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Gillian Hills
In the 1960s, beautiful blonde British starlet Gillian Hills (1944) rose to fame in France, where she a was a successful yé-yé singer and debuted in Roger Vadim’s Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959). In...
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Aino Taube
Aino Taube (1912-1990) played in many Swedish films of the 1930s and 1940s. She’s best known as Laila, the beautiful orphan girl from Lapland, but later she also appeared in films by Ingmar...
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Gracie Fields
Lusty and loudmouthed Gracie Fields (1898-1979) was a British comedienne on stage and in films, and a singer in music halls. In the 1930s her working-class girl character was a top box office draw and...
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Julio Iglesias
Today, it's Postcard Friendship Friday again on the net. A weekly event in which postcard blogs present themselves. Start at Beth's blog with the great title The Best Hearts Are Crunchy, and enjoy some...
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J'accuse! (1919)
In less than two weeks it will be 2014 and it will be 100 years ago that the First World War started. European Film Gateway 1914 is an interesting digitisation project focusing on films and non-film...
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
Anglo-French actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971) is the daughter of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. The tall, long-necked, and elegantly gawky Gainsbourg appeared in several films by Lars...
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Matthias Fuchs
German actor Matthias Fuchs (1939-2001) was well known as the young Ethelbert in the popular Immenhof film series in the 1950s. Later he evolved into one of the most respected character actors of the...
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Merry Christmas!
Frohe Weihnachten! ¡Feliz Navidad! Joyeux Noël! Buon Natale! Sretan Božić! Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Boldog karácsonyt! Gleðileg jól! Nollaig Shona! Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! Linksmų Kalėdų! Среќен Божиќ God...
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C. Aubrey Smith
C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948) was an English cricketer and actor, who started his film career in the British silent cinema. He went to Hollywood where he had a successful career as a character actor...
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Julie Andrews
English film and stage actress, singer, and author Julie Andrews (1935) was a former child actress and singer who rose to prominence starring in such stage musicals as My Fair Lady and Camelot. She is...
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Totò
Today, it's Postcard Friendship Friday again on the net. A weekly event in which postcard blogs present themselves. Start at Beth's blog with the great title The Best Hearts Are Crunchy, and enjoy some...
View ArticleMárta Eggerth (1912-2013)
On 26 December 2013, Hungarian-born singer and actress Márta Eggerth (1912-2013), who maintained a global career for over 70 years, died in Rye, New York. She was the popular and talented star of 30...
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Sissi (1955)
The Austrian film Sissi (Ernst Marischka, 1955), starring Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm, is the first instalment in the hugely popular trilogy of films about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who was...
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Lewis Waller
Lewis Waller (1860-1915) was best known as a matinee idol in the popular romantic plays of his day. He also worked as a playwright and a stage manager, and appeared in several films.British postcard by...
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Margit Bara
Romanian-born actress Margit Bara (1928) was a beautiful star of the Hungarian theatre. She also appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975. In Hungary, she became a legend and is respected as one of...
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Happy New Year!
All the best for 2014. Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, as we say in Dutch.Our Gang. Dutch postcard.Ingrid Bergman. Dutch postcard. Sent by mail in 1950.German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 8243/2, 1933-1934. Photo:...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Antonio Banderas!
Charismatic Spanish film actor, director, producer and singer Antonio Banderas (1960) has his 54th birthday today. Banderas began his acting career at age 19 with a series of films by director Pedro...
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Viveca Lindfors
Tall, dark, Swedish-American actress Viveca Lindfors (1920-1995) had a film and stage career in Sweden and Hollywood which spanned more than half a century. Though as talented and beautiful as her...
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Gretl Theimer
Blonde Austrian actress and singer Gretl Theimer (1911-1972) arrived in the German cinema with the sound film and had an impressive career in the 1930s. The war finished her career.German postcard by...
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La nouvelle mission de Judex (1917-1918)
During the last three months, we presented you a film special each Saturday. Today, the last of the series, La nouvelle mission de Judex/The New Mission of Judex (1917-1918), a French, silent crime...
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