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Doris Kirchner
Austrian stage, film and television actress Doris Kirchner (1930) was a popular comedienne of the German cinema of the 1950s. She both appeared in leading and supporting roles.West-German postcard by...
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Oscar Sabo
Oscar Sabo (1881-1969) was a celebrated Austrian operetta singer and later also a popular film actor.German postcard by Photochemie, no. K. 1472. Photo: Willinger, Berlin.German postcard by...
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Merry Christmas!
As every year: Gelukkig kerstfeest! Frohe Weihnachten! ¡Feliz Navidad! Joyeux Noël! Buon Natale! Sretan Božić! Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Boldog karácsonyt! Gleðileg jól! Nollaig Shona! Priecīgus...
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Harry Piel
German ‘dynamite’ director, actor, producer and screenwriter Harry Piel (1892-1963) made over 150 sensational films full of explosions and stunts. With his iron nerves, he was Tom Mix, Douglas...
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Atelier Manassé
Atelier Manassé was a legendary Austrian photo studio that captured the golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. The studio was founded by Olga Spolarics and her husband...
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La bataille du rail (1946)
The French film La bataille du rail/The Battle of the Rails (René Clément, 1946) dealt with the courageous efforts of French railroad workers who were part of organized resistance during the Second...
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Colourgraph
We continue our series with British film star postcard series with Colourgraph. This series was issued by Picturegoer in the 1930s. All postcards were hand-coloured.Nils Asther. British postcard in the...
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Claretta Sabatelli
Little is known about Italian actress Claretta Sabatelli. In 1916 she made her debut in the Italian silent cinema and appeared in several films around 1920. After one part in a sound film, she...
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Stars Who Passed Away in 2017
On the last day of the year, EFSP remembers twelve stars of the European cinema we had to say goodbye to in 2017. Thank you for your films which will live forever.27 January: Emmanuelle Riva...
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Happy New Year!
All the best for 2018! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, as we say in Dutch.Our Gang. Dutch postcard. Photo: a publicity shot of the Little Rascals a.k.a. Our Gang with Dickie Moore in the middle. Caption: "Gelukkig...
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Jana Brejchová
Alluring Czech film actress Jana Brejchová (1940) appeared in more than 70 films since her debut in 1953 at the age of 13. The beautiful blonde actress was married to director Miloš Forman. She worked...
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Marianne Simson
German dancer and film actress Marianne Simson (1920-1992) appeared in 18 films between 1935 and 1945. Her film career took off during WW II. The sporty, beautiful blonde was cast in both musicals,...
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Monika Vogelsang (1920)
Henny Porten and the young and handsome Paul Hartmann were the stars of the Messter film drama Monika Vogelsang (Rudolf Biebrach, 1920).German collectors card by Ross Verlag in the series Vom Werden...
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J. Beagles & Co
The London-based publisher J. Beagles & Co. specialised in real photo postcards. The term recognises a distinction between the real photo process and the lithographic or offset printing processes...
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Michael Redgrave
Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985) started his film career starring in the Hitchcock classic The lady Vanishes (1938). The English stage and film actor went on to star in many British and some Hollywood...
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Hans Söhnker
Hans Söhnker (1903-1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1933 and 1980. The understatement and elegance of his acting was reminiscent of American film stars and made him an...
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France Gall
French singer France Gall has died at the age of 70 after suffering from cancer for two years. She rocketed to fame in the 1960s as a naive young singer performing songs written by Serge Gainsbourg. In...
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Peggy Cummins (1925-2017)
On 29 December, blonde and beautiful Irish actress Peggy Cummins passed away. She was unforgettable in the Film Noir classic Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950) as the trigger-happy femme fatale who robs...
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Roland Varno
Dutch-born actor Roland Varno (1908-1996) is best known for his role as one of the schoolboys in the German classic Der blaue Engel/The Blue Angel (1930). Varno appeared in several German and Dutch...
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Der Ring der Giuditta Foscari (1917)
German film diva Erna Morena starred in the silent drama Der Ring der Giuditta Foscari/The Ring of Giuditta Foscari (Alfred Halm, 1917), produced by Paul Davidson for Projektions-AG 'Union' (PAGU) in...
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