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German postcard by Ross Verlag, Foreign, no. 1485/2, 1927-1928. Photo: Paramount / Parufamet. American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) is best known for his silent comedies. He ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the three most popular and influential comedians of the silent film. Between…
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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3100/2, 1928-1929. Photo: United Artists. Mary Pickford (1892-1972) was a legendary silent film actress and was known as ‘America’s sweetheart.’ She was a founder of United Artists and helped establish the Academy. Mary Pickford was born Gladys Mary Smith in 1892, in Toronto, Canada. She was the sister of…
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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 1535/2, 1927-1928. Distributed in Italy by Casa Editrice Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze. 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…
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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1268/2, 1937-1938. Photo: Paramount. Publicity still for I Met Him in Paris (Wesley Ruggles, 1937). With her round apple-face, big eyes and charm, French-born Hollywood star Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) was the epitome of chic sophistication. Her comedies It Happened One Night (1934) – for which she won the…
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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 1917/2, 1927-1928. Photo: United Artists. Publicity still for Resurrection (Edwin Carewe, 1927). Rod La Rocque (1898–1969) was an American film actor between the 1910s and the 1930s. Mexican and American actress Dolores del Río (1905–1983) was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s, and one of the most…
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