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Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna, no. 2094. Photo: United Artists. Publicity still for The Son of the Sheik (George Fitzmaurice, 1926). Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) was Hollywood’s ultimate ‘Latin Lover’. The Italian-born American actor starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), The Sheik (1922), Blood and Sand (1922), The…
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Italian postcard by Rotalcolor, Milano, no. 124. American actress Ava Gardner (1922-1990) was signed to a contract by MGM in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became one of Hollywood’s leading stars and was considered one of the most beautiful women of…
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French postcard by Editions Hazan, Paris, 1991, no. 6251. Photo: publicity still for Le cave se rebiffe/Money Money Money (Gilles Grangier, 1961). Stocky, balding Bernard Blier (1916-1989) was one of France’s most versatile and sought-after character actors. His complete filmography includes 138 titles, both comedies and dramas, in France and in Italy. French actor and…
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French postcard, no. 1. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for On the Town (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1949). Blonde, slim Vera-Ellen (1921-1981) was one of the most vivacious and vibrant musical film talents to glide through Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. Whether performing solo or dueting with the best male partners of her generation, including…
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British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. W 531. Photo: 20th Century Fox. Hunky American leading man Victor Mature (1913-1999) starred in Biblical epics like Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Robe (1953), and was known for his dark good looks and mega-watt smile. He also appeared in the classics One Million B.C. (1940),…
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Dutch postcard by Van Leer’s Fotodrukindustrie N.V., Amsterdam, no. 251. Photo: Warner Bros. American actress and dancer Virginia Mayo (1920-2005) is best known for her series of film comedies with Danny Kaye, including Wonder Man (H. Bruce Humberstone, 1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (Norman Z. McLeod, 1946), and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Norman…
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British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. W. 350. Photo: David O’Selznick Production / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939). Extraordinarily beautiful British actress Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) won two Academy Awards for playing ‘Southern belles’: Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar…
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German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 961. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cyd Charisse (1921-2008) was born to be a dancer. She became one of the top female dancers in the golden era of the musical. Her films include Singin’ in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Brigadoon (1954) and Silk Stockings (1957). She…
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German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 190. Photo: Keystone. ‘Hollywood’s Mermaid’, Esther Williams (1921-2013), swam her way through more than a dozen splashy MGM musicals in the 1940s and early 1950s. While smiling at the camera, she was able to do a combination of crawl, breast and backstroke, and was forever blowing…
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