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A Bug's Life (1998)
A Bug's Life (John Lasseter, 1998) is an American computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Buena Vista Distribution. It was the second film by Disney and Pixar....
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Entr'acte
Entr'acte literally means 'between the acts'. Nowadays, the French use it for a pause between two parts of a stage production, synonymous with an intermission. Entr'acte is also the name of a French...
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La Collectionneuse: Guess this mystery lady
Like, last year 'La Collectionneuse', Marlene Pilaete, made a quiz for EFSP on one of the last days of the year. For every Sherlock, Marlene selected 40 postcards from her own collection with pictures...
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Dancing the year away with Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding
After World War II, endearing Anna Neagle (1904-1986) provided glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with the 'London films', the seven lightweight musicals and romantic comedies in...
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La Collectionneuse: Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin was born in 1921, one hundred years ago. With her beautiful singing voice and her charm, she became a very popular star all over the world. She was one of the few child performers whose...
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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 2022! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!, as we say in Dutch. Thanks for your friendship in 2021. We hope to meet you all here again in 2022! German postcard by WHB, no. 8969. Image: Walt Disney....
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Stars who passed away in 2021
On the first day of 2022, EFSP remembers the stars of the international cinema we had to say farewell to in 2021. Thank you, for your films and postcards. We salute you!2 January: Vladimir Korenev...
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Toy Story 2 (1999)
Woody the Cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of their friends from the toy box return in Pixar's Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon, 1999), a computer-animated sequel to the box...
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Forlag Nordisk Konst: 15 Hollywood stars
Forlag Nordisk Konst in Stockholm published some of the most interesting postcards of the silent cinema. On 9 March 2018, we did a post with 15 sepia Nordisk postcards of Swedish films of the 1910s and...
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Il Gattopardo (1963)
Last Sunday, Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo/The Leopard (1963) was broadcast on the Italian network La7 and attracted almost one million (973,000) viewers. A decidedly good result and above the...
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1918)
'Le Comte de Monte-Cristo', published in 1844 by Alexandre Dumas, is one of the grand classics of French literature. Dumas's novel was adapted many times for the cinema but also for the stage and...
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Ann Miller
Ann Miller (1923-2004) was an American dancer, singer, and actress. She was famed for her speed in tap dancing and her style of glamour: massive black bouffant hair, heavy makeup with a slash of...
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Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties
Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties or Sennett Bathing Beauties was a bevy of women performing in bathing costumes assembled by film producer Mack Sennett. They appeared in comedy short subjects, in...
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Forlag Nordisk Konst: 15 Scandinavian stars
Last week, EFSP did a post on Swedish postcards by Forlag Nordisk Konst with portraits of Hollywood stars. The sepia postcards of this Stockholm publisher are widely admired by postcard lovers. The...
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Monsters, Inc. (2001)
After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc. (Peter Docter, Lee Unkrich, David Silverman, 2001) became the fourth major film by Pixar...
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Anne Heywood
British film actress Anne Heywood (1931) started her career as Miss Great Britain in 1950. In the mid-1950s, she began to play supporting roles as the ‘nice girl’ for Rank. Gradually she evolved into a...
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Irina Petrescu
Romanian actress Irina Petrescu (1941-2013) appeared in 29 films between 1959 and 2010. Talented, elegant and mysterious, she won several prizes including the award for Best Actress at the 6th Moscow...
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Calamity Jane (1953)
The American Western musical Calamity Jane (David Butler, 1953) was Warner Brothers studio's response to the success of the MGM musical Annie Get Your Gun (1950). Doris Day stars as Martha Jane Cannary...
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Mimì Aylmer
Mimì Aylmer (1896-1992), was an Italian singer and actress of theatre and cinema. She also performed as chanteuse in varieté and café-chantant.Italian postcard, no. 641. Photo: Vettori, Bologna.A...
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Sandra Dee
'All-American-Darling'Sandra Dee (1942/1944-2005) was an American film actress who was often referred to as 'the next Doris Day'. Sandra was the most popular teen star of the late 1950s and early...
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