The 800 series were regular sized postcards of strictly American stars with the actors' names printed in a script font on front. The series numbering picked up almost from where the Ross Luxus postcard series had left off with #803. Lists commonly start the 800 Series with #805, as does this ad in a January 1937 issue of Die Filmwoche (see below.) For some time it was rumoured that there also was a #804 (Marlene Dietrich), but as yet no proof of its existence has been found. The 800 Series did not have much in common with the previous Ross Luxus postcards, which were much larger, and included an international group of actors. ![]() The 800 Series was advertised as Hochglanz, schwarz (glossy black and white.) The series was destined to be short-lived -- less than fifty cards. Postcard 846 (Terry Ray) was the last one published. This is the chronolgy of the 800-series: 805 - 834 - Winter 1936 835 - 846 - Autumn 1937 |
![]() 805 Marlene Dietrich |
![]() 806 Clark Gable |
![]() 807 Jean Harlow |
![]() 808 Norma Shearer |
![]() 809 Charles Boyer |
![]() 810 Claudette Colbert |
![]() 811 Herbert Marshall |
![]() 812 Lilian Harvey |
![]() 813 Sylvia Sidney |
![]() 814 Franchot Tone |
![]() 815 Alice Faye |
![]() 816 Gary Cooper |
![]() 817 Mae West |
![]() 818 Fred MacMurray |
![]() 819 Jeanette Mac Donald |
![]() 820 John Boles |
![]() 821 Simone Simon |
![]() 822 Bing Crosby |
![]() 823 Joan Bennett |
![]() 824 Gail Patrick |
![]() 825 Kent Taylor |
![]() 826 Margaret Sullavan |
![]() 827 William Powell |
![]() 828 Carole Lombard |
![]() 829 Frances Drake |
![]() 830 Shirley Temple |
![]() 831 Janet Gaynor |
![]() 832 Maurice Chevalier |
![]() 833 Madeleine Carroll (2 views) |
![]() 833 Madeleine Carroll (2 views) |
![]() 834 Henry Garat |
![]() 835 Dorothy Lamour |
![]() 836 Joan Crawford |
![]() 837 Ginger Rogers |
![]() 838 Jeanette Mac Donald |
![]() 839 Ruth Hilliard |
![]() 840 Eleanore Whitney |
![]() 841 Adrienne Ames |
![]() 842 Wanda Perry |
![]() 843 Mary Blackwood |
![]() 844 Gladys Swarthout |
![]() 845 Toby Wing |
![]() 846 Terry Ray |