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Pierre Richard-Willm
Elegant French actor Pierre Richard-Willm (1895-1983) starred in 40 films during the 1930s and the first half of the 1940s. The good-looking jeune premier excelled in the foreign legion melodrama Le...
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Wim Sonneveld
Dutch cabaret artist and singer Wim Sonneveld (1917-1974) was one of the 'Legendary Three' of the Dutch post-war cabaret; the others were Toon Hermans and Wim Kan. He starred in a few films and had a...
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Amedeo Nazzari
Italian heartthrob Amedeo Nazzari (1907-1979) was the athletic, fearless hero and impeccable gentleman of dozens of popular films during the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Because of his reckless,...
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Vera Voronina
Ukrainian actress Vera Voronina (1905-?) had a short but shining career in the late silent era, in Berlin as well as in Hollywood.Austrian postcard by Iris-Verlag, no. 5586. Photo: Lux-Film.German...
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George Formby
George Formby (1904–1961) was Britain's most popular film comedian between 1934 and 1945, and one of the highest-paid stars. He appeared in 21 hit films, cut over 230 records, and entertained an...
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Lyda Salmonova
Czech stage and film actress Lyda Salmonova (1889–1968) was married to German actor Paul Wegener and appeared with him in silent horror classics like Der Student von Prag/The Student of Prague (1913)...
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Marie Versini
French film star Marie Versini (1940) is best known of the Karl May Westerns as Winnetou’s sister. The lovely, beguiling, dark-haired actress had an international film career in the late 1950s and...
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Golgotha (1935)
Happy Easter! Today, a post on the French film Golgotha/Ecce Homo (Julien Duvivier, 1935), an ambitious and expensive retelling of the Last Days of Jesus Christ. French postcard.French postcard. The...
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Roland Toutain
Seductive daredevil Roland Toutain (1905-1977) was a French actor, songwriter and stuntman. He is best known for playing the aviator André Jurieux in Jean Renoir's film La Règle du jeu (1939).French...
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Lise Bourdin
Glamorous French actress Lise Bourdin (1925) is known for her roles in international films during the 1950s. Among her best known films are La donna del fiume/The River Girl (1954) and the Billy Wilder...
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Julius von Szöreghy
Hungarian actor and film director Julius von Szöreghy (1883-1943) was one of the busiest supporting actors of the German and Austrian cinema in the second half of the 1920s.Austrian postcard by Iris...
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Emmanuelle Béart
Since 1972, French actress Emmanuelle Béart (1963) has appeared in over 50 film and television productions. Initially cast for her extraordinary beauty, Béart has emerged over the years as one of...
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Merle Oberon
Indian-born British actress Merle Oberon (1911-1979) had her breakthrough as Anna Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). She played leading roles in such British films as The Scarlet...
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Gerd Briese
German actor and writer Gerd Briese (1897-1957) experienced a brief film career in the silent cinema of the 1920s.German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3203/1, 1928-1929. Rose MondayGerd Briese was born...
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Milva
Italian singer, stage and film actress and television personality Milva (1939) is also known as 'La Rossa' (The Red). She has triumphed on stages all over the world, but she is particularly popular in...
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Toni Sailer
Charismatic multitalent Toni Sailer (1935-2009) was a legendary Austrian alpine ski racer, one of the best the sport has ever produced. The ‘Black Blitz from Kitz’ appeared as an actor and singer in...
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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. He also played...
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Marina von Ditmar
German-Baltic theatre and film actress Marina von Ditmar (1914) was a popular film star of the Third Reich.German postcard by Film-Foto-Verlag, no. G 145, 1941-1944. Photo: Tobis /...
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Renate Müller
Popular actress and singer Renate Müller (1906-1937) was the toast of late 1920s Berlin. She had a comet-like career in the early German sound cinema, which was abruptly ended by her mysterious death...
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Andréa Parisy (1935-2014)
Brunette French film actress Andréa Parisy (1935-2014) died on 27 April 2014. She was best known as the leading lady opposite Louis de Funès in such comedies as Bébés à gogo/Babes a GoGo (Paul Mesnier,...
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