EFSP's Dazzling Dozen: New from GDI

In the Dutch village of Noord-Scharwoude is a small but dynamic Filmmuseum, the Geoffrey Donaldson Institute (GDI). Director is our friend Egbert Barten who always shares his new postcard acquisitions with EFSP. His latest acquisition is a collection of postcards of female stars from the early 1960s. In colour or in black and white, from European and Hollywood stars, published in the Netherlands and in Germany - and one in Italy. Many were sent by mail to a film fan in the village of Helden in the south of the Netherlands. We selected 12 postcards to give an impression which film actresses dazzled a Dutch film fan in 1962.


Sophia Loren. German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H, Minden/Westf. Sent by mail in the Netherlands in 1962. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Sabine Sinjen. Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam, no. 4788. Sent by mail in the Netherlands in 1962. Photo: Arthur Grimm / Ufa. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Kim Novak. German postcard by Krüger, no. 902/26. Sent by mail in the Netherlands in 1963. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Natalie Wood. Dutch postcard. Sent by mail in the Netherlands in 1962. Publicity still for Splendor in the Grass (Elia Kazan, 1961). Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Doris Day. Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 4240. Photo: Universal International. Publicity still for Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon, 1959). Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Ingrid Bergman. German postcard by ISV, no. H 21. Sent by mail in the Netherlands in 1962. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Françoise Arnoul. Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam, no. 3318. Photo: Gérard Décaux / Ufa. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Elke Sommer. Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 4982. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Gina Lollobrigida. Italian postcard by Rotalfoto, Milano, no. 93. Sent by mail in the Netherlands in 1962. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Conny Froboess. Dutch postcard by Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 4892. Photo: Centrafilm. Publicity still for Mariandl (Werner Jacobs, 1961). Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Claudia Cardinale. Dutch postcard. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


Elizabeth Taylor. German postcard by ISV, no. B 23. Photo: MGM. Publicity still for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks, 1958). Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.

Thanks, Egbert!

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