Aribert Wäscher ~ This is an original cigarette card from the 1937 German series, Bunte Filmbilder, from Lloyd Cigarettes. Card is number 405. This card is about the size of a traditional American/British cigarette card and is in excellent condition. Overall: VF

Aribert Wäscher had an amazing film career that spanned four decades. He was a popular supporting actor of the German cinema, cast only rarely in leading roles. He appeared in dozens of films from early Weimar era silents, Nazi era spectaculars, to early modern film in the 1950s. Unlike many other actors in wartime German cinema, Wäscher never made a blatant propaganda film and avoided the anti-Nazi blacklists of the immediate post-WWII era. He was married to actress Gudrun Genest and their daughter Corinna also became an actress.

• Viktor und Viktoria (1933)
• Joan of Arc (1935)
• Madame Bovary (1937)
• One Enchanted Evening (1939)
• Falstaff in Vienna (1940)
• The Man Between (1953)
• Lowlands (1954)

This lot consists of a genuine German cigarette premium issued between about 1930 and 1937. In general, German cigarette cards and premiums make an interesting and inexpensive addition to any collection. The Nazi government of Germany opposed smoking and eventually put an end to cigarette cards. As a result, the native German card collecting hobby never developed to the extent of that in Britain or the United States. As a result, most German premiums and cards cost only a fraction of what might be expected from their American and British cousins.

Large photos are shown smaller than actual size while small ones are generally enlarged to as much as twice their original size. Almost all photos and cards are scanned through protective sleeves or pages which tends to cut the clarity a bit. Enlarged defects tend to look worse than they actually are.