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La cavalcata ardente (1925)
The silent Italian film La cavalcata ardente/The fiery cavalcade (1925) was a highly successful historical melodrama about the conquest of Naples by Garibaldi. The film was a good example of the...
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Anouk Aimée
Glamorous French film actressAnouk Aimée (1932) has appeared in 70 films since 1947 and worked with many talented directors. She had major international successes in the 1960s with Lola (1961) and Un...
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Jean Forest
Boy actor Jean Forest (1912-1980) is best remembered for his touching, naturalist and convincing performances in the silent French films by Jacques Feyder: Crainquebille (1922), Visages d'enfants...
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Tatiana Pavlova
Russian actress Tatiana (or Tatyana) Pavlova (1893-1975) left Moscow after the revolution and found film work in the silent Italian cinema. Later she became an innovating stage director.Italian...
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Kwatta
The Belgian-Dutch chocolate factory Kwatta produced several sets of Film Star trading cards during the late 1940s. The black and white and colour cards of Hollywood stars were issued with the Kwatta...
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Philippe Noiret
French film actor Philippe Noiret (1930-2006) acted in several Hollywood productions, but he is best known for his roles as Alfredo in Nuovo Cinema Paradiso/Cinema Paradiso (1988), Major Dellaplane in...
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Daniel Martín
Spanish actor Daniel Martín (1935-2009) acted in more than 60 European films, including Sergio Leone's classic Spaghetti Western Per un pugno di dollari/A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Under the pseudonym...
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Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren... (1926)
Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren.../I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1926) was a German silent comedy directed by Arthur Bergen. It was produced by the Münchner Lichtspielkunst AG (Emelka), one...
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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 such roles as Lara in the worldwide smash hit Doctor Zhivago (1965)....
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Sacha Guitry
French actor, dramatist and director Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) was known for his stage performances, often in the more than 120 plays he wrote. Guitry's plays range from historical dramas to...
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Teddy Scholten
I am a chauvinist, to be honest. At least once a year. Yes, I am a European and I do like - nearly - all European film stars, but at the annual European Song Contest I hope that the Netherlands win....
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Alterocca
Alterocca is one of the eldest Italian postcard publishers. The publishing house introduced the scenic postcard in Italy. Alterocca also published many film star postcards during the 1910s and later it...
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Peggy Hyland
Pretty brunette Peggy Hyland (1884–1973) was an English film actress and director, who starred in more than 45 British and American silent films. She remained active in films until 1925.British...
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Michael Caine
With his spectacles and his Cockney accent, Michael Caine (1930) became an unusual but ultra cool star of the British cinema of the 1960s. He starred in memorable films like Alfie (1966), The Italian...
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ABBA
Tonight is the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. For non-Europeans: the Eurovision Song Contest has been broadcast every year since the start in 1956. So it is one of the longest-running...
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L'aigrette (1917)
L'aigrette/The egret (1917) is a silent Italian film by Baldassare Negroni. The film, produced by Tiber Film in Rome, was an adaptation by Negroni of a stage play by Dario Niccodemi. Stars were...
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Vitold Polonsky
Vitold Polonsky (1879-1919) was one of the most popular actors in pre-Revolutionary Russian cinema. He played several hero-lover roles in silent dramas by Yevgeni Bauer and Pyotr Chardynin. Russian...
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Milly Vitale
Milly Vitale (1933-2006) was an Italian actress, who starred in numerous post-war Italian films. She also appeared in a few Hollywood films but never achieved star status like her contemporaries Sophia...
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Imported from the USA: Raquel Welch
In the following months we will continue our series 'Imported from the USA'. Posts about Hollywood stars who worked intensively in the European cinema. Many did that at the end of their careers. Others...
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Harry Cort
Polish actor Harry Cort (1905-?) came from a royal dynasty and had a short film career with starring roles in three silent films, 9:25. Przygoda jednej nocy (1929), Halka (1930) and Karuzela zycia...
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