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Vintage Austrian film programme. Illustrierter Film-Kurier, No. 948. Joseph Schmidt in the Austrian musical film Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (Max Neufeld, 1934), also with Evi Panzner.

Joseph Schmidt (4 March 1904 – 16 November 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian and Romanian Jewish tenor. From 1929 he became a popular radio tenor, made numerous records and acted in various early sound films. He fled Germany after the Nazi takeover of power, but remained a popular star in Europe, especially in the Netherlands, where his song Ik hou van Holland became a hit. In 1938 he fled Austria after the Anschluss. In 1940 he fled to France, but when in 1942 he was threatened with arrest, he illegally crossed the border to Switzerland. Here, because of ill treatment at a Zürich hospital, he died on 16 November 1942.

Vintage Austrian film programme. Illustrierter Film-Kurier, No. 805. Giacomo Lauri Volpi in the film musical Märchen von Venedig/ Das Lied der Sonne/ La canzone del sole (Max Neufeld, 1934), also with Lilliane Dietz.

Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (11 December 1892 – 17 March 1979) was an Italian tenor with a lyric voice of exceptional range and technical facility.

Vintage Austrian film programme. Illustrierter Film-Kurier, No. 544. Magda Schneider in the German film Glück über Nacht (Max Neufeld, 1932), also with Hermann Thimig and S.Z. Szakall (Cuddles).

German singer and actress Magda Schneider (1909-1996) is best known as the mother of film star Romy Schneider, but in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s she starred in some 40 films. First, she appeared on the screen as a charming Wiener Mädel (Viennese girl) and after the war, she often played the understanding mother or aunt.

Vintage Austrian film programme. Illustrierter Film-Kurier, No. 792. Camilla Horn and Gustav Fröhlich in the German film Rund um eine Million (Max Neufeld, 1933).

Ethereally blonde Camilla Horn (1903-1996) was a German dancer and film star. Her breakthrough role was Gretchen in the silent film classic Faust (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1926). She also starred in some Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions.

Smart German actor Gustav Fröhlich (1902-1987) played Freder Fredersen in the classic Metropolis (1927) and became a popular star in light comedies. After the war, he tried to escape from the standard roles of a charming gentleman with the part of a doomed painter in Die Sünderin/The Sinner (1951), but the effort went down in a scandal.

Vintage Austrian film programme. Illustrierter Film-Kurier, No. 374. Hermann Thimig in the German film Ein bißchen Liebe für Dich (Austrian title: Geschäft mit Amerika) (Max Neufeld, 1932), also with Magda Schneider, Lee Parry and Georg Alexander.

Austrian director and stage and film actor Hermann Thimig (1890-1982) made 99 films during six decades.

Vintage Austrian film programme. Illustrierter Film-Kurier, No. 749. Franziska Gaal in the Austrian romantic musical film Csibi, der Fratz (Max Neufeld, 1934).

Popular Hungarian cabaret artist and theatrical actress Franziska Gaál (1904-1973) starred in several European films of the 1920s and 1930s. Later she went to Hollywood to act in Cecil B. DeMille's The Buccaneer (1938) and other films.

Vintage Italian postcard, late 1930s/ early 1940s. ASER (A. Scarmiglia Editori, Roma), Nr. 74. Scalera. Photo by Pesce, Rome. Possibly a card for the period piece La compagnia della teppa (Corrado D'Errico, Scalera 1941), set in Napoleonic times.

Clelia Matania (1918–1981) was an Italian film and voice actress. Born in London from Neapolitan parents - her father was the painter and illustrator Fortunino Matania - she did drama school in London and started to act in her first films by the mid-1930s. When the family moved back to Italy around 1937, she started a rich career in Italian cinema in the late 1930s and the war years, starting with Partire/Departure (Amleto Palermi, 1938) with Vittorio De Sica. Several films with Palermi followed. In 1939 she had her first lead in Father for a Night/ Papà per una notte by Mario Bonnard and starring Sergio Tofano. She would often act with the De Filippo's, such as A che servono questi quattrini? (1942) and After Casanova's Fashion (/ Casanova farebbe così! (1942) , and with Totò, such as Romulus and the Sabines/ Il ratto delle sabine, Sette ore di guai (1951), Totò e le donne (1952), and L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù (1953). In the postwar era, Matania, now often acting as mother of one of the leading characters, had also major parts in Farewell, My Beautiful Naples/Addio, mia bella Napoli! (1946), Eleven Men and a Ball/ 11 uomini e un pallone (1948), La bisarca (1950), Stasera sciopero (1951), Luigi Zampa's Easy Years/ Anni facili (1953), etc. In later years she acted in Italo-American films (The Seven Hills of Rome, 1957; Anna of Brooklyn, 1958) and Italo-French and Italo-British coproductions filmed in Italy. She was also active as voice actress. An important late supporting part she had in the thriller Don't Look Now (Nichoals Roeg 1973) with Donald Sutherland.

Vintage Italian postcard, late 1930s/ early 1940s. ASER (A. Scarmiglia Editori, Roma), Nr. 045. EIAR. Photo by Palleschi.

Velleda Tranquilli (?-?) was an Italian vaudeville singer, who in the early 1940s also performed at the EIAR radio, precursor of the RAI.

