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collection. As luck would have it, I spotted and purchased two salesman
sample cards listing these Prevue Movie buttons. The cards give ordering
information about the type of buttons and movie star pictures that were
available. I found the information fascinating and thought that other collectors
might enjoy having it also.
According to the information printed on the sample cards, there were l7
different button cards available. The complete listing of the movie star
pictures available on the Prevue Movie Button cards includes:
Henry Fonda and James Stewart, scene from "A Miracle Can Happen"
Gene Raymond and Noreen Nash, starrir-rg in "Assigned to Danger"
Burgess Merideth and Pauline Goodard, scene from "On Our Merry Way"
Fred MacMunay and Betty Caldwell, scene from "A Miracle Can Happen"
George Raft and June Havoc, scene fror.r-r "lntrigue"
Burgess Merideth and Dorothy Lamour, scene from "A Miracle Can Happen"
Joan Bennett, staring in "Hollow Triumph"
Rudee Valley and Virginia Grey, scene from "So This Is New York"
Lynn Bari staning in "The Man From Texas"
John Carroll as he appears in "In Old Los Angeles"
Lois Butler, starring in "Mickey"
Lucille Bremer starring in "Adventures of Casanova"
Gale Storm starring in the Ailied Artists Picture "Stampede"
Jane Wyatt starred in the Allied Arlists Picture "Bad Boy"
Cathy Downs featured in the Allied Arlists Picture "When A Man's A Man"
Marjorie Reynolds starring in the King Bros. Production "Badmen of
Tombstone"
Edith Mae Zilli, Prevue Movie Button Queen of 194_ at contest flnals,
Ashbury Park Pool (There is a slight rough spot on the last digit ofthis date, but
I believe it may be 1948.)

If you will notice in this listing, the name of Edith Mae Zilli reall'y
doesn't ring a bell, does it? lt appears as if she won a promotional contest
associated with these Prevue Movie Buttons. After acquiring these salesman
samples, I thought it would be doomsday before I found an example card with
Edith Mae pictured on it. But low and behold, in 1996,I found her on a store
card at an antique shop in Dunedin, Florida, near where I now live! Her card
features Edith Mae in a full length photo wearing a one piece swimsuit typical