The unusual shape of this item may baffle some of you, but this is a lid from off a single serving ice cream in a tub. The creamy coloured top with the wording was on top, and when you peeled it back you revealed the picture of the star beneath.
Now I cannot find a listing of these, only odd ones scattered across the internet. The film on this one is "Road to Morocco", which was one of the famous Bob Hope and Bing Crosby`s "Road To" movies, often accompanied by Dorothy Lamour. There were seven trips in all, starting in 1940, and 1940 is often given as the date of these lids, but our film was later, being released in November 1942.
As for why we have Bob Hope, he holds the record for hosting the most Academy Awards ceremonies, nineteen in all, starting in 1940 and ending in 1978. He was never nominated for any statuettes, but he did receive honorary awards for his service to the motion picture industry, plus the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1959