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Against all flags: Wolfgang Staudte
In the Space Machine section of Il Cinema Ritrovato 2021 in Bologna, one of the programmes is 'Against all flags: Wolfgang Staudte', curated by Olaf Möller. Wolfgang Staudte (1906-1984) is one of the...
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Mai Zetterling
Il Cinema Ritrovato presents a restored version of Swedish director Mai Zetterling’s explosive Nattlek/Night Games (1966), based on her own novel, which at the time was banned from the Venice Film...
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Junie Astor
EFSP is this week in Cinephile's heaven of Il Cinema Ritrovato 2021 in Bologna. The Recovered & Restored selection comprises acclaimed masterpieces along with the forgotten, sublime, and must-see...
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Louis de Funès
It's the final day of Il Cinema Ritrovato 2021 and I am happy to end this series of festival posts with my favourite film star from my childhood. One of the documentaries in the programme 'Documents...
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Manja Tzatschewa
Manja Tzatschewa (1897-1966), was a German film actress of Bulgarian origin. She worked in the German silent cinema of the late 1910s and early 1920s. She is often mistaken for her younger sister,...
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The People
Around 1950, the British newspaper The People issued a beautiful series of dozens of black and white film star postcards. Many of the stars were British actors working for the Rank studios, but among...
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Constance Bennett
Independent, outspoken Constance Bennett (1904-1965) was a Hollywood star of the 1920s and 1930s. Her classy blonde looks, husky voice, and unerring fashion sense gave her a distinctive style. In the...
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Francesca Bertini in L'orgoglio (1918)
Francesca Bertini (1892-1985) was a majestic diva of the Italian silent cinema during the first quarter of the twentieth century. She often played the 'femme fatale', with men devouring eyes, glamorous...
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Michel Strogoff by Albert Bergeret
Around 1900, Jules Verne's 'Michel Strogoff' (Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar) was one of the most popular adventure novels, set in 1860s Imperial Russia. The book, published in 1876, was...
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Maria Zelenka
Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was an Austrian film actress, who peaked in the Weimar cinema of the 1920s. After one short sound film, her career in the cinema was over.German postcard by Ross Verlag,...
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Boucot
Just like the more famous Dranem, Louis-Jacques Boucot aka Boucot (1882-1949) was a comical actor known for his vivacity and grimaces who knew a career from music-hall to cinema. The French stage and...
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Beppo Brem
Beppo Brem (1906-1990) was a German comedian, stage and film actor. He became known as a Bavarian folk actor and appeared in over 200 films, including classics by Max Ophüls, Kurt Hoffmann, and Helmut...
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Benita Hume
Brunette Benita Hume (1907-1967) was an English theatre and film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955, from the silent film era to sound film. She had a prolific even if a...
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Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer (1959) is an American actor, known for such blockbusters as Top Gun (1986), Batman Forever (1995) and Heat (1995). His chameleon-like ability to plunge fully and breathlessly into his...
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25 times Bromofoto
In 2018, EFSP had a post on postcards by Bromofoto. Since 1950 this Milanese publisher produced hundreds of postcards in 'real photography' in the factory of Via San Maurilio 19 in Milan. We love the...
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Michel Strogoff (1936)
One of the best film adaptations of Jules Verne's 1876 novel is the French sound version Michel Strogoff (Jacques de Baroncelli, Richard Eichberg, 1936) starring Adolf Wohlbrück as Michel. It was made...
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Françoise Arnoul (1931-2021)
During our trip to Italy, the French actress Françoise Arnoul passed away after a long illness in Paris on 20 July 2021. In the early 1950s, the cute and pretty actress was presented as the new French...
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Jane Withers (1926-2021)
Last Saturday, 7 August 2021, American actress, model, and singer Jane Withers (1926) passed away. She is known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s. She...
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Poker anyone?
EFSP loves to discover the niches of the film star postcard world. In 2016 we did a post with French playing cards with film stars. The photos were made in colour by the great Sam Lévin, probably...
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Rita Clermont
Rita Clermont (1894-1969) was a German film actress of the silent era. She received her first contract from Messter Film. Until 1924, she appeared in 60 silent films.German postcard by Photochemie,...
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