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L'esclave de Phidias (1917)
In the Pathé production L'esclave de Phidias/The Slave of Phydias (Léonce Perret, 1917), Suzanne Delvé starred as the slave Callyce in love with her master, the Athenian sculptor Phidias, played by the...
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William Collier Jr.
American film actor William Collier Jr. (1902–1987) or Buster Collier Jr. acted from 1916 in almost 90 films. Opposite female stars such as Olive Thomas, Shirley Mason, and Greta Nissen, Collier was a...
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Bing Crosby
American singer Bing Crosby (1903-1977) was a crooner whose signature song was 'White Christmas'. He often played 'happy-go-lucky fellas' in films which included the 'Road to...' comedies from 1940 to...
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Ellen Kürty
Ellen Kürty a.k.a. Ellen Kürti (1903-1930) was a Hungarian-born actress who had a short career in the Hungarian and German silent cinema. Between 1920 and 1928, she appeared in both leading and...
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Heidelinde Weis (1940-2023)
On 24 November 2023, Austrian actress and singer Heidelinde Weis passed away. She appeared in several European films in the 1960s. She was a respected theatre actress in German-speaking countries and...
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Alan Bates
British actor Alan Bates (1934-2003) forged his name on the West End stage in John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger' in 1956. He also appeared in 50 films and 33 television productions, and for each role,...
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Fernand Herrmann
Fernand Herrmann (1886–1944) or Fernand Hermann was a French silent film actor, who started his film career at Gaumont in 1911. He starred in some 26 films between 1914 and 1925. Herrmann is...
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La fiaccola sotto il moggio (1916)
Polish singer and actress Helena/Elena Makowska (1893-1964) starred as the evil Angizia in the Italian silent film La fiaccola sotto il moggio/The Torch under the Bushel (Eleuterio Rodolfi, 1916). The...
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La Collectionneuse: Faith Domergue
Faith Domergue was one of the many actresses who have crossed the path of eccentric Howard Hughes. She never became as successful as Jane Russell, another Hughes’ protégée, but she still made her mark...
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Davey Lee
Davey Lee (1924-2008) was the child star who was billed with Al Jolson in the box office hit The Singing Fool (1928), Jolson's second talking film. He appeared in six feature films between 1928 and...
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Directed by Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (1892-1957) was a prolific Italian filmmaker, who was not only a director but also a producer. He was an active filmmaker for over forty years, both in silent and sound films. From the...
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Germaine Roger
Germaine Roger (1910–1975) was a French actress, operetta singer and theatre director. She starred in several musical comedies of the 1930s. French postcard by Editions et Publications...
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Julie Christie
Smart and sexy Julie Christie (1941) is an icon of the new British cinema. During the Swinging Sixties, she became a superstar with roles like Lara in the worldwide smash hit Doctor Zhivago (1965)....
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Elisa Severi
Elisa Severi (1872-1930) was an Italian stage and screen actress, who after a prolific career on stage in the 1900s, expanded this with an additional silent film career in the 1910s and early 1920s....
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The Rescuers (1977)
This december, EFSP presents a series of posts on Disney classics. The Rescuers (John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens, 1977) was the 23rd feature film by Walt Disney Animation Studios and...
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Leslie Fenton
Leslie Fenton (1902–1978) was an English-born American actor and film director, who appeared in 62 films between 1923 and 1945. From 1939 he also directed some 19 films. Fenton was married to actress...
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Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (1937) is an American film actor, director, producer and the younger brother of Shirley MacLaine. Immediately after his debut in Splendor in the Grass (1961), he was Hollywood's most...
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Photo by O.E. Hoppé
British photographer of German origin Emil Otto Hoppé (1878-1972) was one of the most successful photographers in London in the early decades of the twentieth century. He was highly celebrated as a...
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Ryan O'Neal (1941-2023)
On Friday 8 December 2023, American actor Ryan O'Neal (1941) passed away. He was one of Hollywood's most successful stars during the 1970s and is probably best known for his role as Rodney Harrington...
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Marisa Pavan (1932-2023)
Italian-born actress Marisa Pavan (1932) passed away on 6 December 2023. She first became famous as the twin sister to film star Pier Angeli before achieving film stardom on her own. The docile actress...
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