in "The Birds and the Bees"
5. Robert Taylor and Audrey Totter in "High Wall"
6. Katharine Hepburn and Paul Henreid in "Song of Love"
7. Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr in "The Hucksters"
8. Tom Drake and Beverly Tyler in "The Green Years"
9. Richard Quine and Audrey Totter in "Mr. Griggs Returns"
10. Red Skelton and Virginia O'Brien in "Merton of the Movies"
11. Robert Walker and Dorothy Patrick in "Till the Clouds Roll By"
12. Johnnie Johnston and Esther Williams in "This Time for Keeps"
13. James Craig and Lucille Bremer in "Cynthia's Secret"
14. Leslie Howard and Olivia De Havilland in "Gone with the Wind"
15. Janet Leigh and Van Johnson in "The Romance of Rosy Ridge"
16. Claude Jarman, Jr., Gregory Peck, and Jane Wyman in "The Yearling"
17. Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in "Gone with the Wind"
18. Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson in "The Kissing Bandit"
19. Mickey Rooney and Gloria de Haven in "Summer Holiday"
20. Greer Garson and Ronald Colman in "Random Harvest"
21. William Powell and Myrna Loy in "Song of the Thin Man"
22. Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Maxwell in "Summer Holiday"
23. Cyd Charisse and Ricardo Montalban in "Fiesta"
24. Gene Kelly and Judy Garland in "The Pirate"


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