Bowman Movie Stars

Issuing Company: Bowman Gum Co.
Country of Issue: USA
Year of Issue: 1948
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set: 36
Card Size: 2" x 2 1/2"
Issued as insert with what product: Bubble Gum

Notes: There are three different back variations for these cards - black type on white back, blue type on white back, and blue type on gray back.

There are six different mail-in offers on the card backs. The offers are numbered 601 through 606 and the numbering coincides with the numeric grouping of cards. Cards 1 through 6 have offer 601 through 606, and then the pattern starts over with cards 7 through 12 having offers 601 through 606. This is repeated six times for a total of 36 cards.

Thanks to collector Mark Hellman for providing the information about the different back variations and the mail-in offers and for providing the pictures of those.


1. Diana Lynn
2. Adele Mara
3. Paul Lees
4. Adrian Booth
5. Margaret Field
6. Monte Hale
7. Mary Hatcher
8. Jean Ruth
9. Sterline Hayden
10. Laura Elliott
11. Carolyn Butler
12. William Demarest
13. Colleen Townsend
14. Roberta Jonay
15. Cesar Romero
16. Carole Mathews
17. Yvonne De Carlo
18. Dan Dailey
19. Helena Carter
20. Marta Toren
21. Donald O'Connor
22. Mona Freeman
23. Barbara Lawrence
24. Dan Duryea
25. Gail Russell
26. Shelley Winters
27. Sonny Tufts
28. Eve Arden
29. Jane Greer
30. Robert Preston
31. Bonita Granville
32. Frances Gifford
33. Nancy Guild
34. Lloyd Nolan
35. Sonja Henie
36. Ann Blyth


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