Vintage Italian postcard, late 1930s/ early 1940s. ASER (A. Scarmiglia Editori, Roma), Nr. 013. EIAR. Photo by Dinami & Malandrini.

Little is known about Clara Sonia. In the early 1940s she was a vaudeville singer in Italy, who also sang on the radio.

Vintage Italian postcard, late 1930s/ early 1940s. ASER (A. Scarmiglia Editori, Roma), Nr. 115. Photo by Venturini, Rome. The card may refer to Belli's debut in Amore imperiale (1941), which evolves during the 18th century Russian Empire.

Franca Belli (1918-2012), originally Franca Phelan, was an Italian film actress, who acted in three films in the 1940s. Belli, born in Catania, Sicily on 2 May 1918, married set designer Boris Bilinsky in Florence in 1936. They had a daughter Valeria (1939-1996). After Bilinsky's death in 1948, Belli and her daughter moved first to Spain and in 1953 to France. Belli died on 6 June 2012, in Melun, France due to Alzheimer's disease.

Belli debuted on screen in 1941 in a supporting part in Amore imperiale by Alexander Volkoff, starring Luisa Ferida and Claudio Gora. In 1943 she had another supporting part in La storia di una capinera by Gennaro Righelli, with Marina Berti and again Gora in the leads. After the war, she acted in 1948 as Vittorio De SIca's wife in the war drama Lo sconosciuto di San Marino by Michal Waszynski.

Vintage French postcard. Vaudeville. Photo by Reutlinger, Paris. S.I.P., 197/11. The card mentions this is Réjane in Le Joug, yet the woman depicted doesn't look a lot like Réjane. Le Joug by Albert Guinon and Jane Marny was first performed on 28 November 1902 at the Théâtre du Vaudeville (Paris).

Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920) was a successful French stage actress and early silent film actress. She is most famous for her role of Catherine, in Sardou's play Madame Sans-Gene (1893), which she filmed twice.

Vintage French postcard. Card mailed to Oran, 1907, but the photo may be older, rather 1890s. Réjane in leg of mutton sleeves.

Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920) was a successful French stage actress and early silent film actress. She is most famous for her role of Catherine, in Sardou's play Madame Sans-Gene (1893), which she filmed twice.

Vintage postcard, probably German by C.B.N.St., series 17-6 Dess., no. 7773. Mailed in Lillebonne, France, 25-4-1905.

Gertie Millar, born Gertrude Millar, married name Gertrude Ward, Countess of Dudley (Manningham, 21 February 1879 - Chiddingfold, 25 April 1952), was an English actress and singer, who peaked on the British stage in the 1900s.

Vintage British postcard. Empire Series, London, No. 28. Printed in Berlin.

Gertie Millar, born Gertrude Millar, married name Gertrude Ward, Countess of Dudley (Manningham, 21 February 1879 - Chiddingfold, 25 April 1952), was an English actress and singer, who peaked on the British stage in the 1900s.

Vintage French postcard. Card 11 (of 12). Stage play Sémiramis by Joseph Peladan, starring Segond-Weber, Act 1, Semiramis with the banner of her legions. Photo-ed. Charles Bernheim, Nimes.

Vintage French postcard. Ed. le Deley, Paris. Réjane as the laundress Catherine in Victorien Sardou's stage play Madame Sans-Gêne (1893), originally first staged at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, but here performed at the Théâtre Moncey. On this card, probably also Adolphe Candé as Lefebvre, a part he also played in the original play of 1893.

Vintage French postcard. Photo collage. The cards suggests all the famous actors and actress of the 1900s are listening to Sarah Bernhardt performing. The reality might have been different. Inserted in the collage are e.g. Gabrielle Réjane (in Mme Sans-Gêne), Albert Lambert fils, Mounet-Sully, Georges Wague, Madeleine Roch, Marthe Regnier, and Eugénie Segond Weber. F.C. & Cie, 1.

French vedette Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) has been referred to as 'the most famous actress in the history of the world'. She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress, earning her the nickname 'The Divine Sarah'. Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of Europe in the 1870s and was soon high in demand in both Americas too. And she was one of the first film stars. What a woman!

Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920) was a successful French stage actress and early silent film actress. She is most famous for her role of Catherine, in Sardou's play Madame Sans-Gene (1893), which she filmed twice.

Vintage French postcard. A.N., Paris, No. 42. Photo by Reutlinger, Paris. Ca. 1910s.

Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920) was a successful French stage actress and early silent film actress. She is most famous for her role of Catherine, in Sardou's play Madame Sans-Gene (1893), which she filmed twice.

Vintage French postcard. A.L. B. 146.

Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920) was a successful French stage actress and early silent film actress. She is most famous for her role of Catherine, in Sardou's play Madame Sans-Gene (1893), which she filmed twice.

Vintage French postcard. Raphael Tuck & Fils, Editeurs, Paris, Series 200. Réjane in her dressing-room. The colorosing and the serial number remind of our cards for Réjane's play Madame Sans-Gêne (1893).

Gabrielle Réjane (1856-1920) was a successful French stage actress and early silent film actress. She is most famous for her role of Catherine, in Sardou's play Madame Sans-Gene (1893), which she filmed twice.