Ross Advertising Materials

A variety of advertising materials were released relating to the Ross movie star cards, promoting the cards themselves, films and a range of other products. The materials reproduced below are only a sample. Images may be opened in a new browser to enlarge them.

Images, information and translation assistance provided by Werner Mohr, Hans Schnepper, Klaas Dierks, Klaus Wunderlich, and Tom Saunders. Thanks!

Although Ross Verlag postcards were undoubtedly available in shops and cinemas, they could also be obtained through the mail and were advertised in German movie magazines such as Filmwoche and Film Im Bild. They could be ordered from the magazines or through Ross Verlag directly. The cards were published quarterly for most of their run, although they were not printed as often at the beginning.
Sample Lists


Filmwoche

1928 Die Film-Illustrierte

Film im Bild

Sale of Closeout Cards

Color postcard advertisement

Luxus song cards advertisement
Ross Business Advertising and Order Cards

Filmwoche magazine

Filmwoche magazine

Ross advertising postcard displaying
an assortment of cards they had for sale.
Some of the postcards are of flowers or nature scenes.

Back of postcard announcing the
next arrival of film articles in February 1936
Standard Ross Card Backs Printed With Sales Notices

Advertising high quality postcards


Price List

Selling cards at the cinema.



Customer Instructions

Early advertising card - 1915
Our Kaiser
After the original painting by
court painter Rob. Hahn

Purchase instructions

Dutch Advertising Card
The card at the left notes that Tob Groen & Co., Amsterdam, was the sole agent for the distribution of Ross Verlag products in Holland, providing "Postcards of all sorts and designs -- World famous film postcards of the 'Ross' brand. Art-plates, printed matter, photographs and packing/wrapping articles."


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Film Advertising Cards
1. Semester (The Freshman)


Harold Lloyd


Harold Lloyd


Harold Lloyd


Harold Lloyd


Harold Lloyd


 
Announces line up of November 1926 films distributed by Parufamet

(See notes re. Parufamet below)
Ben Hur

64/3
Ben Hur


A Souvenir of the 100th Screening of Ben Hur
at the Central-Kino, Vienna
Blitzzug der Liebe


Blitzzug der Liebe
Ossi Oswalda


Blitzzug der Liebe
Willy Fritsch/Ossi Oswalda


Blitzzug der Liebe
Lillian Hall-Davis


Blitzzug der Liebe
Ossi Oswalda/Ernst Hofmann


Blitzzug der Liebe
Nigel Barrie/Ossi Oswalda/Ernst Hofmann

Serbian market advertising cards
Das brennende Herz

Advertising Card
Mady Christians / Gustav Fröhlich

Eine Scene aus dem neuen Berger-Christians-Film
'Das brennende Herz'
Terra-Verleih
Boeddha. De roeping van een koningszoon (Buddha. The Calling of a King's Son)

36/1



36/2



36/3



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36/5



36/6



36/7



36/8



36/9



36/10



36/11



36/12


Cleopatra


Claudette Colbert

Reproduces photo from Ross 8725/1


Claudette Colbert/Henry Wilcoxon



The great Cecil B. de Mille film

Scenery and costumes surpass everything to-date

In the leading roles: ....

Paramount's ten-million-mark-film
Das Deutsche Lied (The German Song)


Max Roberti/Griti Ley/
Wilhelm Diegelmann/Harry Gondi


Aus dem historischen Teil


Harry Gondi/Gritta Ley


Aus dem historischen Teil


Emil Rameau


Aus dem historischen Teil


Gritta Ley/Harry Gondi
Wilhelm Diegelmann


Aus dem historischen Teil


Friedrich Berger


Aus dem historischen Teil


Theodor Becker/Frida Richard


Aus dem historischen Teil


Theodor Becker


Aus dem historischen Teil


Hilde Jennings


Aus dem Liederteil


Hilde Jennings/Franz Baumann


Aus dem Liederteil


Helmut Rudolph/Franz Baumann
Maria Zelenka


Aus dem Liederteil


Helmut Rudolph/Maria Zelenka


Aus dem Liederteil


Franz Baumann


Aus dem Liederteil


First performance in Vienna at the 10th German Choral Festival
19-23 July 1928
Durch die Wüste (Across the Desert)

Packet Cover - 12 Film Scenes from the Karl May-Film "Durch die Wüste"
 

Fred Raupach als Kara Ben Nemsi
 

Erich Haussmann als Abu Seif

Gretl Wawra als Hanneh

Katharina Berger als Senitza


 





Katharina Berger als Senitza
 

Heinz Evelt als Hadschi Halef Omar

Aruth Wartan als Scheich Malek

Das Duell
(Fred Raupach als Kara Ben Nemsi und
Erich Haussmann als Abu Seif)









Am heiligen Brunnan
 

Der Reiz des Geldes
(Gretl Wawra in der Rolle der Hanneh und
Heinz Evelt als Hadschi Halef Omar)

Ein fröliches Kleeblatt
(Heinz Evelt asl Hadschi Halef Omar,
Katharina Berger als Senzita und
Fred Raupach als Kara Ben Nemsi)

Tanz der Eingeborenen






Der Erste Kuss (The First Kiss)


  Anny Ondra


Don't speak bad about my "First Kiss" and stay kind.

