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Mario Girotti
Blond and blue-eyed Mario Girotti (1939) is better known as Terence Hill. The Italian actor starred in multiple action films and spaghetti westerns. In 19 of these films he appeared together with his...
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Hans Albers
Jovial, pleasantly plump Hans Albers (1891 – 1960) was a superstar of the German cinema between 1930 and 1945. He was also one of the most popular German singers of the twentieth century. His song Auf...
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Christus
Happy Easter! Today, a post on the Italian silent film Christus/Christ (1916). This Cines production directed by count Giulio Antamoro an filmed in Palestine and Egypt was a worldwide success. French...
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Kati Székely
German actress Kati Székely (1941) is a former star of the DEFA studio. East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 2.537, 1966. Retail price: 0,15 DM. Photo: Schwarzer.Anne...
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1 April - Poisson d'Avril!
Today, it's 1 April. April's Fool's Day, Poisson d'Avril. Time for jokes, but also time for a new love.French postcard by A. Bergerie et Cie , Nancy. Sent by mail in 1904.And if you also love (film)...
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Paul Heidemann
German stage and screen actor Paul Heidemann (1884 - 1968) was also a film director and producer. In the silent period, he was famous for his character Teddy and his other comical parts.German postcard...
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Ann Todd
After 15 years of largely nondescript film roles, English actress and producer Ann Todd (1909 - 1993) had her breakthrough in the romantic psychodrama The Seventh Veil (1945). She played a vulnerable...
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George Arliss
George Arliss (1868 - 1946) was the first British actor to win an Academy Award. He was also an author, a playwright, and a Hollywood film maker with an unusual amount of creative control.Vintage...
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Hertha Feiler
Beautiful Austrian actress Hertha Feiler (1916 - 1970) was the elegant and charming wife of Heinz Rühmann, off-screen and also on-screen in many popular films of the 1940’s and 1950’s.German postcard...
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Nova Pilbeam
British film and stage actress Nova Pilbeam (1919) is a forgotten star with an odd name. As a teenager, she played in two Alfred Hitchcock classics, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and Young and...
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Johanna von Koczian
Johanna von Koczian (1933) was in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s one of Germany’s most popular film stars. Later she evolved into a stage actress, a popular schlager singer, a TV presenter, and a...
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Claus Biederstaedt
German actor Claus Biederstaedt (1928) was a typical 'sonnyboy', the nice & friendly star of the Wirtschaftswunder cinema of the 1950’s. With his twinkling eyes he was the charming and funny young...
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Sara Montiel (1928 - 2013)
Spanish singer and actress Sara Montiel died today. She was 85. Sara, also known as Sarita and Saritísima, was a much-loved and internationally known name in the Spanish-speaking cinema. In the late...
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Giuseppe Sterni
Giuseppe Sterni (1883 - 1952) was an Italian stage and sceen actor. In the late 1910's and early 1920's he directed and produced several Italian silent films in which he played the male lead himself....
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Helena Makowska
Polish singer and actress Helena Makowska (1893 - 1964) was a beautiful diva of the Italian silent cinema in the 1910's. During the 1920's she moved to Berlin and became a star of the German...
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Angelica Domröse
German film and stage actress Angelica Domröse (1941) was one of the most famous actresses of former East Germany. She became a superstar through her role as the young mother Paula in the cult classic...
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John Gielgud
Sir John Gielgud (1904 – 2000) was an English actor, director, and producer, known for his warm and expressive baritone voice. His prominent hooked nose gave him a distinctive profile. In the 1929 he...
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Vera Kholodnaya
Vera Kholodnaya (1893 - 1919) was the first star of the Russian silent cinema. Only 26, the ‘Queen of Screen’ died of the Spanish flu during the pandemic of 1919. Although she worked only three years...
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Susan Shaw
Lovely blonde Susan Shaw (1929 – 1978) was an English actress, who was groomed for stardom in Rank’s charm school. She was a promising starlet, but after the tragic death of her husband Bonar Colleano,...
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Happy Birthday, Claudia Cardinale!
CC was born on 15 April 1938. 53 years ago she appeared in Luchino Visconti's heartbreaking Rocco e i suoi fratelli/Rocco and His brothers (1960). This year, four new films with her are to be expected...
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