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Jackie Coogan's 1924 European Tour
American actor Jackie Coogan (1914-1984) began as a child actor in silent films. He was Charlie Chaplin's irascible sidekick in The Kid (Charles Chaplin, 1921) and played the title role in Oliver Twist...
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Sylvie Vartan
French pop singer Sylvie Vartan (1944) was one of the first rock girls in France. She was the diva of the yé-yé genre. With Johnny Hallyday, she formed France's Golden Couple of their generation, and...
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Fabian
American singer and actor Fabian Forte (1943) a.k.a. Fabian is a former teen idol from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s who entertained audiences with his music, performances, and films. Eleven of his...
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Der Schut (1964)
Der Schut/The Yellow One (Robert Siodmak, 1964) is the first film adaptation in the 1960s of the oriental novels by best-selling 19th-century German writer Karl May. These adventure novels are set in...
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Marie Osborne
Marie Osborne Yeats aka Baby Marie Osborne (1911-2010) was the first major child star of American silent films. She was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era...
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Janis Paige
American film, musical theatre, and television actress Janis Paige (1922) felt out of place in her early Hollywood films. She became a star on Broadway and then returned to Hollywood for a second film...
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Caesar Film
In 1916-1917, Roseo & Co., Naples, made a series of star portraits of the actors of the Roman company Caesar Film. As far as can be traced, many actors on the cards like Francesca Bertini, Gustavo...
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Artisti di sempre
'Artisti di sempre' was an Italian postcard series by Edit. ris. Rotalfoto S.p.A. in Milano. The big-sized postcards show classic Hollywood and European film stars of the 1960s in full colour. Artisti...
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Asta Nielsen
Danish actress Asta Nielsen (1881-1972) was one of the first superstars of the silent screen. Of her 74 films between 1910 and 1932, seventy were made in Germany where she was known simply as "Die...
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Troy Donahue
American actor Troy Donahue (1936-2001), was especially known in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a teen idol. His blond hair, tanned skin, and blue eyes appeared frequently on the covers of movie...
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Der Ölprinz (1965)
In the Karl May adaptation Der Ölprinz/The Oil Prince (Harald Philipp, 1965), Apache Chief Winnetou (Pierre Brice) and scout Old Surehand (Stewart Granger) team up to assist a wagon-train of settlers...
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Alexander Moissi
Albanian-Austrian Alexander Moissi (1879-1935) was one of the great European stage actors of the early 20th century. The attractive and charismatic women's idol also appeared in several silent and...
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Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (1884-1957) was an American stage and film actor. He was a leading Broadway theatre performer and a star of the silent film era.French postcard by Cinémagazine Edition, Paris, no. 328. On...
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The Sheik and sons
The American silent film The Sheik (George Melford, 1921) caused a sensation and made Rudolph Valentino a sex symbol. It nearly singlehandedly founded the genre of 'oriental romance' Hollywood films....
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Escenas Selectas de Cinematografìa
In the silent film era, there were many wonderful series of collectors cards in Spain. Often they were a supplement when you bought a box of chocolates or your favourite film magazine. An example is...
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Mady Christians
Austrian-born stage actress Mady Christians (1892-1951) was a star of the German silent cinema and appeared in Austrian, French, British, and Hollywood films too.German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin,...
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Simone de Oliveira
Simone de Oliveira (1938), also known as Simone, is one of the great divas of Portugal. The accomplished singer represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1965 and 1969. In an era...
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz (1928-2022)
On 21 March 2022, German film and television actress Eva Ingeborg Scholz (1928-2022) passed away. Since her East-German debut in 1948, she played in more than 110 film and television productions....
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Larry Semon
Lawrence 'Larry' Semon (1889-1928) was an American Slapstick comedian known for his charming, white-painted face and clownish smile. French audiences knew him as Zigoto, Italian ones as Ridolini, and...
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John Gilbert
American actor, screenwriter, and director John Gilbert (1899-1936) rose to fame during the silent film era and became a popular leading man known as 'The Great Lover'. With Great Garbo, he began a...
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