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EDITION "ROSS" By Hans Schnepper It is impossible to establish when Edition “Ross” cards were first published. The use of Edition “Ross” and reproduction interdite indicate these cards were made for the French market. Curiously, “Ross” chose not to use the correct spelling, with accents on the “e”, which would have meant Edition written as Édition, and reproduction as réproduction. Aimed at the French market, Edition “Ross” cards appear not to have been advertised in German film magazines, and I do not know if instead they were advertised in French film magazines. This means that at this moment it’s not known exactly when Edition “Ross” postcards were first published. These cards used portaits already published in the main “Ross” Verlag series, using numbers roughly between 4000 to 8500. That the Edition “Ross” cards were considered equal to the “Ross” Luxus cards is evident from the use of the golden Luxus sticker on the backs of the cards, many of which have survived. The size was also in Weltformat (world size), 10,5 x 14,8 cm. The Edition “Ross” postcards discussed here are known only in schwarz-Hochglanz. I will ignore the lowest Edition “Ross” number I have recorded, Rudolph Valentino 4083/1, which I believe to be an anomaly. “Ross” Verlag usually didn’t publish postcards of deceased actors, and card 4083/1 in the regular series was published in 1929 by which time Valentino had been dead for about three years. This issue may have been connected with a re-release of one of Valentino’s films, as several European countries re-released various Valentino films in the late 1920s. Looking at the first few dozen film titles listed above it would seem that the Edition “Ross” cards were first published somewhere around 1930. I cannot believe that this French series would have started before publication of the first German Luxus cards, and I feel both series started around the same moment in time. The highest Edition “Ross” numbers I have recorded are Lilian Harvey 8431/1 and -/2, both using portraits from I Am Suzanne!, which was released in the US in December 1933, so the Edition “Ross” series appear to have run simultaneously with the Luxus series for some time, most probably the entire run. 1933 was the last year Luxus cards were published. The last “real” Luxus card was 803 Lilian Harvey. Beneath the images, are text lists for the cards with further information.
Edition “Ross” cards using numbers and portraits from the main “Ross” Verlag series
4083/1 Rudolph Valentino	4292/4 Brigitte Helm	4314/1 Clara Bow – Richard Arlen	4338/2 Mary Brian	4343/3 Iwan Petrovich
4380/1 Brigitte Helm	4465/2 Laura La Plante	4474/1 Greta Garbo	4505/1 Renée Adorée – Ramon Novarro	4607/2 Harold Lloyd
4676/2 Maurice Chevalier	4692/1 Joan Crawford	4696/2 Greta Garbo	4704/2 Charles Chaplin	4750/2 Lil Dagover
4813/2 Tom Mix	4845/1 Camilla Horn	4910/4 Greta Garbo	4937/1 Loretta Young	4975/1 Maurice Chevalier
4982/1 Jeanette Mac Donald	4987/2 Rudolph Valentino	5052/2 Douglas Fairbanks	5054/1 Norma Talmadge	5099/3 Anita Page
5101/3 Ramon Novarro	5115/1 Willy Fritsch	5122/1 Charlotte Susa	5134/2 Nancy Carroll	5148/1 Maurice Chevalier
5157/2 Bebe Daniels	5175/3 Charles Rogers	5199/1 Dorothy Mackaill	5211/3 Charles Farrell	5298/2 Anny Ondra
5310/1 Willy Fritsch – Lilian Harvey	5311/2 Lilian Harvey	5312/2 Lilian Harvey		5340/1 Adolphe Menjou
5379/1 Marlene Dietrich	5379/2 Marlene Dietrich	5379/3 Marlene Dietrich	5392/1 Maurice Chevalier	5399/1 Mary Brian
5402/1 Jackie Coogan	5427/2 Brigitte Helm	5468/1 Barry Norton	5477/1 Anna May Wong	5508/1 Lilian Harvey
5512/2 Greta Garbo	5514/5 Greta Garbo	5516/2 Greta Garbo – Lew Ayres	5517/2 Lily Damita	5541/1 Jeanette Mac Donald
5542/1 Charles Rogers	5543/1 Nancy Carroll	5543/2 Nancy Carroll	5545/2 Maurice Chevalier	5548/1 Lilian Roth
5549/1 Mary Brian	5553/1 Mary Brian – Richard Arlen	5556/1 Harry Liedtke	5560/1 Ramon Novarro	5570/1 Iwan Petrovich
5585/1 Douglas Fairbanks jr. – Billie Dove	5590/1 James Hall – Jeanette Mac Donald	5592/1 Jeanette Mac Donald	5595/1 Jackie Coogan	5597/1 Greta Garbo
5608/1 Barbara Kent – Harold Lloyd	5614/1 Laurel & Hardy	5618/1 Wallace Beery	5619/1 Bessie Love	5629/1 Joan Crawford – Douglas Fairbanks jr.
5630/1 Marion Davies	5783/1 Joan Crawford	5837/3 Lilian Harvey	5838/1 Lilian Harvey – Henry Garat	5921/2 Greta Garbo
5922/2 Greta Garbo	5924/3 Greta Garbo	5935/3 Ramon Novarro	5955/1 Brigitte Helm	5961/2 Willy Fritsch
5971/1 Mary Brian	5974/1 Maurice Chevalier	5978/2 Clara Bow	6005/2 Jeanette MacDonald	6008/1 Liane Haid
6016/1 Lily Damita	6020/1 Lilian Harvey	6070/1 Brigitte Helm	6093/2 Lilian Harvey	6119/1 Henry Garat
6119/2 Henry Garat	6231/1 Ramon Novarro	6275/2 Lilian Harvey	6279/2 Maurice Chevalier	6288/1 Brigitte Helm
6380/2 Marlene Dietrich	6392/1 Greta Garbo	6405/1 Jeanette Mac Donald	6427/3 Ramon Novarro	6433/1 Anita Page
6607/2 Käthe von Nagy	6733/1 Lilian Harvey	6733/2 Lilian Harvey	6735/1 Lilian Harvey	6737/1 Lilian Harvey
6751/1 Lilian Harvey	6849/3 Käthe von Nagy	6985/1 Henry Garat	6989/1 Lilian Harvey
7020/1 Marlene Dietrich	7142/1 Lilian Harvey	7367/2 Brigitte Helm	7369/1 Brigitte Helm	7428/1 Suzy Vernon
7433/1 Annabella	7496/1 Maurice Chevalier – Jeanette Mac Donald	7498/1 Maurice Chevalier	7519/1 Lilian Harvey	7521/1 Lilian Harvey
7522/1 Lilian Harvey	7525/1 Fernand Gravey - Käthe von Nagy	7526/1 Jean Murat	7531/1 Anny Ondra - Oscar Marion	7546/1 Daniela Parola
7547/1 Henry Garat – Blanche Montel	7550/1 Joan Crawford	7585/1 Greta Garbo	7585/2 Greta Garbo	7586/1 Arlette Marchal
7588/1 Odette Florelle	7590/1 Meg Lemonnier	7601/1 Lilian Harvey	7603/1 Lilian Harvey	7610/1 Lilian Harvey – Willy Fritsch
7617/1 Brigitte Helm	7621/1 Maurice Chevalier	7622/1 Lilian Harvey – Charles Boyer	7623/1 Charles Boyer	7675/1 Odette Florelle
7679/1 Lilian Harvey	7679/3 Lilian Harvey	7680/1 Lilian Harvey	7683/1 Lilian Harvey	7685/1 Lilian Harvey
7785/2 Maurice Chevalier	7803/1 Clark Gable	7808/1 Joan Crawford
Edition “Ross” postcard using a number from the film scene (Szenenkarten) series
98/6 Norma Shearer – Ramon Novarro (The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg)
Edition “Ross” postcards with E-numbers
E 4393/1 Lucy Doraine	E 4800/1 Esther Ralston	E 4856/1 Barry Norton	E 4982/1 Jeanette Mac Donald	E 5403/1 Mary Brian – Richard Arlen
E 5541/1 Jeanette Mac Donald	E 537 Jeanette Mac Donald
Edition Ross postcards with special numbering
20 Henry Garat – Lilian Harvey	23 Lilian Harvey – Henry Garat	29 Henry Garat – Lilian Harvey	35 Odette Florelle	53 Lilian Harvey
138 Henry Garat – Lilian Harvey	1818 Henry Garat	2050 Henry Garat	2052 Henry Garat	2168 Odette Florelle
2328 André Roanne – Lilian Harvey	2423 Jean Murat	2566 Henry Garat	2850 Odette Florelle	3024 Henry Garat
3026 Henry Garat	3161 Roger Tréville	3285 Jules Berry	3364 Armand Bernard	3373 Pierre Brasseur
3550 Albert Préjean	3552 Albert Préjean	3643 Jean Murat	3840 Fernand Gravey	3981 Daniela Parola
4094 Charles Boyer	4095 Jean Murat	4098 Daniela Parola
"Luxusklasse” postcards 400 Series
407 Janet Gaynor	418 Billie Dove
“Luxusklasse” 500 Series
500 Greta Garbo	501 Marlene Dietrich	502 Willy Fritsch	503 Lilian Harvey	504 Billie Dove
505 Ramon Novarro	506 Laura La Plante	507 Charles Rogers	508 Norma Shearer	509 Clara Bow
510 Nancy Carroll	511 Iwan Petrovich	513 Anny Ondra	514 Brigitte Helm	515 Greta Garbo
516 Adolphe Menjou	518 Dolores Del Rio	520 Vilma Banky	522 Maurice Chevalier	524 Greta Garbo
525 Greta Garbo	529 Lilian Harvey	530 Brigitte Helm	531 Maurice Chevalier	534 Bebe Daniels
537 Jeanette Mac Donald	543 Mary Brian	545 Marlene Dietrich	775 Clark Gable	780 Great Garbo
Edition “Ross” Kunstblätter
K1 Ivan Petrovich	K2 Greta Garbo	K4 Joan Crawford	K6 Anita Page	K7 Lilian Harvey
K8 Brigitte Helm	K10 Mady Christians	K12 Billie Dove	K19 Dolores del Rio	K20 Brigitte Helm
K22 Billie Dove	K23 Billie Dove	K33 Charles Boyer
Unnumbered Edition “Ross” cards (9 x 14 cm.) in schwarz chamois
Arletty	Lyne Clevers	Alice-Field	Rita Georg	José Mojica
Unnumbered Edition “Ross” cards (9 x 14 cm.), cardboard, in a light sepia tint
Joan Bennett	Clara Bow	Joan Crawford	Charles Farrell	Janet Gaynor
Greta Garbo	Greta Garbo	Lilian Harvey	José Mojica	Anny Ondra
Two cards in the “Ross” Verlag main series mentions Edition “Ross” instead of “Ross” Verlag (Printing error?)
7470/1 Berval - Jeanne Boitel	7800/1 Iwan Mosjukin	7801/1 Ginette Gaubert
Song Card
La chanson d’une nuit Jan Kiepura

1 – Edition “Ross” cards using numbers and portraits from the main “Ross” Verlag series. 4083/1 - Rudolph Valentino 4292/4 - Brigitte Helm 4314/1 - Clara Bow – Richard Arlen (in Dangerous Curves, 1929) 4338/2 - Mary Brian 4343/3 - Iwan Petrovich (in Quartier Latin, France, 1929) 4380/1 - Brigitte Helm (by E.O. Hoppé, London, 1928) 4465/2 - Laura La Plante 4474/1 - Greta Garbo (by Ruth Harriet Louise for The Mysterious Lady, 1929) 4505/1 - Renée Adorée – Ramon Novarro (in Forbidden Hours, 1928 – 344-101) 4607/2 - Harold Lloyd (in Speedy, 1928) 4676/2 - Maurice Chevalier (in The Love Parade, 1929) 4692/1 - Joan Crawford 4696/2 - Greta Garbo (in The Single Standard, 1929) 4704/2 - Charles Chaplin (in The Pilgrim, 1923) 4750/2 - Lil Dagover 4813/2 - Tom Mix (in Outlawed, 1929) 4845/1 - Camilla Horn 4910/4 - Greta Garbo (by CS Bull for Anna Christie, 1929 – photo sitting 19 November 1929) 4937/1 - Loretta Young 4975/1 - Maurice Chevalier 4982/1 - Jeanette Mac Donald 4987/2 - Rudolph Valentino (in Blood and Sand, 1922) 5052/2 - Douglas Fairbanks 5054/1 - Norma Talmadge 5099/3 - Anita Page 5101/3 - Ramon Novarro 5115/1 - Willy Fritsch 5122/1 - Charlotte Susa 5134/2 - Nancy Carroll 5148/1 - Maurice Chevalier 5157/2 - Bebe Daniels 5175/3 - Charles Rogers (in Close Harmony, 1929) 5199/1 - Dorothy Mackaill 5211/3 - Charles Farrell 5298/2 - Anny Ondra 5310/1 - Willy Fritsch – Lilian Harvey (in Die Drei von der Tankstelle, 1930) 5311/2 - Lilian Harvey (in Le chemin du paradis, 1930) 5312/2 - Lilian Harvey (in Die Drei von der Tankstelle, 1930) 5340/1 - Adolphe Menjou 5379/1 - Marlene Dietrich 5379/2 - Marlene Dietrich 5379/3 - Marlene Dietrich 5392/1 - Maurice Chevalier 5399/1 - Mary Brian 5402/1 - Jackie Coogan (by Otto Dyar, 1930) 5427/2 - Brigitte Helm 5468/1 - Barry Norton 5477/1 - Anna May Wong (by Manassé, Vienna, 1928) 5508/1 - Lilian Harvey (in Einbrecher, 1930) 5512/2 - Greta Garbo (in The Kiss, 1929) 5514/5 - Greta Garbo (by Clarence Sinclair Bull - photo sitting 18 August 1930) 5516/2 - Greta Garbo – Lew Ayres (in The Kiss, 1929) 5517/2 - Lily Damita (by Manassé, Vienna) 5541/1 - Jeanette Mac Donald 5542/1 - Charles Rogers 5543/1 - Nancy Carroll 5543/2 - Nancy Carroll 5545/2 - Maurice Chevalier (in Paramount On Parade, 1930) 5548/1 - Lilian Roth (by Eugene Robert Richee, 1930) 5549/1 - Mary Brian 5553/1 - Mary Brian – Richard Arlen 5556/1 - Harry Liedtke 5560/1 - Ramon Novarro 5570/1 - Iwan Petrovich 5585/1 - Douglas Fairbanks jr. – Billie Dove (in One Night at Susie’s, 1930) 5590/1 - James Hall – Jeanette Mac Donald (in Let’s Go Native, 1930) 5592/1 - Jeanette Mac Donald 5595/1 - Jackie Coogan 5597/1 - Greta Garbo (in Anna Christie, 1930) 5608/1 - Barbara Kent – Harold Lloyd (in Feet First, 1930) 5614/1 - Laurel & Hardy 5618/1 - Wallace Beery 5619/1 - Bessie Love 5629/1 - Joan Crawford – Douglas Fairbanks jr. (by George Hurrell, April 1930) 5630/1 - Marion Davies 5783/1 - Joan Crawford 5837/3 - Lilian Harvey 5838/1 - Lilian Harvey – Henry Garat (in Le chemin du paradis, 1930) 5921/2 - Greta Garbo (in Inspiration, 1931 – photo sitting 12 December 1931 - mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 5922/2 - Greta Garbo (in Inspiration, 1931 – photo sitting 12 December 1931) 5924/3 - Greta Garbo (in Inspiration, 1931 – photo sitting 12 December 1931) 5935/3 - Ramon Novarro (in Son of India, 1931) 5955/1 - Brigitte Helm (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 5961/2 - Willy Fritsch (mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 5971/1 - Mary Brian 5974/1 - Maurice Chevalier 5978/2 - Clara Bow (by Eugene Robert Richee for No Limit, 1931) (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 6005/2 - Jeanette MacDonald (by Frank Powolny for Annabelle’s Affairs, 1930) 6008/1 - Liane Haid (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 6016/1 - Lily Damita 6020/1 - Lilian Harvey (in Der Kongress Tanzt, 1931 – mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 6070/1 - Brigitte Helm (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 6093/2 - Lilian Harvey (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 6119/1 - Henry Garat (in Le congres s’amuse, 1931) 6119/2 - Henry Garat 6231/1 - Ramon Novarro 6275/2 - Lilian Harvey 6279/2 - Maurice Chevalier 6288/1 - Brigitte Helm (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 6380/2 - Marlene Dietrich (by Don English for Shanghai Express, 1932) 6392/1 - Greta Garbo (by CS Bull for Susan Lenox, 1931 – photo sitting 8 July 1931) 6405/1 - Jeanette Mac Donald 6427/3 - Ramon Novarro 6433/1 - Anita Page 6607/2 - Käthe von Nagy 6733/1 - Lilian Harvey 6733/2 - Lilian Harvey 6735/1 - Lilian Harvey 6737/1 - Lilian Harvey 6751/1 - Lilian Harvey 6849/3 - Käthe von Nagy 6985/1 - Henry Garat (in Un rêve blond, 1932 - two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 6989/1 - Lilian Harvey 7020/1 - Marlene Dietrich 7142/1 - Lilian Harvey 7367/2 - Brigitte Helm 7369/1 - Brigitte Helm (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 7428/1 - Suzy Vernon 7433/1 - Annabella 7496/1 - Maurice Chevalier – Jeanette Mac Donald (in Love Me Tonight, 1932) 7498/1 - Maurice Chevalier 7519/1 - Lilian Harvey 7521/1 - Lilian Harvey (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 7522/1 - Lilian Harvey 7525/1 - Fernand Gravey - Käthe von Nagy (À moi le jour, à toi la nuit, 1932) 7526/1 - Jean Murat 7531/1 - Anny Ondra - Oscar Marion 7546/1 - Daniela Parola 7547/1 - Henry Garat – Blanche Montel (in Flagrant Délit, 1931) 7550/1 - Joan Crawford 7585/1 - Greta Garbo (in As You Desire Me, 1932) 7585/2 - Greta Garbo (in As You Desire Me, 1932) 7586/1 - Arlette Marchal 7588/1 - Odette Florelle 7590/1 - Meg Lemonnier 7601/1 - Lilian Harvey (in Moi et l’Impératrice, 1933) (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 7603/1 - Lilian Harvey 7610/1 - Lilian Harvey – Willy Fritsch 7617/1 - Brigitte Helm (mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7621/1 - Maurice Chevalier 7622/1 - Lilian Harvey – Charles Boyer (in Moi et l’Impératrice, 1933 - mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7623/1 - Charles Boyer (in Moi et l’Impératrice, 1933 - mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7675/1 - Odette Florelle (mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7679/1 - Lilian Harvey (by Ray Jones for My Lips Betray, 1933 - mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7679/3 - Lilian Harvey (by Ray Jones for Fox, early 1933 - mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7680/1 - Lilian Harvey (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 7683/1 - Lilian Harvey (mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7685/1 - Lilian Harvey (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 7785/2 - Maurice Chevalier (two versions, both “Ross” Verlag and Edition “Ross”) 7803/1 - Clark Gable (mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 7808/1 - Joan Crawford (JxCx55, by George Hurrell, 1932 – mentions “Ross” Verlag instead of Edition “Ross”) 2 – Edition “Ross” postcard using a number from the film scene (Szenenkarten) series. 98/6 - Norma Shearer – Ramon Novarro (in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, 1927) 3 – Edition “Ross” postcards with E-numbers E 4393/1 - Lucy Doraine (this portrait is not used on 4393/1 of the main series) E 4800/1 - Esther Ralston (this portrait is not used on 4800/1, but on 4598/1) E 4856/1 - Barry Norton (this portrait is not used on 4856/1 of the main series) E 4982/1 - Jeanette Mac Donald (by Otto Dyar for Paramount On Parade, 1930 – this portrait is not used on 4982/1 of the main series) E 5403/1 - Mary Brian – Richard Arlen (this portrait is not used on 5403/1 of the main series) E 5541/1 - Jeanette Mac Donald (this portrait is not used on 5541/1 of the main series) E 537 - Jeanette Mac Donald (in Annabelle’s Affairs, 1931 – this portrait is different from the one used on Luxus 537) 4 – Edition Ross postcards with special numbering. N.B. In this series the name Ross is NOT written in quotation marks. 20 - Henry Garat – Lilian Harvey 23 - Lilian Harvey – Henry Garat (in La fille et le garcon, 1932) 29 - Henry Garat – Lilian Harvey (in La fille et le garcon, 1932) 35 - Odette Florelle 53 - Lilian Harvey (in La fille et le garcon, 1932) 138 - Henry Garat – Lilian Harvey 1818 - Henry Garat 2050 - Henry Garat 2052 - Henry Garat 2168 - Odette Florelle 2328 - André Roanne – Lilian Harvey (in Calais-Douvres, 1931) 2423 - Jean Murat 2566 - Henry Garat (in Le congres s’amuse, 1931) 2850 - Odette Florelle 3024 - Henry Garat 3026 - Henry Garat 3161 - Roger Tréville 3285 - Jules Berry (in Quick, 1932) 3364 - Armand Bernard 3373 - Pierre Brasseur 3550 - Albert Préjean 3552 - Albert Préjean 3643 - Jean Murat 3840 - Fernand Gravey 3981 - Daniela Parola 4094 - Charles Boyer 4095 - Jean Murat 4098 - Daniela Parola 5 – “Luxusklasse” postcards from the original Luxus series also published as Edition “Ross” . In most of the cases under 5, the Edition “Ross” card was printed in schwarz chamois, the “Ross” Verlag card in schwarz Hochglanz. 500 - Greta Garbo (by Clarence Sinclair Bull – photo sitting 18 August 1930) 501 - Marlene Dietrich 502 - Willy Fritsch 503 - Lilian Harvey 504 - Billie Dove 505 - Ramon Novarro 506 - Laura La Plante 507 - Charles Rogers 508 - Norma Shearer 509 - Clara Bow 510 - Nancy Carroll 511 - Iwan Petrovich 513 - Anny Ondra 514 - Brigitte Helm 515 - Greta Garbo 516 - Adolphe Menjou 518 - Dolores Del Rio 520 - Vilma Banky 522 - Maurice Chevalier 524 - Greta Garbo (by Clarence Sinclair Bull – photo sitting 18 August 1930) 525 - Greta Garbo (by Clarence Sinclair Bull – photo sitting 18 August 1930) 529 - Lilian Harvey 530 - Brigitte Helm 531 - Maurice Chevalier 534 - Bebe Daniels 537 - Jeanette Mac Donald (by Max Munn Autrey for Oh, for a Man!, 1930) 543 - Mary Brian 545 - Marlene Dietrich 775 - Clark Gable (by Eugene Robert Richee for No Man of Her Own, 1932) 6 – “Luxusklasse” postcards, from a series (?) starting with No. 400 (?), apparently in schwarz chamois. Only one of the two cards below mentions Edition “Ross”. 