Mahalesi Film-Star-Bilder

Issuing Company: Mahalesi
Country of Issue: Germany
Year of Issue: 1932
Color/B&W: B&W (Serie G and H have gold background)
Number of Cards in Set: 240 in set (series A-H x 30 cards) + 30 cards from series B type 2 = 270 in total
Card Size: 1 1/4" x 2" or 1 1/2" x 2 1/16"
Issued as insert with what product: Cigarettes

Notes: 8 series (A-H) x 30 cards issued, along with an album, with space for 15 cards per side. No list of contents or numbers on pages. Series A, B and E-H are slightly smaller than series C and D. C and D are also printed on thicker photo paper than the other series and have a glossy finish - the other series are all matt. All are b/w photos, although G and H have a gold-colored background. Series B comes in 2 completely different versions, with different film stars (type 1 and type 2). There are subtle differences between the two series - one of them (type 2) is a bit larger, has a slightly off-white appearance and is much rarer. Cards from series A, B (type 1), E and F were also issued by Aurelia (Bilder-Album I), Montana and Ravia (all with album) as well as Diestelkamp, Klemm and Oehler (all without album). Note: A number of identical cards are repeated throughout the album, which is very odd! For example, most cards from series C and D are repeated in series E and F.

Thanks to Nick Bolton for help with this checklist.


Series A

1. Hans Brausewetter
2. Philips Holmes
3. Robert Montgomery
4. Ilse Irene Hoffmann
5. Lee Parry
6. William Powell
7. Neil Hamilton
8. Russ Clark
9. Jean Harlow
10. Nancy Carroll
11. Joe E. Brown
12. Wallace Beery
13. Edward G. Robinson
14. Xania Desni
15. Charles Bickford
16. Lil Dagover
17. Rose Hobart
18. Lionel Barrymore
19. Dorothy Jordan
20. Kay Francis
21. Mady Christians
22. Elga Brink
23. Georg Alexander
24. John Barrymore
25. Conrad Veidt
26. Gene Raymond
27. Barbara Stanwyck
28. Dorothy Sebastian
29. Jan Kiepura
30. Clara Bow


Series B (Type 1)

1. Oskar Karlweis
2. Toni van Eyck
3. Frances Dee
4. Liane Haid
5. Anna May Wong
6. Ernst Verebes
7. Lena Malena
8. Robert Coogan
9. Jeanette Macdonald
10. George Bancroft
11. Peggy Shannon
12. Leni Riefenstahl
13. Richard Arlen
14. Claudette Colbert
15. Jackie Coogan
16. Patsy Ruth Miller
17. Charles Willy Kayser
18. Gary Cooper
19. Lita Chevret
20. Roberta Gale
21. Adolphe Menjou
22. Claire Dodd
23. Pola Negri
24. Arnold Korff
25. Olga Tschechowa
26. Nora Gregor
27. Kathe von Nagy
28. Else Elster
29. Mary Astor
30. Hermann Thimig


Series B (Type 2)

1. Camilla v. Hollay
2. Irene Ambrus
3. Gerda Maurus
4. Rosy Barsony
5. Hilde Hildebrand
6. Charlotte Susa
7. Betty Bird
8. Ellen Schwanneke
9. Elga Brink
10. Trude Brionne
11. Olivia Fried
12. Gina Falckenberg
13. Betty Bird
14. Liselott Schaak
15. Lotte Lorring
16. Gina Falckenberg
17. Maly Delschaft
18. Franziska Gaal
19. Hertha v. Walther
20. Berthe Ostyn
21. Trude Brionne
22. Elsa Temary
23. Camilla Horn (with tennis racquet)
24. Charlotte Ander
25. Ilse Stobrawa
26. Camilla Spira
27. Olivia Fried
28. Camilla Horn
29. Gretl Theimer
30. Trude Berliner


Series C

1. Lily Damita
2. Lotte Lorring
3. Martha Eggerth
4. Anton Pointner
5. Georgia Lind
6. Andre Mattoni
7. Harry Hardt
8. Emil Jannings
9. Gustav Diessl
10. Sepp Rist
11. Elisabeth Pinajeff
12. Evelyn Holt
13. Henny Porten
14. Marlene Dietrich
15. Agnes Esterhazy
16. Jeanette Loff
17. Maria Solveg
18. Ralph Arthur Roberts
19. Gerda Maurus
20. Clare Rommer (sic. Claire)
21. Fritz Kampers
22. Harry Liedtke / Damita
23. Harry Frank
24. Camilla Horn
25. Fritz Genschow
26. Anni Ahlers
27. Irma Godau
28. Lucy Doraine
29. Lil Dagover
30. Dolores del Rio


