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Spartacus (1960)
In Spartacus (1960), Kirk Douglas played his most famous role as the Thracian slave and rebel who led a revolt in the Roman empire in 73 B.C. The historical epic, written by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo,...
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Michelle Pfeiffer
American actress and producer Michelle Pfeiffer (1958) was one of the most popular and talented Hollywood actresses of the 1980s and 1990s. Her rare beauty inspired countless platitudes and an...
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D’ou viens tu Johnny (1963)
Johnny Hallyday (1943-2017) was the father of French Rock and Roll and a teenager idol with record-breaking crowds and mass hysteria. Like Elvis Presley, Hallyday's fame as a rock and roll heartthrob...
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Ross Verlag, Part 15: Moderne Schönheitsgalerie
During the 1920s and 1930s, Ross Verlag in Berlin produced some colourful collector card series for several cigarette factories in Germany. 'Unsere Bunten Filmbilder' (Our Colourful Film Images) is a...
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George Robey
George Robey (1869-1954) was an English comedian, singer and actor in musical theatre, who became known as one of the greatest music hall performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a...
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Directed by Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder (1885-1948) was a Belgian-born, French film director, screenwriter actor, film producer and editor, who worked in France, England, Germany, Switzerland and Hollywood. In the 1930s he...
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Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. An anthropomorphic mouse...
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Bond Girls of the 20th Century
'A Bond girl is a character who is a love interest, female companion or occasionally an adversary of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game', defines Wikipedia. Bond girls occasionally have names...
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Hugh Grant
With his bumbling English charm, Hugh Grant (1960) achieved international stardom in the romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). The handsome Brit with his floppy hair and posh accent...
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Christmas 2024 with the stars
We wish you all: Gelukkig kerstfeest! Frohe Weihnachten! God Jul! Joyeux Noël! ¡Feliz Navidad! Buon Natale! Feliz Natal! Sretan Božić! Веселого Різдва! Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Boldog karácsonyt! Gleðileg...
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Christus (1916)
On the 2nd Day of Christmas, a post on the Italian silent film Christus/Christ (1916). This Cines production directed by count Giulio Antamoro and filmed in Palestine and Egypt was a worldwide success....
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Walt Disney characters by Tobler
In 2020, EFSP published two posts on the Tobler postcard series with Disney characters. The Tobler company was created by Emil Baumann and Theodor Tobler (1876–1941) in Bern, Switzerland, in 1908. Emil...
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The Disney Classic That Never Was: Chanticleer
In June 1960, Walt Disney told the Los Angeles Times that, following the release of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), two animated films were in development: The Sword in the Stone (1963) and...
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La Collectionneuse: Costume by Travis Banton
Hollywood costume designer Travis Banton was born in Waco, Texas, on 18 August 1894. He studied at the Arts Students League and the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. He worked for movies for...
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Directed by Frank Capra
Frank Capra (1897-1991) was one of the most important Hollywood directors of the 1930s and 1940s. He often made tragicomedies in the context of the Great Depression, which - always on the side of the...
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Happy New Year! Bonne année! Frohes neues Jahr! Buon anno! 新年快乐! С Новым годом!
All the best for 2025! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!, as we say in Dutch. Thanks for your visits and your comments in 2024. We hope to meet you all here again in 2025! My special thanks to the friends who...
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Stars who passed away in 2024
On the first day of 2025, EFSP remembers the stars of the international cinema we had to say farewell to in 2024. Thank you, for your films and postcards. We salute you! 4 January 2024: Glynis Johns...
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Ross Verlag, Part 16: Hänsom
Ross Verlag produced several series of interesting cigarette cards with film stars for the German tobacco industry. In the early 1930s, Ross published a few series for Hänsom cigarettes, manufactured...
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Ross Verlag
The Postcards• Ross Verlag, Part 1: The Beginning• Ross Verlag, Part 2: The Triumph of Silent Hollywood• Ross Verlag, Part 3: The Last Years of Weimar• Ross Verlag, Part 4: Hollywood Talks• Ross...
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Silly Symphonies
Silly Symphonies (also known as Silly Symphony) is an American animated series of 75 musical shorts produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As the series name implies, the Silly...
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La via del peccato (1925)
Despite the title and an all-star cast, the Italian silent drama La via del peccato/The Way of Sin (Amleto Palermi, 1925) is quite an incoherent and tame film. The postcards promise wild scenes in the...
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Marie McDonald
American singer and actress Marie McDonald (1923-1965) was nicknamed 'The Body'. She became one of Hollywood's most popular pin-up girls during World War II. Vintage postcard. Spanish postcard. British...
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Diana Karenne
Ukrainian actress Diana Karenne (18??-1968) was one of the divas of Italian silent cinema. Between 1916 and 1920, Karenne fascinated European audiences with her eccentric dresses and make-up, and with...
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Weiss Ferdl
Weiss Ferdl (1883-1949) was a German actor, humorous folksinger, and author. He was one of the most popular Bavarian film comedians and was mentioned in one breath with Karl Valentin. Between 1928 and...
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Ross Verlag, Part 17: Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst - Der Stumme Film (1)
In 2017, we acquired a huge package with collector cards by Ross Verlag in a series called called 'Vom Werden deutscher Filmkunst'. The title translates as 'From the Genesis of German Cinema'. Some of...
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