Liv Ullmann
Norwegian actress and film director Liv Ullmann (1938) was the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She starred in 10 of his films, including Persona (1966), Vargtimmen/Hour of the...
View ArticleDaryl Hannah
American actress Daryl Hannah (1960) is a tall blond beauty, with haunting blue-green eyes. She had her breakthrough as Pris Stratton in Ridley Scott's Science-Fiction thriller Blade Runner (1982) and...
View ArticleI cento giorni di Napoleone (1914)
French military and political leader Napoléon Bonaparte (1969-1821) rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the...
View ArticleEllen Aggerholm
Ellen Aggerholm (1882-1963) was a Danish stage and screen actress, who had a very long career on the stage, from 1901 to 1947, in Denmark, Norway, and, before World War I in England. She also played...
View ArticleW.C. Fields
W.C. Fields (1880-1946) was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer, who became known as an entertainer in vaudeville shows and on Broadway at the turn of the century. In the 1920s, he starred...
View ArticlePublished by PSG
PSG was a French postcard publisher of the 1960s. They mixed colour cards of French and international stars, film actors and pop musicians. During this decade, a remarkable number of pop stars acted in...
View ArticleThe heartthrob of The Monkees is dead: Michael Nesmith (1942-2021)
Last Friday, 10 December 2021, American musician Michael Nesmith (1942-2021) passed away in Carmel Valley Village, California. He was the son of Bettie Nesmith Graham, inventor of Tipp-ex. Nesmith...
View ArticlePixar: the shorts
December is Pixar month at EFSP! In the coming weeks, we will share our collection of Pixar postcards with you at EFSP in a series of posts that started last week. This post focuses on the short films...
View ArticleSean Penn
Gifted and versatile Sean Penn (1960) is an American actor and director. Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful...
View ArticleTraudl Stark (1930-2021)
On 14 October 2021, former Austrian child actress Traudl Stark (1930) has passed away. Between 1935 and 1940, the 'Shirley Temple of the German-language cinema' starred in a dozen popular films in...
View ArticleBessie Barriscale
American actress Bessie Barriscale (1884-1965) was a major star for producer Thomas H. Ince in the second half of the 1910s, marketed as 'the girl with the biggest eyes'. Barriscale became one of the...
View ArticleCher
Sonny & Cher were an American pop music duo, actors, singers, and entertainers made up of husband-and-wife team Sonny and Cher Bono. They achieved fame with two hit songs in 1965, Baby Don't Go and...
View ArticleCarla's 12 feel-good postcards of 2021
At first, I wanted to compile a list of actors who had or have jobs other than acting. These jobs could be prior to, during, or after their acting career. But then I bought a card with Linda Blair in...
View ArticleToy Story (1995)
December is Pixar month at EFSP! In the coming weeks, we will share our collection of postcards of the Pixar Animation Studios with you at EFSP in a series of posts that started two weeks ago. In...
View ArticlePublished by News Productions
News Productions in Baulmes, Switzerland, was a publisher of many stylish black and white postcards with classic film scenes, set photos, and mesmerising star portraits by such photographers as Sam...
View ArticleHarrison Ford
American film actor Harrison Ford (1942) specialises in roles of cynical, world-weary heroes in popular film series. He played Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise, archaeologist Indiana Jones in a...
View ArticleThree films starring Diana Karenne
Polish actress Diana Karenne (1888-1940) 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 her...
View ArticleSally Ann Howes (1930-2021)
English-American actress and singer Sally Ann Howes (1930) passed away on 19 December 2021. She was best known for the role of Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). She had her first...
View ArticleJames Cagney
Energetic, wise-cracking James Cagney (1899-1986) was an American film actor, famous for his gangster roles in the 1930s and 1940s. One of the brightest stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Cagney was...
View ArticleChristmas with the stars
As every year: Gelukkig kerstfeest! Frohe Weihnachten! ¡Feliz Navidad! Joyeux Noël! Buon Natale! Sretan Božić! Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Boldog karácsonyt! Gleðileg jól! Nollaig Shona! Priecīgus...
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