| Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn,
Douglas Fairbanks, Marlene Dietrich and Gertrude Lawrence – famous
stars indeed whose names are as familiar today as they were in 1935
when Gallahers pictured them in their series of 48 Portraits of Famous
Stars. The cinema in the mid-1930s was at the peak of its popularity,
with U.K. admissions exceeding fifty million a week. And one of the
biggest box office successes was the film version of John Buchan’s
“The Thirty-Nine Steps”. The two stars, Robert Donat and Madeleine
Carroll, both feature in this card series, reviving memories of their
gripping adventure as fugitives, a classic portrayal that has never
been equalled in the several remakes. Not all the ‘stars’ in the set
are instantly recognisable, and we must admit that we’ve never heard
of Lorna Storm, Tomari Desni or Grete Natzler. Excellent colour
portraits are backed by informative texts.
The set of 48 cards of Portraits of Famous Stars 1935 is catalogued at
£50.00
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