Series D

1. Adalb. v. Schlettow
2. Gustav Frohlich
3. Chr. Thimig-Mardayn
4. Maria Paudler
5. Willi Forst
6. Chely Lioschitz
7. Oskar Sabo
8. Louis Trenker (sic. Luis)
9. Norma Shearer
10. Dorothy Lee
11. Tala Birell
12. Olga Baclanova
13. Brigitte Helm
14. Lilian Harvey
15. Jenny Jugo
16. Hans Stuwe
17. Marianne Winkelstern
18. Lilian Ellis
19. Dina Gralla
20. Dolly Haas
21. Carola Neher
22. Renate Muller
23. Anita Dorris
24. Charlotte Ander
25. Friedl Haerlin
26. Cilly Feindt
27. Bebe Daniels
28. Anna May Wong
29. Hilde Rosch
30. Blandine Ebinger


Series E

1. Fritz Alberti
2. Gustav Diessl
3. Adalb. v. Schlettow
4. Max Hansen
5. Chely Lioschitz
6. Hans Albers
7. Henry Stuart
8. Victor Collani
9. Gerda Maurus
10. Willi Forst
11. Sepp Rist
12. Werner Futterer
13. Blandine Ebinger
14. Anton Pointner
15. Maria Paudler
16. Chr. Thimig-Mardayn
17. Andre Mattoni
18. Paul Heidemann
19. Charlotte Ander
20. Martha Eggerth
21. Dolly Haas
22. Elisabeth Pinajeff
23. Irma Godau
24. Georgia Lind
25. Evelyn Holt
26. Wilhelm Bendow
27. Friedl Haerlin
28. Paul Horbiger
29. Anni Ahlers
30. Fritz Genschow


Series F

1. Fritz Grunbaum
2. Fritz Kampers
3. Johannes Riemann
4. Harry Hardt
5. Dina Gralla
6. Kurt Gerron
7. Clare Rommer (sic. Claire)
8. Heinrich George
9. Lilian Ellis
10. Hans Junkermann
11. Lil Dagover
12. Ralph Artur Roberts (sic. Arthur)
13. Lien Deyers
14. Oskar Sabo
15. Anita Dorris
16. Louis Trenker (sic. Luis)
17. Felix Bressart
18. Emil Jannings
19. Gustav Frohlich
20. Theodor Loos
21. Harry Liedtke / L. Damita
22. Lilian Harvey
23. Brigitte Helm
24. Jacob Tiedke (sic. Jakob Tiedtke)
25. Renate Muller
26. Camilla Horn
27. Carola Neher
28. Hans Stuwe
29. Harry Frank
30. Eduard v. Winterstein


Series G

1. Christiane Grautoff
2. Aribert Mog
3. Ludwig Stossel
4. Lucie Hoflich
5. Trude Lieske
6. Elisabeth Bergner
7. Ellen Richter
8. Ferd. von Alten
9. Ruth Weyher
10. Kitty Kelly
11. Clare Rommer (sic. Claire)
12. Charles Sale
13. Elfriede Borodin
14. Rosco Ates
15. Ita Rina
16. Edith Edwards
17. Mary Kid
18. Hans Beck-Gaden
19. Ernst Deutsch
20. Kate Foerder
21. Eric Linden
22. Harald Paulsen
23. Rosa Valetti
24. Lieselotte Wilke
25. James Cagney
26. Sylvia Sidney
27. Sybille Schmitz
28. Lila Lee
29. Otto Gebuhr
30. Teddy Bill


Series H

1. Gilo Reiner
2. Annemarie Hase
3. Hedwig Schlichter
4. Hanni Weisse
5. Ilse Korseck
6. Ellen Frank
7. Truus van Aalten
8. Nedra Gillette
9. Lilyan Tashman
10. Mae Madison
11. Geraldine Barten (sic. Barton)
12. Winnie Lightner
13. Grit Haid
14. Stuart Erwin
15. Robert Alden
16. Gerhard Bienert
17. Karl Stepaneck (sic. Stepanek)
18. Fred Scott
19. Friedrich Ettel
20. Ernst Behmer
21. Hermann Pittschau
22. Paul Kemp
23. Kurt Bois
24. Jack Oakie
25. Ery Bos
26. Gitta Alpar
27. Gisela Werbezirk
28. Peter Leska
29. Ellen Mosner
30. Helge Roswaenge


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