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Ross Verlag, Part 29: Bunte Filmbilder
Ross Verlag published several series of cigarette cards, which were much smaller than the famous Ross postcards. These cards (app. 7 x 5,5 cm or 28 x 22, 5 inches) were sold in packs or cartons of...
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Julius Caesar
Today starts the workshop Museum of Dream Worlds at Eye Collection Centre in Amsterdam. One of the themes is Julius Caesar, as represented in the early films Julius Caesar (Vitagraph, 1908), Giulio...
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Nero on stage and in film
In film history, the Roman Emperor Nero has often been presented as the most evil one of them all, and as the Antichrist who started the persecutions of the Christians after the Great Fire of Rome....
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Val Kilmer (1959-2025)
On 1 April 2025 Val Kilmer (1959) died of pneumonia in Los Angeles. The American actor was known for such blockbusters as Top Gun (1986), Batman Forever (1995) and Heat (1995). His chameleon-like...
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Astérix & Obélix contre César (1999)
French comic book hero Astérix by Alberto Uderzo and René Goscinny has become a major film franchise, both in animated and live-action form. Most notable is the feature Astérix & Obélix contre...
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Anna Maria Sandri
Exotic-looking Italian actress Anna-Maria Sandri (1935) appeared in European films of the 1950s. After four years in films, she married an American and retired. West German postcard by Rüdel-Verlag,...
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Marisol
Marisol (1948) was a Spanish child star of the 1960s. When she became an adult she became a popular actress and singer under her real name, Pepa Flores. Spanish postcard by Ediciones Tarjefher, no....
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Films selectos
Spain in the era before the dictatorship of General Franco is an interesting goldmine for film memorabilia. We love this beautiful collection of leaflets from the early 1930s, published as an appendix...
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Burt Lancaster
Fame came to Burt Lancaster (1913-1994) with his first film role, as the doomed Swede in Universal's The Killers (1946), but the former circus acrobat knew better than to leave his career in other...
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Hertha von Walther
Hertha von Walther (1903-1987) was a German and stage actress, known for such classic German films as Die freudlose Gasse / The Joyless Street (1925), Spione / Spies (1928) and M - Eine Stadt sucht...
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Marcel Dalio
French actor Marcel Dalio (1900-1983) or simply Dalio was a citizen of the world. During the 1930s, he became a much sought-after character actor in France. His lovely animated face with its great...
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Atlantis (1913)
The classic Danish silent film Atlantis (1913) was directed by August Blom for Nordisk. The monumental film was based on the 1912 novel by famous German author Gerhart Hauptmann about a doctor who...
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Britt Ekland
Swedish actress Britt Ekland (1942) became famous through her marriage to Peter Sellers and her relationship with singer Rod Stewart. The platinum blonde was also known for her roles in more than 40...
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15 more cards from G.D.I.
In our monthly post on the Geoffrey Donaldson Institute (GDI), we chose 15 postcards from a big album from the estate of film historians Tjitte de Vries and Ati Mul. It's an album which they probably...
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Photo by Apeda
Apeda was a photography studio in New York City. It was founded in 1906 by Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Sr. (1876–1951) and Henry Obstfield. From its start Apeda pursued two business strategies: shooting...
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Cesar Romero
Tall, suave and sophisticated Cesar Romero (1907-1994) was an American actor, singer, dancer, voice artist, and comedian who was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years. His screen...
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Friedrich Kayssler
Friedrich Kayssler (1874-1945) was a German theatre and film actor, writer and composer. He appeared in 56 films between 1913 and 1945. German postcard, no. 853. Photo: Aura Hertwig. German postcard by...
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Percy Marmont
British actor Percy Marmont (1883-1977) was a tall matinee idol, who divided his time between the theatre and films. He had a prolific career in 1920s Hollywood and 1930s British cinema. He is best...
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La Glu (1913)
French actress and singer Mistinguett (1875-1956) was the most popular French entertainer of her time and captivated Paris with her risqué routines. She also appeared more than 60 times in the cinema...
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Dorothy Tutin
Dame Dorothy Tutin (1930-2001) was one of the great actresses of the British theatre. Great promise was held for her after her film debut as Cecily Cardew in the Oscar Wilde adaptation The Importance...
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Giulietta Masina
Italian film and stage actress Giulietta Masina (1921-1994) starred in the classics La strada (1954) and Le notti di Cabiria (1957), both directed by her husband Federico Fellini and both winners of...
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Photo by Strelisky
The Strelisky studio was an acclaimed and extraordinarily popular photographic studio, operated uninterruptedly for nearly a hundred years. Founder Lipót Strelisky (1820–1905) was a master of the...
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Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond (1908-1998) was a blond, husky, handsome actor, who had his greatest popularity in the 1930s and early 1940s. He was married to Jeanette MacDonald, with whom he made Smilin' Through...
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Jacqueline Gauthier
French stage and film actress Jacqueline Gauthier (1921-1982) made her name in comedies alongside fashionable singers such as Charles Trenet, Tino Rossi and Georges Guétary and often worked with...
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Roddy McDowall
British actor Roddy McDowall (1928-1998) began his film career as a child actor and continued it successfully as an adult. McDowall spent most of his life in the United States. He became widely known...
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