Cinema Chat (1919 - 1920)

Cinema Chat was a British magazine, published by Shurey's Publications of London in 1919 and 1920. At issue 69, the magazine was retitled to Cinema Chat & Home News; at issue 70 to Home News & Cinema Chat; and at issue 74 to Home News. The content of the magazine reflected the refocus to home life from the cinema. In 1921 Home News and Cinema Chat incorporated with Dainty Novels.

Inserted in each issue was a plain back photocard with the star's name printed on the front in an italicized font. The cards were produced in several different formats which are presented below. They were approximately 5-1/2" by 3-1/2" in size.

Issues 1 through 74 of the magazine are available in digital format at the Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections. It is not known if these 74 issues represent the entire run as 90 photocards have been cataloged. Early issues indicate which star's photocard was included with each magazine. This practice ended around issue 25. Advertisements for purchasing the cards appeared frequently on the magazine's pages.



Several images as well as the format groupings were obtained from the OurCinemaPostcard website.

This catalog was generated by Jean Ritsema (Jackson, Michigan), collaborator on the ROSS VERLAG MOVIE STAR POSTCARDS AND OTHER VINTAGE EUROPEAN POSTCARD PUBLISHERS website. In providing this on-line digital catalog as a resource to collectors worldwide, there is no intention to infringe on any copyright. If there are any objections to any of the images that are posted, please let us know so we can correct the problem.



August 25, 1919


January 5, 1920


April 5, 1920


October 18, 1920

Set 1: No frameline around portrait


Jewel Carmen
Cinema Chat Issue No. 4


Douglas Fairbanks
Cinema Chat Issue No. 5


Violet Hopson
Cinema Chat Issue No. 2


Edith Johnson
Cinema Chat Issue No. 9


Alice Joyce
Cinema Chat Issue No. 10


Tom Mix
Cinema Chat Issue No. 8


Virginia Pearson
Cinema Chat Issue No. 7


Madlaine Traverse
Cinema Chat Issue No. 6


Pearl White
Cinema Chat Issue No. 1
Card format assumed from issue number
Set 2: 'Cinema Chat' printed in upper left corner


Betty Blythe


Alice Brady
Cinema Chat Issue No. 13


Charles Chaplin
Cinema Chat Issue No. 16


Maurice Costello


Gaby Deslys
Cinema Chat Issue No. 20


Ivy Duke


Creighton Hale


Elaine Hammerstein


Madge Kennedy


Owen Moore
Cinema Chat Issue No. 32


Owen Nares
Cinema Chat Issue No. 14


Eugene O'Brien


Jean Paige


Charles Ray
Cinema Chat Issue No. 12


William Russell
Cinema Chat Issue No. 24


Constance Talmadge
Cinema Chat Issue No. 19


Norma Talmadge
Cinema Chat Issue No. 15


Olive Thomas


Fannie Ward
Cinema Chat Issue No. 25


Constance Worth


Clara Kimball Young
Cinema Chat Issue No. 17
Set 3: No reference to Cinema Chat in top


Theda Bara


Ena Beaumont


Enid Bennett


Francesca Bertina [Bertini]
Cinema Chat Issue No. 23


Gladys Brockwell


Mrs. Vernon Castle


Miriam Cooper


Dorothy Dalton


Edward Earle


William Farnum


Pauline Frederick


Mary Harald


William Hart


Sessue Hayakawa


Carol Holloway


Betty Howe


Peggy Hyland


Frank Keenan


Mollie King


Bessie Love
Cinema Chat Issue No. 22


Mildred Manning


Evelyn Nesbit


Mabel Normand


Hedda Nova


Mary Pickford
Cinema Chat Issue No. 3


Albert Ray


Ruth Roland


Stewart Rome


Barney Sherry

Image from photocard advertisement in
issue 74 of Cinema Chat


Queenie Thomas


George Walsh


Bryant Washburn


Earle Williams
Cinema Chat Issue No. 21
Set 4: 'Supplement to Cinema Chat' printed in upper left corner


Leah Baird


Helen Broneau


Robert Burns


Rudolph Christians


William Duncan


June Elvidge


Bonnie Hill


Matheson Lang

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Mary Mac Laren


Percy Marmont


Mae Marsh


Shirley Mason


Harry Morey


Guy Newall


Eddie Polo


Peggy Shannon


Evelyn Thaw


Poppy Wyndham
Cinema Chat Issue No. 39
Set 5: 'Supplement to Cinema Chat' printed in upper left corner. Photocard longer than others.


Edith Day


Little Reeves Eason


Corinne Griffith


Buck Jones


Beulah Livingstone


Antonio Moreno


Peggy O'Dare


Jack Perrin


Edward J. Peil