Over the years, cereal manufacturers and other companies have included collector cards in packets to encourage buyers to continue to buy their product. Additionally, early cigarette packet included cards featuring sportsmen and other images. These cards were available in packets of Weeties, Crispies &/or Vita-brits and are dated to about 1954/55.
Card #17 of a series of 30, this card of Clark Gable has the following information on the rear.
Real name William Clark Gable. Born Cadiz, Ohio, February 1, 1901; height 6'1"; weight 190 pounds; eyes grey; hair black. Motion picture debut in "The Painted Desert" in 1931. Won Academy Award for "It Happened One Night" in 1934 and reached peak of suces with the role of Rhett Butler in Selznick's "Gone With The Wind". he recently severed a long association with metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and signed a multiple pictue deal with 20th Century-Fox. His first picture under this deal will be the CinemaScope drama, "Soldier of Fortune."
Condition -
worn corners, and a little bumped on some of the edges, but generally clean and looking good.
