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Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023)
Yesterday, 16 January 2023, Italian actress and photojournalist Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023) passed away in Rome at the age of 95. She was one of Europe’s most prominent film stars of the 1950s. ‘La...
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Svatý Václav (1930)
Svatý Václav/St. Wenceslas (Jan S. Kolár, 1930) is a Czechoslovak historical film about Wencesla(u)s, Duke of Bohemia and now seen as a saint and martyr. It was the most expensive Czech film to date,...
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Loni von Friedl
Loni von Friedl (1943) is an Austrian film and television actress. She began as a child actress in the early 1950s, before graduating to mature roles during the following decade. The daughter of...
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Richard Arlen
American actor Richard Arlen (1899-1976) was a handsome Hollywood star of the late 1920s and early 1930s. He made a big hit in William Wellman's silent classic Wings (1927), with Clara Bow and Buddy...
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Photo by Fontana
Fontana in Rome portrayed many divas an other stars of the Italian silent cinema. These portraits were reproduced for a series of popular postcards in sepia and later in black and white by Edizione A....
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Erik Schumann
Erik Schumann (1925-2007) was an intense, dark-haired leading actor of post-war German cinema, who often specialised in playing introspective or psychologically damaged characters. He appeared...
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Fritz Kampers
German actor and director Fritz Kampers (1891-1950) was a solidly-built Bavarian character actor. In films from 1913, he was much in demand during the 1920s and 1930s. Kampers was often cast as robust...
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Eugen Klöpfer
Eugen Klöpfer (1886-1950) was a German star character actor. In the 1920s, he appeared in numerous silent films, often in leading or heroic roles. After 1933, he identified himself strongly with...
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There’s Something About Mary (1998)
There's Something About Mary (1998) is raunchy classic that doesn't take itself too seriously. The Farrelly Brothers at their funniest set some new standards for modern comedy. It's full of completely...
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Heinz Drache
Heinz Drache (1923-2002) was the most in-vogue screen cop of post-war German cinema. He first established his reputation in the role of the charismatic Inspector Yates in Francis Durbridge's TV...
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Priscilla Dean
Priscilla Dean (1896-1987) was an American actress on the silent screen. Between 1912 and 1928, she appeared in some 70 silent films, and later in five sound films. She is best known for her Universal...
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La Collectionneuse: Actresses as Asian characters
During the golden age of the movies, it was usual for white actors to don 'Asian-esque' makeup and costuming to play East-Asian roles. In fact, the film world followed a tradition inherited from...
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Rob Lowe
Hunky American actor Rob Lowe (1964) was one of the members of the Brat Pack and a teenage idol during the 1980s. He is also known for the television series The West Wing, in which he played the role...
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Pina Menichelli
With her contorted postures and disdainful expression, the fascinating and enigmatic Pina Menichelli (1890-1984) was the most bizarre diva of the Italian silent film. Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi,...
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Pierre de Guingand
Pierre de Guingand (1885-1964) was a French stage and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s, best known for his debut role as Aramis in the popular serial Les Trois Mousquetaires/The Three Musketeers...
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Tarzan, the king of the jungle
Tarzan is a fictional hero conceived by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He first appeared in the novel 'Tarzan of the Apes' in 1912. The book was a great success, resulting in the author going on to write 23...
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Johnny Weissmuller
Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984) is best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s. Weissmuller was one of the world's fastest...
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Larry 'Buster' Crabbe
American film star Larry 'Buster' Crabbe (1908-1983) was also a two-time Olympic swimmer. He was the only actor who played Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and Tarzan - the top three pulp heroes of the...
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Johnny Sheffield
Johnny Sheffield (1931-2010) was one of Hollywood's most famous child stars. He was unforgettable as Tarzan's adopted son Boy in eight Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. Between 1949 and 1955,...
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Gordon Scott
Good-looking and muscular American actor Gordon Scott (1926–2007) is best known as the eleventh Tarzan. He portrayed Tarzan in five films from 1955 to 1960. Then Scott moved to Italy, where he became a...
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