Wild Colors Autographed Strip Cards

Issuing Company: Unknown
Country of Issue: USA
Year of Issue: Late 1920s-early 1930s
Color/B&W: Color (one color used for each card, many different colors used)
Number of Cards in Set:
Card Size: 1 11/16" x 2 5/8" or 2 3/8" x 3 3/8"
Issued as insert with what product: Issued in strips by themselves with no other product. Cards are usually found cut apart.

Notes: Checklist almost certainly incomplete. Stars are identified with an autograph on the front. Blank-backed. These cards can be found in multiple colors. This is the first set I've seen with cards of Amos and Andy included. The small style version of these cards were originally issued in vertical uncut strips of 8 cards. There is a related Exhibit 4-in-1 set that uses the same pictures.

There were at least two different printings of the strip cards version of this set. One printing has the cards a little smaller and narrower and the other larger and a bit wider. There are some cropping differences and some differences in placement of the name of the star between the two printings. It is possible that the subjects might be a little different between the two printings though many are the same.

There are also at least two more versions of these cards printed in larger sizes that do not appear to be strip cards. For one version, the cards are 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and for the other version, they are 5" x 7".

Thanks to Ron Strader, Ken Bush, Jack Janzen, Greg Galliger, Dan Calandriello, and Bill Oliver for help with this checklist.


All Cards Small and Large

Amos
Andy
Robert Armstrong (hand not showing - small version)
Robert Armstrong (hand showing - large version)
Warner Baxter
Rex Bell
Monte Blue
Buffalo Bill Jr.
John Boles
Betty Boyd
El Brendel
Joe E. Brown
John Mack Brown
Francis Bushman Jr.
Sue Carol
Nancy Carroll
Chief Bear Claw
Chief Red Wing
Chief Running Elk
Chief Thunderbird
Chief Thunder Cloud
Edmund Cobb
Betty Compson
Gary Cooper
Dolores Costello
Joan Crawford
Viola Dana
Bebe Daniels
Marion Davies
William Desmond
Richard Dix
Fifi Dorsay
Douglas Fairbanks
Charles Farrell
Greta Garbo
John Garrick
Janet Gaynor
Hoot Gibson
John Gilbert
Ralph Graves
William Haines
Lloyd Hamilton
Jack Holt
Jack Hoxie (full body holding 2 pistols - small version)
Jack Hoxie (head and shoulders - large version)
Indian Chief
Al Jolson
Buck Jones
Buster Keaton
Barbara Kent
Lola Lane
Laura La Plante
Harold Lloyd
Edmund Lowe
Sharon Lynn
Dorothy Mackaill
Joan Marsh (regular collar - small version)
Joan Marsh (frilly collar - large version)
Ken Maynard (holding lasso - small version)
Ken Maynard (no lasso - large version)
Victor McLaglen
Marilyn Miller
Tom Mix (3 buttons down shirt - small version)
Tom Mix (no buttons on shirt - large version)
Tom Mix & Tony
Lois Moran
Charley Murray
Conrad Nagel
Ramon Novarro
Jack Oakie
George O'Brien
Maureen O'Sullivan
Anita Page
William Powell
Frank Richardson
Charles Buddy Rogers
Will Rogers
Buddy Roosevelt
Sally Starr
Bob Steele
Lewis Stone
Lawrence Tibbett
Lee Tracy
Hugh Trevor
Glenn Tryon
Tom Tyler
Ted Wells
Marjorie White

Small Cards (1 11/16" x 2 5/8")

Amos
Andy
Robert Armstrong (hand not showing)
Rex Bell
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Sue Carol
Nancy Carroll
Edmund Cobb
Gary Cooper
Viola Dana
Bebe Daniels
Marion Davies
Fifi Dorsay
Douglas Fairbanks
Janet Gaynor
John Gilbert
Jack Hoxie (full body holding 2 pistols)
Indian Chief
Al Jolson
Lola Lane
Harold Lloyd
Edmund Lowe
Sharon Lynn
Joan Marsh
Ken Maynard
Victor McLaglen
Marilyn Miller
Tom Mix
Lois Moran
Charley Murray
Conrad Nagel
Ramon Novarro
Maureen O'Sullivan
William Powell
Frank Richardson
Bob Steele
Lee Tracy
Hugh Trevor
Tom Tyler

Large Cards (2 3/8" x 3 3/8")

Robert Armstrong (hand showing)
Warner Baxter
Rex Bell
Monte Blue
John Boles
Betty Boyd
John Mack Brown
El Brendel
Joe E. Brown
Francis Bushman Jr.
Nancy Carroll
Chief Red Wing
Chief Running Elk
Chief Thunderbird
Chief Thunder Cloud
Edmund Cobb
Betty Compson
Gary Cooper
Dolores Costello
Joan Crawford
Bebe Daniels
William Desmond
Richard Dix
Fifi Dorsay
Douglas Fairbanks
Charles Farrell
Greta Garbo
John Garrick
Janet Gaynor
Hoot Gibson
John Gilbert
William Haines
Lloyd Hamilton
Jack Hoxie (head and shoulders)
Buck Jones
Barbara Kent
Lola Lane
Laura La Plante
Harold Lloyd
Edmund Lowe
Dorothy Mackaill
Joan Marsh
Ken Maynard
Victor McLaglen
Tom Mix
Lois Moran
George O'Brien
Maureen O'Sullivan
Anita Page
William Powell
Frank Richardson
Will Rogers
Buddy Roosevelt
Sally Starr
Bob Steele
Lewis Stone
Lawrence Tibbett
Lee Tracy
Ted Wells
Marjorie White

Non-Strip Card Version One (3 1/2" x 5 1/2")

Richard Barthelmess
John Mack Brown
Gary Cooper
Dolores Costello
Joan Crawford
Edmund Lowe
Conrad Nagel
Jack Oakie

Non-Strip Card Version Two (5" x 7")

Vilma Banky
Richard Barthelmess
John Boles
John Mack Brown
Nancy Carroll
Ronald Colman
Gary Cooper
Dolores Costello
Joan Crawford
Greta Garbo
Jack Hoxie
Barbara Kent
Laura La Plante
Edmund Lowe
Colleen Moore
Conrad Nagel
Jack Oakie
Charles Buddy Rogers
Buddy Roosevelt
Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
Rudy Vallee


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