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Imported from the USA: Joseph Cotten
American film, stage and television actor Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He first...
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Riccardo Scamarcio
Blue-eyed dreamboat Riccardo Scamarcio (1979) is one of the leading stars of the contemporary Italian cinema. He is known for successful Italian films as Romanzo criminale/Kings of Crime (2005), Mio...
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Jean Angelo
Distinguished, attractive, athletic Jean Angelo (1875-1933) was a superstar of the French silent cinema. He was the ultimate leading man of several adventure films of the 1920s. Jean Renoir and Jacques...
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Gisela May (1924-2016)
Last weekend, German actress and singer Gisela May (1924) passed away. May was the first lady of the political song and a German national treasure, famous for her work at Bertolt Brecht's theatre...
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Lucy Doraine
In spite of her French name, Lucy Doraine (1898-1989) was a Hungarian actress and a major star of the Austrian and German cinema in the 1920s. When she moved to Hollywood, the revolution of the sound...
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I promessi sposi (1922)
Alessandro Manzoni's historical novel I promessi sposi (The Betrothed), first published in 1817, is one of the most famous and widely read novels of the Italian language. It was many times adapted for...
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Carlo Romano
Carlo Romano (1908-1975) was an Italian actor in film, vaudeville, radio and television. He was also a highly active voice actor, and was the Italian voice of Fernandel in all the Don Camillo...
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EFSP's Dazzling Dozen: Divas
Danish Asta Nielsen was the first European film star, but the first diva of the silent cinema was an Italian actress, Lyda Borelli. Her ecstatic and aristocratic performance, mixing grand gesture with...
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Imported from the USA: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Handsome and distinguished, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000) was much more than the son of his superstar father. He was a bright, multi-talent, who excelled in sports and sculpting, was involved in...
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Rolla Norman
Rolla Norman (1889-1971) was a French actor in silent and sound cinema. ‘The Man with Many Faces’ was also a war hero.French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 140.Film d'ArtRolla Norman was born...
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Antonio Centa
Between the mid-1930s and 1943, bright and gentle Antonio Centa (1907-1979) was among the most active actors of the Italian cinema. Among female audiences, he was a popular heartthrob in the White...
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Roberto Benzi
French-Italian pianist and conductor Roberto Benzi (1937) who began his career as a musical whiz kid. He conducted his first concert when he was only six years. In the early 1950s he starred in two...
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Jungle Book (1942)
Young British-Indian actor Sabu had 'a smile as broad as the Ganges and charm enough to lure the stripes off a tiger'. He became an instant star with Elephant Boy in 1937. Another tropical Technicolor...
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Flora Robson
British Flora Robson (1902-1984) was one of the half dozen finest dramatic actresses of her generation. Her range extended from queens to murderesses and she was particularly renowned for her...
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EFSP's Dazzling Dozen: Rediscovering the Operetta
As a kid, I hated, hated, hated operettas. Our family had a subscription to all the operettas that were performed in the Philips Entertainment Centre (a theatre in my hometown Eindhoven, the city of...
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Imported from the USA: Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves (1964) is a Canadian actor, producer, director and musician. Though Reeves often faced criticism for his deadpan delivery and perceived limited range as an actor, he nonetheless took on...
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Peer Schmidt
Dark-haired Peer Schmidt (1926-2010) was a German actor, on stage from 1946. He was popular on screen during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in romantic roles, or as sympathetic innocents and dreamers. He...
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Vincent Perez
Soulful, exotic-looking Swiss actor Vincent Pérez (1964) is known for such French films as Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Indochine (1992) and La Reine Margot (1994). His international breakthrough was his...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016)
Last Sunday, Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor died of heart failure, aged 99. She sparkled brightly for over 60 years as a symbol of continental glamour and mystery. Her main period in the cinema...
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Michèle Morgan (1920-2016), Part 1
Today French actress Michèle Morgan (1920-2016) has died. The classic blonde beauty has been one of her country's most popular leading ladies for over five decades. The delicate, sophisticated, and...
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