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Nils Asther
Good-looking Swedish actor Nils Asther (1897-1981) was an intense star of silent European cinema. He was labelled ‘the male Greta Garbo’. In Hollywood, he played the leading man to divas like Pola...
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Art Unlimited
Art Unlimited in Amsterdam has issued the most diverse images on postcards. 'Due to the infinite views that people can hold on the concept of art, Art Unlimited has become known as a publisher that...
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Pat Boone
Pat Boone (1934) is an American singer and actor who was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley. Initially, he performed Rock and Roll, but later in his career,...
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Three early films with Lyda Borelli: Ma l'amor mio non muore (1913), La...
Lyda Borelli (1887-1959) was the first Italian film diva. La Borelli was already an acclaimed stage actress before she became a star of the Italian silent cinema. The fascinating diva caused a craze...
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Weisse Wölfe (1969)
Weisse Wölfe/White Wolves (Bosko Boskovic, Konrad Petzold, 1969) is an East German-Yugoslav 'Ostern' (Red Western or Eastern) about the time after the last Indian wars. Weiße Wölfe is a sequel of Spur...
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Gustav Knuth
Gustav Knuth (1901-1987) was a German actor who played folksy, good-natured characters in numerous films and TV series. After the Second World War, he took Swiss citizenship. He was a successful stage...
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Gregory Peck
American actor Gregory Peck (1916-2003) was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. Peck received five nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor and won once – for his...
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The Flapper
In the 1920s, there was a new generation of self-confident women who cut their hair short in a bob, listened to jazz, and scorned what was considered acceptable and common behaviour at the time....
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Published by M. Bonnist & Zonen
M. Bonnist & Zonen was a Dutch publishing company located in Amsterdam. The name of the publisher is sometimes abbreviated to M.B. & Z. During the 1920s and 1930s, Bonnist published hundreds of...
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VerzamelJaarbeurs 2022: Paul's treasures
Now covid seems on the way back, the VerzamelJaarbeurs could finally return. On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 April 2022, the Jaarbeurs halls in the city of Utrecht were transformed into the largest...
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Three films with Jackie Coogan: Oliver Twist (1922), Daddy (1923), and A Boy...
American actor Jackie Coogan (1914-1984) is beloved as Uncle Fester in the classic TV series The Addams Family (1964-1966). He began in silent films as Charlie Chaplin's irascible sidekick in The Kid...
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Osceola (1971)
Osceola (1971) is a DEFA Ostern by director Konrad Petzold and the Red Circle group from 1971. The 'Red Western', made in cooperation with Kino-Zentrum Sofia (Bulgaria) and ICAIC Havana (Cuba), is...
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Vija Artmane
Vija Artmane (1929-2008) was a popular Latvian stage and screen actress, who had her film breakthrough with Rodnaya krov/Blood Ties (1964) and was henceforth called "Mother Latvia". She enjoyed a...
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Tanti auguri, Claudia!
Today is the birthday of our favourite film stars, Claudia Cardinale (1938). The combination of her beauty, dark, flashing eyes, explosive sexuality and genuine acting talent made her a global super...
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Boomerang Freecards
With rented tricycles full of map racks, the founders of Boomerang strolled along the cafés in Amsterdam and the other Dutch cities. "It was the spring of 1993. Everyone wanted such a rack on their...
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Happy Easter with the stars!
Dear friends, we wish you all: Happy Easter! Frohe Ostern! Joyeuses Pâques ! ¡Feliz Pascua! Feliz Páscoa! Glad påsk! Счастливой Пасхи! ハッピーイースターVrolijk Pasen!British postcard by Rotary Photo in the...
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VerzamelJaarbeurs 2022: Ivo’s treasures
On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 April 2022, we could finally attend the VerzamelJaarbeurs again. The Jaarbeurs halls in the city of Utrecht were transformed into the largest collectors' fair in Europe. You...
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Catherine Spaak (1945-2022)
Last Sunday, on 17 April 2022, French actress and singer Catherine Spaak (1945) passed away. Who was this now forgotten actress? She started as a Lolita-like vamp in Italian films of the early 1960s,...
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I sette peccati capitali - L'accidia (1919)
Italian diva Francesca Bertini starred in a silent film series called I sette peccati capitali (The Seven Mortal Sins), based on Eugène Sue's popular novel 'Les sept péchés capitaux'. She produced the...
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Tino Rossi
The good-looking Corsican singer and film actor Tino Rossi (1907-1983) was one of the great romantic idols of his time. The quintessential ‘Latin lover’ sold over 300 million records and appeared in...
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