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Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1925)
Zur Chronik von Grieshuus/The Chronicle of the Gray House (Arthur von Gerlach, 1925) was a prestigious Ufa production, produced by Erich Pommer. Lil Dagover, Paul Hartmann and Rudolf Forster were the...
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Adelqui Migliar
Tomorrow, 27 May 2017, EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam organises a Collection Day. EYE curators explain how film history comes alive through the use of new technologies and various presentation possibilities,...
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Happy birthday, Truus!
No, today is not the birthday of Dutch film star Truus van Aalten, but my sister's. Her nickname is Truus and she is one of the three founders of our Flickr site, Truus, Bob & Jan Too! As it...
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Imported from the USA: Angie Dickinson
American actress Angie Dickinson (1931) starred on television as Sergeant Leann 'Pepper' Anderson in the successful 1970s crime series Police Woman. Her trade marks are her honey blonde hair, her large...
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New acquisitions by Didier Hanson
From time to time Didier Hanson sends us scans of great and rare postcards he recently discovered and added to his huge collection. Today EFSP presents an update for you. Sit back and enjoy.German...
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Jean-Marc Thibault (1923-2017)
Yesterday, 28 May 2017, French actor and comedian Jean-Marc Thibault (1923-2017) passed away. Thibault and his sidekick Roger Pierre (1923-2010) were a popular French comedy duo, which gave countless...
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Peter Bondanella (1943-2017)
Monday 29 May, 2017, one of the most prolific scholars about Italian Cinema, Professor Peter Bondanella passed away. He was a distinguished Professor Emeritus of Italian, Comparative Literature, and...
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Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden (1916)
American actress Fern Andra (1893-1974) plays a double role in the German silent drama Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden/When People Come to Love (1916). Andra was one of the most popular film stars...
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Conchita Montenegro
Conchita Montenegro (1911-2007) was a sultry Spanish model, dancer, and stage and screen actress. She starred in several Spanish productions, but also in French, German and American films. French...
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Ross Verlag Postcards, Part 1: the start
This week EFSP brings a tribute to Ross Verlag. The German publishing company produced many, many star postcards from the late 1910s till the early 1940s. Ross Verlag, which can be translated as Ross...
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Sonja Sutter (1931-2017)
On Thursday 1 June 2017, German film actress Sonja Sutter (1931–2017) passed away. She was one of the few actors that was allowed to appear in productions in both East and West Germany. She is...
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Ross Verlag Postcards, Part 2: silent Hollywood
This week EFSP brings a tribute to Ross Verlag. The German publishing company produced many, many star postcards from the late 1910s till the early 1940s. Today 20 of our favourite sepia-tinted...
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Karel Dibbets (1947-2017)
Dutch cinema historian Karel Dibbets died earlier this week. He was a scholar at the University of Amsterdam, co-published De Nederlandse film en bioscoop tot 1940 - a history of Dutch cinema to 1940,...
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Ross Verlag Postcards, Part 3: the 1930s
This week EFSP brings a tribute to Ross Verlag. The German publishing company produced many, many star postcards from the late 1910s till the early 1940s. For the third part of this series, we chose 20...
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Ross Verlag Postcards, Part 4: Hollywood Talks
We continue our tribute to that famous Berlin publisher, Ross Verlag. Ross produced many, many star postcards from the late 1910s till the early 1940s. For the fourth part of this series, we chose 20...
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Ross Verlag Postcards, Part 5: the final years
We continue our tribute to German publishing company Ross Verlag. In 1937, founder Heinrich Ross was forced out his own company by the National Socialists through their Arisierung (Aryanization)...
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Ross Verlag Postcards, Part 6: Film-Foto-Verlag
Ross Verlag seemed to disappear by the end of the war. The National Socialists had retained the name after they had forced Heinrich Ross out of his own company. But during the Second World War they...
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Ross Verlag Postcards, Part 7: Curiosities
Today, we present the seventh and final part of our Ross Verlag tribute. Around 1930, Ross seemed to be everywhere. Not only in Germany, but in every European country film fans bought Ross star...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor. Fassbinder was part of the New German Cinema movement. Starting at age 21, Fassbinder made over...
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Imported from the USA: Miiko Taka
Japanese American actress Miiko Taka (1925) is best known for co-starring with Marlon Brando in Sayonara (1957). She later also appeared in the British cinema.Spanish postcard by Soberanas, no....
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