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  • German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 1886/1, 1927-1928. Photo: Clarence Sinclair Bull / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for Love (Clarence Brown, 1927). American actor, screenwriter and director John Gilbert (1899-1936) rose to fame during the silent film era and became a popular leading man known as ‘The Great Lover’. Swedish Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was one of…

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  • Belgian postcard in de ‘De 50 mooiste vrouwen van de eeuw’ (The 50 most beautiful women of the century) series by P magazine, no. 36. Photo: Sygma / VPM. American actress Raquel Welch (1940) is one of the icons of the 1960s and 1970s. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966).…

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  • French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 879. Photo: Teddy Piaz, Paris. Some Hollywood stars were much more popular in Europe than at home. A fabulous example is sweet Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), one of Hollywood’s original platinum blonde bombshells. Although most of her American films did not do much at the European box offices, Jayne…

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  • French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 879. Photo: Teddy Piaz, Paris. Some Hollywood stars were much more popular in Europe than at home. A fabulous example is sweet Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), one of Hollywood’s original platinum blonde bombshells. Although most of her American films did not do much at the European box offices, Jayne…

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  • French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 879. Photo: Teddy Piaz, Paris. Some Hollywood stars were much more popular in Europe than at home. A fabulous example is sweet Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), one of Hollywood’s original platinum blonde bombshells. Although most of her American films did not do much at the European box offices, Jayne…

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  • French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 879. Photo: Teddy Piaz, Paris. Some Hollywood stars were much more popular in Europe than at home. A fabulous example is sweet Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), one of Hollywood’s original platinum blonde bombshells. Although most of her American films did not do much at the European box offices, Jayne…

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  • French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 879. Photo: Teddy Piaz, Paris. Some Hollywood stars were much more popular in Europe than at home. A fabulous example is sweet Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), one of Hollywood’s original platinum blonde bombshells. Although most of her American films did not do much at the European box offices, Jayne…

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt