Cinema Chat was a British Magazine, published by Shurey`s Publications. The first issue was dated May 26, 1919. A postcard was included in each issue. They are sometimes confused with our Pictures Portrait Gallery -
but Cinema Chat cards had plain backs, and the film star name was in italics
but Cinema Chat cards had plain backs, and the film star name was in italics
Series 1 = 21 cards - “CINEMA CHAT” printed top left of front
Series 2 = 18 cards - “SUPPLEMENT TO CINEMA CHAT” top left of front
Series 3 = 33 cards - no inscription at top
Wm S Hart
Sessue Hayakawa Betty Howe Peggy Hyland Frank Keenan Mollie King Bessie Love Mildred Manning Evelyn Nesbit Mabel Normand Hedda Nova |
Mary Pickford
Albert Ray Ruth Roland Stewart Rome William Russell Barney Sherry * * NOT THOUGHT TO EXIST Queenie Thomas (below) George Walsh Bryant Washburn Earle Williams |
Series 4= 8 cards - no framelines around the star portrait
Series 5 = “SUPPLEMENT TO CINEMA CHAT” printed top left of front
Do note these cards were longer than the other cards - and were often trimmed to fit albums
Do note these cards were longer than the other cards - and were often trimmed to fit albums
Edith Day
Little Reeves Eason Corinne Griffith |
Buck Jones
Beulah Livingstone Antonio Moreno |
Peggy O'Dare (below)
Edward J. Peil Jack Perrin |
If you would like to see copies of the Cinema Chat magazines, check out this brown weblink
cdm15759.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15759coll11/searchterm/cinema%20chat/field/title/mode/exact/conn/and/order/date/page/1
(there`s a page 2 as well)
A most amazing site, if you click on the cover pictures you can actually view inside the magazines !
cdm15759.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15759coll11/searchterm/cinema%20chat/field/title/mode/exact/conn/and/order/date/page/1
(there`s a page 2 as well)
A most amazing site, if you click on the cover pictures you can actually view inside the magazines !