Anny Ondra
Faust

Advertising Card
Faust
Hanna Ralph/Emil Jannings/Gösta Ekman

Advertising Card
Faust
Gösta Ekman

Advertising Card
Faust
Fédora


  Lee Parry

in Fédora
(Frauenliebe - Frauenhass)


1926 German silent film based on play by Victorien Sardou
Die Flammen lügen (The Flames Lie)


Henny Porten


Henny Porten


Henny Porten


Henny Porten


Henny Porten


Henny Porten


Announces line up of November 1926 films distributed by Parufamet

(See notes re. Parufamet below)
Die Försterchristl (The Bohemian Dancer)

1401/3
Lya Mara

dans Christ'l



Das Geheimnis der alten Mamsell (The Secret of the Old Housekeeper)


  Frieda Richard


 
1925 FoxFilm
"Das Geheimnis Der Alten Mamsell"

Card stamped for the German-American Theater in Berlin
Hoe Henny Porten Filmt (How Henny Porten Films)

21/6
  Henny Porten


 
Dutch announcement of documentary on Henny Porten film making

Interesting and intimate glimpses into the film studios!
Der Kampf um die Scholle

700/9
 
Aus dem Film
Kampf um die Scholle
Kulturabteilung der Ufa

700/9
  Verso

989/2
 
Aus dem Film
Kampf um die Scholle
Kulturabteilung der Ufa
Margarete Schön

989/2
  Verso

989/3
 
Aus dem Film
Kampf um die Scholle
Kulturabteilung der Ufa
Oscar Marion

989/3
  Verso

989/4
 
Aus dem Film
Kampf um die Scholle
Kulturabteilung der Ufa
M. Parker

989/4
  Verso
Des Königs Befehl (The King's Command)


  Des Königs Befehl

Grete Reinwald/Leopold von Ledebour
Hans Stüwe/Hans Brausewetter
Hanni Reinwald/George Burghardt
Fritz Alberti


 
Der Mann, der lacht (The Man Who Laughs)

21/6
  Conrad Veidt/ Olga Baclanova


 
German premiere - March 1, 1929
"Universum" Lehniner Platz
Der Meister von Nürnberg (The Master of Nuremberg)


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Maria Solveg/Rudolf Rittner


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Maria Solveg/Gustav Fröhlich


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Gustav Fröhlich/Maria Solveg
Rudolf Rittner


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Rudolf Rittner


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Rudolf Rittner


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Julius Falkenstein


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Veit Harlan/Julius Falkenstein


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Rudolf Rittner/Gustav Fröhlich/Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Veit Harlan/Rudolf Rittner


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Julius Falkenstein


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Gustav Fröhlich/Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Rudolf Rittner/Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Rudolf Rittner/Gustav Fröhlich


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Veit Harlan


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus

Maria Solveg/Gustav Fröhlich/Maria Solveg


  Scenenbild aus dem Ludwig Berger-Film der Phoebus



 
Mühle von Sanssouci, Die (The Sanssouci Mill)
1926


Otto Gebühr als Fridericus Rex
in dem neuen Deutschen Foxfilm
"Die Mühle von Sanssouci"
Nixchen
1926


  Nixchen

George Burghardt | Olga Limburg
Harry Liedtke | Xenia Desni
Heinrich Peer


 
Orient
1924


  Harry Liedtke


 
Orient (1924)
Burg Theater - Itzehoe
January 13 to January 19, 1925
5 and 8 o'clock
Orlac's Hände (The Hands of Orlac)
1924


  Conrad Veidt


 
Advertising card for Polish market
Rosita
1923


Back of Mary Pickford Card
My film
Rosita
under the direction of
Ernst Lutitsch
has become a success!

Mary Pickford
Scaramouche
1923

Advertising

Alice Terry in dem Film
Scaramouche

Advertising

Scene aus dem Film
Scaramouche

Advertising

Alice Terry und Ramon Novarro in dem Film
Scaramouche

Advertising

Ramon Novarro und Lewis Stone dem Film
Scaramouche

Advertising

Lewis Stone dem Film
Scaramouche
Die schönste Frau der Staate (American Venus)


Die schönste Frau der Staate

Esther Ralston/Lawrence Gray


Die schönste Frau der Staate


Die schönste Frau der Staate

Lawrence Gray/Esther Ralston


Die schönste Frau der Staate


Announces line up of November 1926 films distributed by Parufamet

(See notes re. Parufamet below)
Schöpferin Natur (Nature's Creator)
1926-27


Auf der Wasserjagd


Am Bohrapparat


Auszug zu Jagd u. Fischfang


Am Webstuhl


Ausschau nach den Heimkehrenden von der Jagd


Beim Feueranmachen


Wetterausschau am frühen Morgen


Pile dwelling village in Unteruhldingen on Lake Constance

Property of the Association for Pile Dwelling and Local History. E.V.

