We are looking at a pack of 1991 Starline Hollywood Walk of Fame cards. The wrapper is foil and features the word "HOLLYWOOD" in a "Broadway" style font at the top. This is touted as the "Premier Set" and as the "Official Hollywood Walk of Fame" trading cards. The center of the pack has a sample star with yellow floodlights in the background. Each pack contains 12 cards and the "Starline" insignia is displayed centered at the bottom.
The set contains 250 total base cards, including checklists. In addition to the base cards, there were seven promo cards which had the word "PROMO" across the back of the card. There were several errors produced in th emaking of the set which were corrected or removed (See checklist link below).
The fronts of the cards feature a colored gradient (different cards have different colors used for this) serving as the border. The word "HOLLYWOOD" in the same Broadway font as the pack sits large and centered at the top. The majority of the card features an image of the star being portrayed. At the bottom, the left corner shows the "Walk of Fame" logo and the person's name is centered in yellow text on a light purple background. Next to this, at the lower right, is the "Starline" logo.
The first three cards show Connie Stevens, Danny Thomas, and Gale Storm:
As mentioned above, there were several errors during production. These consisted of name misspellings and/or card numbering issues. Corrections were made after cards were recalled, though I suspect copies of the errors made it into the wild.
A complete checklist (including errors and corrections) appears here: https://www.nslists.com/hollywlk.htm
2 comments:
Quite an interesting array of stars, some of whom were huge names at the time and some who were already largely forgotten. Which is appropriate for the very hit-and-miss Walk of Fame.
Interesting that the Storm card doesn't mention her singing career at all. She had 6 top ten hits included a cover of the rock and roll classic "I Hear You Knockin'".
Wish my parents saw this product back in 1991. A lot of these people were entertainers from their generation and maybe this set would have sparked an interest in collecting.
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