59. 1930s Philippine MOVIE STARS on TEKS Cards

These “TEKS” cards were printed during the late 1930s.  My dad who is 81 years old now, remembers playing with these cards.  The cards featured pre-war Filipino movie actors and actresses.  The 1930s was known as the Peace Time Cinema reflecting the Filipino character of being a happy and gay people. Among the popular Filipino actors during the early 1930s were Mary Walter, Rosa del Rosario, Rosita Rivera, Rogelio dela Rosa, Rosa Aguirre, Silvia Rosales, Tia Duran, Carmen Rosales, Gregorio Fernandez, Rodolfo Ruiz, Leopoldo Salcedo, Ely Ramos, Fernando Poe Sr., Corazon Noble, Elsa Oria, Norma Blancaflor and Jose Padilla.

There are also teks cards featuring American Hollywood stars during the same era.  The 1930s decade (and most of the 1940s as well) has been nostalgically labeled "The Golden Age of Hollywood". 

The cards were printed on cardboard like our teks during the 1960s.   These 1930s teks cards are a bit bigger, twice the size of the 1960s cards, measuring  60 mm x 78 mm.

They were played in a toss-up manner similar to how we play the modern teks cards.  I hope you enjoy looking at these vintage teks cards.

Rodolfo Ruiz, Jose Inigo, Silvia Rosales, and Angelita Rumba Ray

Silvia Rosales, Andres Guevarra, Angel Esmeralda and Taita Sari

Jose Padilla Jr., Fernando Poe, Josefino Cenizal, Miguel Barbeyto

Domingo Principe, Fernando Poe, and Jose Padilla Jr.

Fred Cortes, Serafin Garcia, Roberto Rosales, Angel Esmeralda

Tita Duran, Pacita Del Rio, and Taita Sari

1930s HOLLYWOOD STARS on TEKS CARDS

Margaret Sullivan, William Haines, Leslie Howard, and Bobby Breen

MargaFernad Gravet, Herbert Marshall, Allan Jones, and Jane Withers

Charles Boyer, Hoot Gibson, Mischa Auer, and William Powell

Jessie Matthews, Charles Butterworth, Lawrence Tibbell, and June Lang

Richard Arlen, Brian Donlevy, Bobby Breen, and Grace Moore