407 - Janet Gaynor (“Ross” Verlag) (portrait by Max Mun Autrey for Sunny Side Up, 1929) (= “Ross” Verlag 5465/1) 418 - Billie Dove (Edition “Ross”) (= “Ross” Verlag 5586/1) 7 – Edition “Ross” F-series, a mid-1930s series of 22 postcards (9 x 14 cm.) in schwarz chamois. F1 - Danielle Darrieux (in Port Arthur, 1936 – released in France 11 December 1936) F2 - Danielle Darrieux F3 - Danielle Darrieux (in Le Domino Vert, 1935)v F4 - Danielle Darrieux F5 - Danielle Darrieux F6 - Danielle Darrieux F7 - Pierre Richard-Willm (= “Ross” Verlag 9178/1) F8 - Pierre Richard-Willm F9 - Pierre Richard-Willm F10 - Pierre Richard Willm F11 - Erich von Stroheim (in The Lost Squadron, 1932) F12 - Erich von Stroheim (in The Great Gabbo, 1929) (mentions “Ross” Verlag = 4887/1) F13 - Paul Cambo F14 - Claude Dauphin F15 - Michèle Morgan F16 - Michèle Morgan F17 - Michèle Morgan F18 - Michèle Morgan F19 - Annie Vernay F20 - Annie Vernay F21 - Annie Vernay F22 - Annie Vernay 8 – Edition “Ross” Kunstblätter. This series – or part of it - seems to have been published in 2 versions: - braun auf chamois 15 x 20 cm. - schwarz Hochglanz 20 x 30 cm. 1 - Ivan Petrovich (= “Ross” Verlag 5857/1) (Opernredoute, 1931) 2 - Greta Garbo 4 - Joan Crawford (= “Ross” Verlag 5783/1) 6 - Anita Page (= “Ross” Verlag 5099/3) 7 - Lilian Harvey (= “Ross” Verlag 5508/1) (Einbrecher, 1930) 8 - Brigitte Helm (= “Ross” Verlag 4292/4) 10 - Mady Christians (= “Ross” Verlag 5670/1) 12 - Billie Dove (= “Ross” Verlag 5586/1) 19 - Dolores del Rio (Revenge, 1928 – A.15) 20 - Brigitte Helm (L’Argent, 1928) 22 - Billie Dove (A Notorious Affair, 1928) 23 - Billie Dove 33 - Charles Boyer 9 – Unnumbered Edition “Ross” cards (9 x 14 cm.) in schwarz chamois. Arletty Lyne Clevers Alice-Field (mentions Edition “Ross”, Berlin) Rita Georg José Mojica 10 – Series (?) of unnumbered Edition “Ross” cards (9 x 14 cm.), cardboard, in a light sepia tint. The back of all cards advertise in the Portuguese language films to be shown at the Trindade cinema in Lisbon. The films advertised were all released in Portugal in the period December 1932 - December 1933, suggesting a publication date for the cards of 1932. Joan Bennett Clara Bow Joan Crawford (by George Hurrell for Possessed, 1931 – MG-18236) Charles Farrell (= Luxus 733) Greta Garbo em “Mata Hari” (= “Ross” Verlag 6522/2) Greta Garbo e Ramon Novarro em “Mata Hari” Janet Gaynor Lilian Harvey (= “Ross” Verlag 6752/1) José Mojica (= “Ross” Verlag 7422/1) Anny Ondra (= “Ross” Verlag 6475/2) 11 – Cards in the “Ross” Verlag main series mentions Edition “Ross” instead of “Ross” Verlag. Several dozen cards with French actors published around the same time all feature “Ross” Verlag, so could this be a printing error? 7470/1 - Berval - Jeanne Boitel 7800/1 - Iwan Mosjukin (in La mille et deuxième nuit, 1933) 7801/1 - Ginette Gaubert 12 - Song card, pinted in sepia La chanson d’une nuit (French version of the film and its title song Das Lied einer Nacht (1932), sung by Jan Kiepura. In the style of the popular French song cards, published by Editions Salabert in the first half of the 1930s.