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Photo by Massaglia
Ercole Massaglia (1890-1941) was an Italian professional (studio) photographer. He signed his photos with “Massaglia, Torino”. Among them were many portraits of actors and actresses of the Italian...
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Saint-Granier
Saint-Granier (1890-1976) was a French journalist, singer, (song)writer, actor, director, and radio star. Between the two wars he was one of the great personalities of the French cabaret. He was also...
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Ermete Zacconi
Ermete Zacconi (1857-1948) was a monstre sacré of the Italian theatre. He also acted in various Italian silent and sound films.Italian postcard. Photo: Sciutto, no. 76.Italian postcard. Photo: Sciutto,...
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Miou-Miou
French actress Miou-Miou (1950) is a 10-time César Award nominee and was one of the leading ladies of the French cinema during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In her long career she has worked with such...
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Giovanni Grasso
Giovanni Grasso (1873-1930) was an Italian stage and screen actor. While he was seen as the best Sicilian tragic actor and one of the best in Italy, he also had limited but very important career in...
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Michel Strogoff (1926)
Ivan Mozzhukhin and Nathalie Kovanko were the stars of the French-German silent film Michel Strogoff (Victor Tourjansky, 1926), based on Jules Verne's classic novel. In many European countries,...
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Angelika Waller
East German actress Angelika Waller (1944) appeared in more than hundred films and TV productions since 1962. Her first leading role was in Das Kaninchen bin ich/The Rabbit Is Me (1965), a film which...
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Photo by Atelier Eberth
In her Berlin studio, German photographer Anny Eberth portrayed aristocratic ladies and elegant fashion models, but also film actors and expressionist dancers, including the notorious Anita Berber....
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Patrick McGoohan
Though born in America, charismatic Irish actor Patrick McGoohan (1928-2009) became the number-one British TV star in the 1950s to 1960s era. He also had an extensive stage and film career, including...
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Elisabeth Müller
Swiss actress Elisabeth Müller (1926-2006) was a popular star of the German Cinema in the 1950s. Her popularity brought her to Hollywood where she appeared in a few films.German postcard by Kunst und...
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Anton Walbrook
Dark and handsome Anton Walbrook or Adolf Wohlbrück (1896-1967) was a distinguished Austrian actor who starred in early German sound films as Walzerkrieg (1933) and Viktor und Viktoria (1933). After...
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Gustavo Serena
Italian silent film actor and director Gustavo Serena (1882-1970) is now best remembered as diva Francesca Bertini's co-star, but he did much more than that.Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano,...
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Battle of Britain (1969)
The British War film Battle of Britain (Guy Hamilton, 1969), produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz, is a historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two. In 1940, the...
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Alain Barrière
French singer and songwriter Alain Barrière (1935) recorded a number of timeless hits in the 1960s which earned their place in French music history. Internationally he is known for participating in the...
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JosPe
From 1925 on, the Dutch firm JosPe printed and published hundreds of film star postcards. Founder of the company was the German businessman Joseph Peter Welker.Greta Garbo. Dutch postcard by JosPe,...
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Viktor de Kowa
Viktor de Kowa (1904-1973) was a German actor, singer, director and comedy writer. In the 1930s he became one of the most prominent and beloved comedy actors of the German cinema.German postcard by...
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Johan Kaart
For decades, Johan Kaart junior (1897-1976) was a huge star in the Dutch entertainment world. Between 1934 and 1937, he starred in seven films and after the war he played in several more films. He also...
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Rosanna Schiaffino
Glamorous, Italian film actress Rosanna Schiaffino (1938-2009) was a show business icon of the 1960s, famous for her eye-catching legs and her temperamental performances. She appeared frequently in...
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Pierre Mingand
Pierre Mingand (1900-1982) was a talented French actor who could also tap dance, play the piano and sing. He started his career as an athletic dancer in the circus. Later he often appeared together...
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Op hoop van zegen (1934)
Today, a new edition of The Netherlands Film Festival starts in the city of Utrecht. The NFF is every year both the home of Dutch cinema and the leading platform for the Netherlands’ national film...
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