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Tita Binz
Tita Binz (1903-1970) was a German photographer, who portrayed in her Atelier Binz many of the film stars of the Third Reich. For Film-Foto-Verlag, she also made portraits of the soldiers who were...
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New rare postcards from the Cinema of the Russian Empire
Last week, collector Didier Hanson sent me new scans of Russian film postcards from the pre-Soviet era. In October he shared already rare postcards of such silent stars as Vera Karalli, Nathalie...
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Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren (1934) rose to fame in post-war Italy as a voluptuous sex goddess, but proved to be an excellent, Oscar winning actress. She became one of the most successful international stars of the...
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Le Petit Poucet (1972)
The classic fairy-tale story Le Petit Poucet/Little Thumb by Charles Perrault has been filmed several times. In 1972, well-known French director Michel Boisrond made Le Petit Poucet, a poetic film...
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12 European Oscar Winners
Tonight is the 87th Academy Awards ceremony. The Academy Awards, better known as The Oscars, were first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and are seen now as the most prestigious...
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Leny Marenbach
Lady-like Leny Marenbach (1907–1984) was one of the leading Ufa stars in the Nazi era. The German actress appeared in several popular comedies with Heinz Rühmann, like the hit Der Mustergatte/The Model...
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Carmen Boni
Italian silent film star Carmen Boni (1901-1963) had a successful career in the Italian cinema of the early 1920s, before moving to Germany where she made one film after another till the sound...
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Arthur Grimm
Arthur Grimm (1908–ca. 1990) was a German photographer. He was one of the most prominent photojournalists in the Nazi era, and after the war he worked for cinema and television and made many portraits...
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Firmin Gémier
Firmin Gémier (1869-1933) was actor, director and theatre manager at the French stage. He was a promoter of theatre for the people and founder of the first Théâtre National Populaire in Paris in 1920....
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Renate Ewert
Renate Ewert (1933-1966) was a German actress, who appeared in several European films and TV series of the 1950s and 1960s. Her suicide started a family tragedy.German postcard by ISV, no. M 10. Photo:...
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Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
The German film Mädchen in Uniform/Girls in Uniform (Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich, 1931) is a ground-breaking classic. The film made of its two lead actresses, Hertha Thiele and Dorothea Wieck,...
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Mary Marquet
Mary Marquet (1895-1979) was a grande dame of the French stage, but she was also active as a screen actress. She appeared already in Sarah Bernhardt’s silent film La voyante (1923) and one of her final...
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Bransby Williams
British comic actor and writer Bransby Williams (1870-1961) was on stage from the 1890s and often worked as a monologist and impersonator. From 1911 on, he played roles in more than 20 films. He is...
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Georges Biscot
Georges Biscot (1886-1945) was a popular French music-hall and revue singer and actor, who also knew a career in French silent and sound film.French postcard in the Series Nos Artistes dans leur loge...
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Dick van Maarseveen
The Dutch photographer Dick van Maarseveen (1905-1990) was in the 1930s famous for his star portraits and film stills. After the war, he concentrated on corporate photography, but Van Maarseveen also...
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Laurence Olivier
Sir Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare and Restoration...
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Susan Denberg
German-born Austrian Susan Denberg (1944) was a Bluebell dancer and Playboy Playmate before she had a brief acting career in the 1960s. One of her few roles was as Peter Cushing’s beautiful new...
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Dave and Dusty (1946-1949)
Dave and Dusty (1946-1949) is a series of short British films chronicling the friendship between a young boy and his shaggy dog. The two friends get into trouble and have various adventures, meeting a...
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Peter Garden
German actor, singer and TV-show presenter Peter Garden (1924) was the ‘beautiful man’ in films of the Wirtschaftswunder era. Like his Hollywood equivalent Rock Hudson, he often posed shirtless for...
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Gardy Granass
Gardy Granass (1930) is a retired German actress, who appeared in around forty films and television series. During the 1950s, she starred in many popular but forgettable comedies and Heimat...
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