France Dhélia
France Dhélia (1894-1964) was a French actress of the silent cinema. French postcard. Collection: Didier Hanson.The Sultan of LoveFrance Dhélia was born Franceline Benoit in 1894, in a village near...
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Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström (1879-1960) was one of the most important Swedish film actors and directors, famous for his poetic and touching narratives, such as Ingeborg Holm (1913), Terje Vigen/A Man There Was...
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Margot Hielscher
Gorgeous German singer, film actress and costume designer Margot Hielscher (1919) appeared in 200 TV productions, 60 films and 2 Eurovision Song Contests (1957 and 1958). She is now the oldest living...
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British Academy Award-winning actor David Niven (1910-1983) impersonated the archetypal English gentleman, witty, naturally charming, immaculate in dress and behaviour, but he also had a dash of...
View ArticleMarie Bell
French stage and film actress Marie Bell (1900-1985) played elegant roles in late silent and early sound films. She is best known for her work in film classics as Jacques Feyder's Le Grand Jeu (1934)...
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Some years ago, I found at a flea market in Southern Spain these collectors cards from the 1930s and 1940s. I liked the hand-coloured or painted images of the American, French and German stars of the...
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Raimund Harmstorf
Athletic German actor Raimund Harmstorf (1939-1998) became famous as the protagonist of the German TV miniseries Der Seewolf/The Sea Wolf (1971), based on Jack London's novel. During the 1970s, he...
View ArticleCelia Johnson
English actress, Dame Celia Johnson (1908-1982) became an icon of the British cinema with her role opposite Trevor Howard in the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945). She generally played a genteel or...
View ArticleMarie-France Pisier
Refined beauty Marie-France Pisier (1944-2011) was a French actress, screenwriter, and director. She was discovered by François Truffaut and became his muse. She later also worked with such auteurs as...
View ArticleGus Backus
American singer and actor Gus Backus (1937) was at 19 a member of the Del-Vikings, and later became virtually the flesh-and-blood embodiment of rock and roll in Germany. Between 1959 and 1965 he also...
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One of the most wanted lost films found!
Yesterday, 2 April 2014, was anounced that a long-lost film has been found in the collection of Eye Film Institute in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. After more than ninety years, the silent film Love,...
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Nola Hatterman
Dutch actress Nola Hatterman (1899-1984) was mainly a stage performer but also played minor parts in five Dutch silent films. From 1925 on, Hatterman worked as an artist who liked to paint people of...
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VEB Progress Filmvertrieb
Behind the Iron Curtain, there was an interesting film culture. The cinemas of Poland, Russia, East-Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia produced several film classics during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s...
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Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1888-1955) is best remembered for his sinister roles in Fritz Lang's silent masterpieces. He played the devilish hypnotist Mabuse in Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1925) and the mad...
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Diomira Jacobini
Diomira Jacobini (1899-1959) was one of the stars of the Italian silent cinema. She was the younger sister of film diva Maria Jacobini, in whose shadow she always stayed. Diomira appeared in some 55...
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Carl Auen
German film actor Carl Auen (1892–1972) often appeared in silent films as the handsome gentleman, officer or nobleman. Between 1914 and 1938 he appeared in 119 films.German postcard by Ross Verlag, no....
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Timothy Dalton
Green-eyed Timothy Dalton (1944) is a British, classically trained Shakespearean actors who had successful careers in theatre, television and film. He is best known as James Bond in The Living...
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François Périer
François Périer (1919-2002) was one of France's most beloved performers. This versatile and charming actor was prominent in the theatre and made 117 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996.French...
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John Martin Harvey
British actor-manager Sir John Martin Harvey (1863-1944) was one of the last great romantic actors of the English theatre. His most famous play was The Only Way (1899), an adaptation of Charles...
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Casa Filmului Acin
Behind the Iron Curtain, there used to be an interesting film culture. The cinemas of Poland, Russia, East-Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia produced several film classics during the 1950s, 1960s and...
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