Today, I am going start a series on Houdini Grim Game Cards throughout the years.  I plan to break it down by the following categories:

• EARLY CINEMA CARDS
• LOBBY CARDS
• MODERN TRADING CARDS
• SKETCH CARDS
• MISCELLANEOUS CARDS (Post Cards, Magic Cards, FDC)

I am going to start with the Early Cinema Cards category.

Let’s start by looking at a couple cards that were handouts used at movie theatres:

• 1919 (Dec 25 & 26) The Grim Game is a Master Mystery [Kevin Connolly Collection]
• 1919 (Maybe 1920) Kinema & Franklin Theatres Movie Still Card [Sold on eBay]

Next, let’s look at some inserts:

• 1920 (May 8) Kinema Comic Insert Card
• 1922 Boys Cinema Famous Heroes Card