Clik here to view.
We were at the International Collectors Fair
This Saturday, we visited the International Collectors Fair in Utrecht and we had a great time. 'De Verzamelaarsjaarbeurs' (the Dutch name) is one of the biggest vintage fairs in the world and located...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We were at the International Collectors Fair, Part 2
Last Saturday, we visited the International Collectors Fair in Utrecht and yesterday we did a post with 15 of Paul's acquisitions. Today it is Ivo's turn. Paul went from Fatty Arbuckle to the Red Hot...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Claude France
Claude France (1893-1928) was a star of the French silent cinema of the 1920s. Two months before her greatest triumph opened in the cinemas, she committed suicide by opening the gas.French postcard by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guglielmo Oberdan, il martire di Trieste (1915)
In 1882, Guglielmo Oberdan was executed after a failed attempt to assassinate Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph. He became a martyr of the Italian unification movement. Thirty years later, silent film...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Massilia
Massilia ia a little known French label, that published dozens of collectors cards during the 1930s, in colour (hand-coloured cards) and black and white, and in different formats. On 23 April 2012,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Erika Remberg (1932-2017)
It's sad to read that Erika Remberg passed away last week, on 10 November 2017. Long ago we saw the beautiful Austrian film actress in the tearjerker Laila/Make Way for Lila (Rolf Husberg, 1958), as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Evi Kent
Beautiful and sexy Evi Kent (1938) was an Austrian actress and singer who appeared in dozens of German-language films and TV shows of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.Dutch postcard by P. Moorlag, Heerlen,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Roldano Lupi
Roldano Lupi (1909-1989) was an acclaimed Italian actor of cinema, television and theatre. Despite being the leading man of many successful films of the 1930s and 1940s, he was never considered a true...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Annie Vernay
Pretty little Annie Vernay (1921-1941) catapulted into stardom at an early age, but the career of the Swiss-French actress was cut short. She died only 19 years old.French postcard by Editions P.I.,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Katja Riemann
German actress and singer Katja Riemann (1963) was a major star of the German cinema of the 1990s, who appeared in such international successful films as Der bewegte Mann (1994) and Comedian Harmonists...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Die goldene Krone (1920)
Henny Porten, Hermann Thimig and Paul Hartmann star in the German silent film Die goldene Krone/The Golden Crown (Alfred Halm, 1920), produced by Messter-Film GmbH. Ross Verlag presented this series of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Film Partners
Last month, we had a French postcard series on every Saturday. From today on, we will focus on Great Britain. We start today with a post on a Real Photo (Picturegoer) series called 'Film Partners',...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Peter Sellers
British comedian Peter Sellers (1925-1980) was an incredibly versatile actor. He played Chief Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films with as much ease as Clare Quilty in Lolita (1962). Stanley...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gitta Alpár
Hungarian-born Gitta Alpár (1903-1991) was a Jewish opera and operetta singer, who had a successful film career in Germany. Her career and her marriage to film star Gustav Fröhlich were destroyed by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Uwe Friedrichsen
German film, stage and television actor Uwe Friedrichsen (1934-2016) was best known for his roles in several popular TV series. He was also known as the German voice of Peter Falk’s Columbo.German...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yvonne de Fleuriel
Italian Yvonne De Fleuriel (1889-1963) was a singer and actress of variety and silent films. She was very popular during the Belle Époque.Italian postcard by Fotocelere, Torino (Turin), no. 125....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dominique Sanda
Seductive and mysterious Dominique Sanda (1951) is a French actress and former fashion model. During the 1970s she appeared in such noted Italian films as Bernardo Bertolucci's Il conformista/The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
L'ultima avventura (1932)
Diomira Jacobini and Armando Falconi were the stars in the Cines-Pittaluga production of L'ultima avventura/The Last Adventure (Mario Camerini, 1932). The postcards for this early Italian sound film...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lilywhite Photographic Series
Last week we started with a new theme for our Friday posts: British film postcard series. Then we did a post on the Film Partners series by Picturegoer produced in the 1930s. Today we present you a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Antonietta Calderari
Little is known about the private life of Itian silent film actress Antonietta Calderari, but it is clear that she was a regular actress at Turinese film companies all through her career.Italian...
View Article