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Berthe Bovy
Belgian stage and screen actress Berthe Bovy (1887-1977) was a regular performer at the Comédie Française since 1907. She also acted in some 30 early silent films, mainly for Pathé, and in some 20...
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Madame DuBarry (1919)
The German silent film Madame DuBarry is an operatic version of the life, loves and death of the legendary 18th-century French courtesan. Pola Negri plays DuBarry, who sleeps her way to the court of...
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Gaby Sylvia
Gaby Sylvia (1920-1980) had a remarkable career in French cinema of the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She had an even more intense career on the French stage starring in plays by Jean Giraudoux and...
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EFSP's Animal House
Today in our series EFSP's Dazzling Dozen twelve postcards of stars with their pets. We did already a dazzling post on stars and their best friends, so dogs are excluded this time. But we easily can...
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Maria Perschy
Austrian actress Maria Perschy (1938-2004) was the sexy leading lady of many European films of the late 1950s before she made a short career in Hollywood in films by John Huston and Howard Hawks. In...
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Albert Lambert
Albert Lambert (1865-1941), a.k.a. Albert Lambert fils, was a French stage and screen actor, who was for a long time part of the Comédie-Française. He also played in several early French film d’art...
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Cilly Feindt
The tiny, dainty blonde Cilly Feindt (1909-1999) was a German star of the circus ring. In her heyday, she was regarded as one of the finest haute école horse riders of her time. She alternated in the...
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Mona Mårtenson
Swedish film actress Mona Mårtenson (1902–1956) appeared in 28 films between 1923 and 1949. With her friend Greta Garbo she had her big breakthrough in the silent masterpiece Gösta Berlings saga...
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Hon dansade en sommar (1951)
Hon dansade en sommar/One Summer of Happiness (1951) is a Swedish film by director Arne Mattsson, based on the 1949 novel Sommardansen (The Summer Dance) by Per Olof Ekström. It was the first Swedish...
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Assia Noris
Fresh and charming Assia Noris (1912-1998) is best remembered as the star of several 1930s romantic comedies directed by Mario Camerini and co-starring Vittorio De Sica. Although Russian-born, she was...
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EFSP's Dazzling Dozen: The Swedish Silent Cinema
My partner, Ivo Blom, recently visited Sweden and he found in a Stockholm shop 70 rare vintage postcards of Swedish silent films. Ivo selected twelve dazzling postcards for us today. In beautiful...
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Chrissie White
Blue-eyed and light-haired beauty Chrissie White (1895-1989) was one of the most famous stars of the British silent cinema. In 1907 the 12-years old started at the Hepworth company and soon became a...
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A word from the editor
July 2016 was an excellent month for EFSP. For the first time since May 2010 when we started counting, there were more than 90,000 pageviews in one month. So, what can I say?Thanks!Your views encourage...
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Werner Pittschau
Handsome actor Werner Pittschau (1902-1928) was the promising jeune premier of the silent Austrian cinema. Sadly he was killed in a road accident at the age of 26.German postcard by Ross Verlag, no....
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Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal (1926–2001) was one of the best known and most important Spanish film actors. He evolved from a handsome leading man into an impressive character actor, who starred in three...
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Valerie Hobson
Elegant, redheaded Valerie Hobson (1917-1998) was a great beauty who became an impressive actress. The British actress landed some very choice roles in the later 1940s, and was at her best in those...
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Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht (1915)
One of the most popular film stars of the German cinema in the 1910s and early 1920s was the American actress Fern Andra (1893-1974). She often co-directed and scripted her own films. A typical example...
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Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi (1896-1974) was an Italian stage and screen actor, who appeared in almost 130 Italian films between the 1930s and 1960s. He was the younger brother of Annibale Ninchi and a cousin of Ave...
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EFSP's Dazzling Dozen: News from Didier
We were happy to receive new scans from Didier Hanson in Spain. He acquired interesting rare vintage postcards dating from the era of the Russian Empire. Included were postcards of legendary stage...
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Annet Nieuwenhuyzen (1930-2016)
Yesterday, 5 August 2016, Dutch stage, TV and film actress Annet Nieuwenhuyzen (1930-2016) has died. She was one of the Grand Dames of the Dutch theatre. Nieuwenhuyzen won many awards, including a...
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