Scenes from the UFA Film "Nature's Creator"
Der Schrecken der Garnison (The Terror of the Garrison)

Felix Bressart


Der Schrei aus den Lüften (The Night Cry)







Don't miss Rin-Tin-Tin
in his latest film!

Actress is June Marlowe
Der Sohn der Hagar (Out of the Mist)

77/3
Mady Christians

77/4
Werner Fuetterer


Cards sent to theater owners announcing the release of
Der Sohn der Hagar
Soll und Haben (Debit and Credit)

684/3
Soll und Haben

Bruno Kastner


Die Tänzerin des Zaren (The Midnight Sun)


Laura La Plante

in Die Tänzerin des Zaren


Theaterfimmel (Stage Struck)


  Gloria Swanson


  Gloria Swanson


  Gloria Swanson


  Gloria Swanson


  Gloria Swanson


 
Cards announce line up of November 1926 films distributed by Parufamet, including "Ben-Hur."

Parufamet came about from a distribution agreement between the UFA German Studio and the Hollywood Studios, Paramount and Metro Goldwyn.

It lasted from the end of 1925 to the end of 1929, and had many problems.

These cards seemed to have been sent out to promote booking films at non UFA owned theaters.

Cards were unnumbered and generally seem to have displayed film scenes not shown in the regular numbered Ross film scene cards.
They appear only to have been issued late in the year 1926.
Tragödie der Liebe (Tragedy of Love)


  Mia May


 
Advertising card for release in Czech market
Der Trödler von Amsterdam (The Dealer from Amsterdam)

Unnumbered
Werner Krauss


 

Unnumbered
Werner Krauss
Die ungekrönte Königin


Corinne Griffith /
Victor Varconi

in 'Die ungekrönte Königin'
Ungarische Rhapsodie


Ungarische Rhapsodie


Advertising card for Hungarian market 
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen...

Advertising Card
Henny Porten in der DoppelRolle
"Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen..."


Advertising card using series card 55/5
Wenn Meer und Himmel sich berühren (The Sea Beast)

55/1
John Barrymore

55/1
 

56/1
John Barrymore/Dolores Costello

56/1

3 Million Dollar Production
Schedule Immediately!
Das Wiegenlied

Advertising Card
Szenenbild aus dem Trianon-Großfilm
"Das Wiegenlied"

Jane Novak/Robert Anderson

Advertising Card
Szenenbild aus dem Trianon-Großfilm
"Das Wiegenlied"

Jane Novak

Cardboard quality advertising card
Other Products
Callifax Bath Solution

Harry Piel


After training, I always use Callifax

Harry Piel, one of the most prominent film stars in the world,
regularly uses the Callifax Bath Solution, having discovered
its wonderfully refreshing effect after strenuous training.
Cloetta (Swedish Manufacturer of Sweets)

10
Willy Fritsch

29
Maurice Chevalier

31
Willy Fritsch


Get it Right. Get Cloetta
DeFaKa (Deutsches Familien-Kaufhaus - Department Store)


Harry Gondi

Zur Erinnerung an die Frühjahrs-Modenschau
der Defaka-B.G.
Zimmerstr. 16-18; Klosterstr. 21-24
März 1933


Verso
Reminder of the Spring Fashion Show at DeFaKa Department Store
March 1933
Homocord Record Albums


Zinaida Jurjevskaja


Zinaida Jurjevskaja sings on Homocord music records
Jenny Dina Moden


Marilyn Miller

in einem der neuen "Cilly"
Modelle des Hauses
Jenny Dina Moden
Kurfürstendamm 36
Liköre Weinbrand


Arne Molander


Menaka Ballet


Menaka Ballet


Menaka Ballet
Der Oceanflieger: Europe ~ Amerika


Hermann Köhl


Berlin, 15 April 1928

To our valued wholesalers

Card commemorating the first transatlantic flight
by a fixed-wing aircraft from East to West
Odeon


Hans Albers


Gitta Alpar


Marta Eggerth


Willi Forst


Willy Fritsch


Lilian Harvey


Lilian Harvey


Max Hansen


Anny Ondra


Magda Schneider
Odeon was a record label founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz in Berlin, Germany. The company's name and logo come from the Odéon-Théâtre in Paris.
Parlophon


Hans Albers


Willi Forst


Willy Fritsch


Max Hansen


Lilian Harvey


Magda Schneider


Marek Weber

"Parlophon - die tonschöne Tanzplatte der eleganten Welt"

Parlophone Records Limited is a German-British record label.
It was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon.
Hört Schallfilm auf Teficord

Carola Höhn

Paul Klinger

Dorit Kreysler

Rolf Moebius

Carl Raddatz

Magda Schneider

Maria v. Tasnady

Anneliese Uhlig

Olga Tschechowa


Listen to sound film on Teficord
Taky Perfume

Hanni Weise
Taky, the new perfume for 1929
is a great delight for every lady
W und M

Mady Christians

Marlene Dietrich

Jeanette Mac Donald

Rod La Rocque


The entire country's first choice for buying fabric is W & M

(From Ross's 1931 Autumn collection)