Charles Farrell ~ This card #68 from the Salem Goldfilm cigarette card series. It is a vintage 1930s original. The edges show minor wear but it is still a nice example: VF. The card is slightly larger than a British or American cigarette card (over 1½"x2¼"). Click on my scan to greatly enlarge the image (opens a new browser window).

Charles Farrell (August 9, 1901 - May 6, 1990) was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films, including Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star. Unlike many of his silent screen peers, Farrell had little difficulty with "voice troubles" and remained a publicly popular actor throughout the sound era. During the early 1950s, after his career in motion pictures began to slow, Farrell appeared on the television series My Little Margie. A major factor in the prosperity of Palm Springs in the 1950s, Farrell was elected mayor of the community in 1953, a position that he held for seven years. Farrell died from a heart attack in 1990. He was interred at the Welwood Murray Cemetery there.