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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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  • French postcard, no. 437. Photo: 20th Century Fox. Beloved Hollywood star Tyrone Power (1914-1958) may have been all-American, but he sure loved European ladies. He was married to both French Annabella and half-Dutch Linda Christian. For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog European Film Star Postcards. via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2azd6VV

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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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  • German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 2496. Photo: Columbia Pictures. Publicity still for The Eddy Duchin Story (George Sidney, 1956). Beloved Hollywood star Tyrone Power (1914-1958) may have been all-American, but he sure loved European ladies. He was married to both French Annabella and half-Dutch Linda Christian. For more postcards, a bio and clips…

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  • German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 2496. Photo: Columbia Pictures. Publicity still for The Eddy Duchin Story (George Sidney, 1956). Beloved Hollywood star Tyrone Power (1914-1958) may have been all-American, but he sure loved European ladies. He was married to both French Annabella and half-Dutch Linda Christian. For more postcards, a bio and clips…

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  • German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 2496. Photo: Columbia Pictures. Publicity still for The Eddy Duchin Story (George Sidney, 1956). Beloved Hollywood star Tyrone Power (1914-1958) may have been all-American, but he sure loved European ladies. He was married to both French Annabella and half-Dutch Linda Christian. For more postcards, a bio and clips…

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  • German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 2496. Photo: Columbia Pictures. Publicity still for The Eddy Duchin Story (George Sidney, 1956). Beloved Hollywood star Tyrone Power (1914-1958) may have been all-American, but he sure loved European ladies. He was married to both French Annabella and half-Dutch Linda Christian. For more postcards, a bio and clips…

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  • German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 2496. Photo: Columbia Pictures. Publicity still for The Eddy Duchin Story (George Sidney, 1956). Beloved Hollywood star Tyrone Power (1914-1958) may have been all-American, but he sure loved European ladies. He was married to both French Annabella and half-Dutch Linda Christian. For more postcards, a bio and clips…

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  • Czech postcard by Pressfoto, Praha (Prague). Photo: publicity still for Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959). Collection: Carla Bosch. By 1953, Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars, with leading roles in three films: the noir Niagara, which focused on her sex appeal, and the comedies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and…

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  • Czech postcard by Pressfoto, Praha (Prague). Photo: publicity still for Vie privée/A Very Private Affair (Louis Malle, 1962). Collection: Carla Bosch. Carla: And now Brigitte Bardotova in ”Soukromy Zivot” or “Vie Privée”, released in 1961. Brigitte Bardot plays a girl who lives in Switzerland with her widowed mother. She is infatuated with Marcello Mastroianni who…

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt