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Pierre Jourdan
Handsome French multi-talent Pierre Jourdan (1932 - 2007) was the less known younger brother of Hollywood star Louis Jourdan. He started out as a child actor in the 1940’s, but found his niche in the...
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Le Bossu
The silent 'swashbuckler' Le Bossu/The Hunchback (1925) by Jean Kemm was the third of at least twelve screen adaptations of the popular French novel Le Bossu by Paul Féval (1817–1887).Gaston Jacquet in...
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Wanda Treumann
Wanda Treumann (1889 – 1926) belonged to the most popular stars of the German cinema before the first World War. Together with Viggo Larsen she also produced many films in the 1910's, in which she...
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Reda Caire
During the 1930’s and 1950’s, Reda Caire (1908 – 1963) was a popular operetta singer in France. He also appeared in six French films.French postcard by EPC, no. 28. Photo: Teddy Piaz.The King Of The...
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Italia Vitaliani
Italia Vitaliani (1866 - 1938) was an acclaimed Italian stage actress and artistic director. She occasionally performed in films.Italian postcard. Photo: publicity still for the classic play La...
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Ursula Grabley
1930’s ‘Girl of Today’ Ursula Grabley (1908 - 1977) was a German actress appeared in more than 60 films and TV productions and also in many stage plays. In 1939 her successful film career was...
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Yvonne Arnaud
Yvonne Arnaud (1890 – 1958) was a French-born actress, singer and pianist, whose warmth, humour and talent gave her an unrivalled position on the English stage for forty-six years. She was one of the...
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Bruno Decarli
German actor Bruno Decarli (1877 - 1950) had a short, but intensive career in the silent cinema.German postcard, no. 862. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 1584....
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Vivi Bach (1939 - 2013)
On 22 April, Danish singer, actress and TV-icon Vivi Bach (1939) has passed away. Originally, she became known as ‘the first Danish teenager of Denmark' and 'the Danish Brigitte Bardot’. Although not a...
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Georges Marchal
Handsome and athletic Georges Marchal (1920 - 1997) was one of the most popular romantic heroes of the French cinema of the 1950’s. Like Jean Marais, he starred in many swashbucklers and other costume...
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Dolly Haas
German-born, British stage and screen actress Dolly Haas (1910 - 1994) was popular in the 1930’s as a vivacious, red-haired gamine often wearing trousers in German and British films. Although she got a...
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Bruto Castellani
Italian actor Bruto Castellani (1881 - 1933) was the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the silent era. He was the noble strong man in such historical epics as Quo Vadis? (1913) and (1924), and Gli ultimi giorni...
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Gérard Lanvin
Darkly handsome Gérard Lanvin (1950) is a César Award-winning French actor and screenwriter. In the last decade he appeared in several popular French comedies and gangster films.Romanian postcard by...
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Toxi
Afro-German actress Toxi (1946) starred as a child in a successful drama about racism. As a young adult, she appeared under her real name Elfi Fiegert in a few more films and on TV.German postcard by...
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Rik Battaglia
Rik Battaglia (1927) became notorious in Germany as ‘The Man Who Shot Winnetou.‘ The Italian actor made nearly 100 film appearances between 1954 and 1999, and played the bad guy in dozens of peplums,...
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Anneliese Uhlig
Classic beauty Anneliese Uhlig (1918) was an elegant and enchanting femme fatale of Ufa crime films of the 1940’s, who unwillingly bewitched Joseph Goebbels. After the war the German actress worked...
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Happy birthday, Danielle Darrieux!
French postcard by SERP, Paris, no. 90. Photo: Studio Harcourt.Today is the birthday of French actress and singer Danielle Darrieux (1917), an enduringly beautiful, international leading lady. From her...
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Tommy Kent
Tommy Kent (1942) was a German rock and roll singer and film actor of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. He later became an architect and a painter.German postcard by ISV, no. H 55.German publicity card...
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Pierre Brasseur
French actor Pierre Brasseur (1905 - 1972), who appeared in some 150 films and TV productions, was renowned for playing charming and flamboyant characters. He is best known as 19th century actor...
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Maly Delschaft
Forgotten diva Maly Delschaft (1898 – 1995) began her career in the theatre and then became a star in the German silent cinema. During the Nazi era, she appeared mainly in supporting roles. After the...
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