There is a bit of a gap between our last card and this one, caused by the Second World War. Ray Milland had tried to join the U.S.A.A.F., as he much enjoyed flying, until his studio put a stop to it thinking it too dangerous. This backfired for he took up D.I.Y., during which he severely damaged his hand with a saw. The resulting injury put paid to the U.S.A.A.F., oddly, for it was his left hand not his right, and there must have been another capacity in which he could have served in there if not a pilot. Also he did end up as a flying instructor for the Army, but on a civilian basis rather than an official military one. He also continued to make movies which he felt were just as useful to the war effort. Then in 1944 he found a space with the U.S.O. and toured with them as an entertainer, mostly in the Pacific regions.
In 1945 he took a part which is now regarded as his best, that of an alcoholic in "Lost Weekend". And he won the Best Actor Academy Award, becoming the first Welshman to do so.
Now this is an unusual card, and it is quite hard to track down information on the maker but I have discovered that in the 1920s they issued a set of twenty-eight sport related cards under the title of Domino Sport, and you can read about that at the Football Cartophilic Information Exchange / Guillen.
Now at this time they were at a different address in Barcelona, namely Robador-31, but they do seem to have changed names and addresses several times but always in Barcelona, there is an advert for an Alejandro Guillen at Calle a la Gleva, which seems to be earlier than the above. Our address is at Hospilet de Llobregat. Nothing comes up online at any of these places. But maybe one of our European readers can add more ?
By the way their list of products were the easy to translate Chocolates, and Caramelos, but also Bonbones - which are chocolates with praline inners, think Ferrero Rocher - and Turrones - which are nougats.
These are actually thin paper rather than card, and the backs can show quite a bit of set off, which occur when the wet just printed paper sheets are stacked on top of each other. The red border is the chief culprit, and whilst the purist may hunt for non-tainted ones, it is very common and not really damage.
Guillen also issued another set of film stars, brown and white ones, in the 1920s, and they were also at Robador-31.
Our cards are some while later, and though 1954 seems to be the year that is most often quoted mid 50s is probably the closest we will ever get. Also, I do not know how many there are in the series - but most of the stars appear to be female, with only Charles Boyer, Danny Kaye, Fred MacMurray and Tyrone Power being available right now online.