http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/tags/coat/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:21:46 -0700 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:21:46 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2341/buddyicons/10655856@N04.jpg?1222588150#10655856@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/tags/coat/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8575007473/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8575007473/" title="Mady Christians &amp; Willy Fritsch in Ein Walzertraum"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8575007473_1e583dde49_m.jpg" width="240" height="152" alt="Mady Christians &amp; Willy Fritsch in Ein Walzertraum" /></a></p> <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 48/1. Mady Christians and Willy Fritsch in the Ufa-film <i>Ein Walzertraum</i> (1925, Ludwig Berger).<br /> <br /> Austrian-born stage actress <b>Mady Christians</b> (1892-1951) was a star of the German silent cinema and appeared in Austrian, French, British and Hollywood films too. See also <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2011/02/mady-christians.html" rel="nofollow">filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2011/02/mady-christians.html</a> <br /> <b>Willy Fritsch</b> (1901-1973 ) was the immensely popular ‘Sunny Boy’ of the Ufa operettas of the late 1920s, 1930's and 1940's.</p> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:21:46 -0700 2012-02-25T20:57:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8575007473 Mady Christians & Willy Fritsch in Ein Walzertraum <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 48/1. Mady Christians and Willy Fritsch in the Ufa-film <i>Ein Walzertraum</i> (1925, Ludwig Berger).<br /> <br /> Austrian-born stage actress <b>Mady Christians</b> (1892-1951) was a star of the German silent cinema and appeared in Austrian, French, British and Hollywood films too. See also <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2011/02/mady-christians.html" rel="nofollow">filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2011/02/mady-christians.html</a> <br /> <b>Willy Fritsch</b> (1901-1973 ) was the immensely popular ‘Sunny Boy’ of the Ufa operettas of the late 1920s, 1930's and 1940's.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema film hat fashion sepia vintage germany deutschland star austria weimar uniform comedy silent postcard coat ballon balloon tie screen romance hut drinks german actress movies actor mode christians willy mady deutsch austrian fritsch mantel ufa filmstar operetta schauspieler schauspielerin darsteller willyfritsch darstellerin madychristians ludwigberger einwalzertraum http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8496018262/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8496018262/" title="Claire Rommer"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8496018262_94fc29d41f_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="Claire Rommer" /></a></p> <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4383/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Atelier Bieber. <br /> <br /> Elegant German actress <b>Claire Rommer</b> (1904 - 1996) appeared in about 50 German film productions during the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. Her successful career suddenly ended with the seizure of power by the Nazis.<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a> or follow us at <a href="http://bobspostcards.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Tumblr</a>.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:08:32 -0800 2012-12-01T21:54:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8496018262 Claire Rommer <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4383/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Atelier Bieber. <br /> <br /> Elegant German actress <b>Claire Rommer</b> (1904 - 1996) appeared in about 50 German film productions during the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. Her successful career suddenly ended with the seizure of power by the Nazis.<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a> or follow us at <a href="http://bobspostcards.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Tumblr</a>.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema film girl fashion sepia vintage germany movie star ross claire glamour kino european silent dress postcard coat picture cine screen german sound actress movies colored collar mode coloured sleeve postale cartolina carte allure atelier postkarte bieber filmstar ansichtskarte schauspielerin ansichtkaart postkaart briefkaart rommer darstellerin clairerommer briefkarte stummfim http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8496018106/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8496018106/" title="Claire Rommer"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8378/8496018106_f2644144da_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="Claire Rommer" /></a></p> <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4016/2, 1929-1930. Photo Alex Binder, Berlin. <br /> <br /> Elegant German actress <b>Claire Rommer</b> (1904 - 1996) appeared in about 50 German film productions during the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. Her successful career suddenly ended with the seizure of power by the Nazis.<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a> or follow us at <a href="http://bobspostcards.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Tumblr</a>.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:08:33 -0800 2012-01-03T20:44:58-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8496018106 Claire Rommer <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4016/2, 1929-1930. Photo Alex Binder, Berlin. <br /> <br /> Elegant German actress <b>Claire Rommer</b> (1904 - 1996) appeared in about 50 German film productions during the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. Her successful career suddenly ended with the seizure of power by the Nazis.<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a> or follow us at <a href="http://bobspostcards.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Tumblr</a>.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema film girl fashion sepia vintage germany fur star ross claire glamour silent postcard coat screen german actress movies deutsch elegance filmstar schauspielerin rommer darstellerin clairerommer alexbinder http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8436474962/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8436474962/" title="Paul Heidemann"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8353/8436474962_31488c6799_m.jpg" width="151" height="240" alt="Paul Heidemann" /></a></p> <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4181/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Alex Binder, Berlin. <br /> <br /> <b>Paul Heidemann</b> (1884-1968) was a German stage and screen actor, film director and film producer. He was famous for his comical parts.</p> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:16:13 -0800 2012-05-07T22:21:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8436474962 Paul Heidemann <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4181/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Alex Binder, Berlin. <br /> <br /> <b>Paul Heidemann</b> (1884-1968) was a German stage and screen actor, film director and film producer. He was famous for his comical parts.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema film hat sepia vintage germany paul star ross 1930s theater silent theatre stage postcard coat screen german sound movies actor shawl elegant deutsch overcoat filmstar borsalino operetta schauspieler heidemann darsteller alexbinder paulheidemann http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8322882906/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8322882906/" title="Maurice Escande"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8322882906_0d4e51c6be_m.jpg" width="158" height="240" alt="Maurice Escande" /></a></p> <p>French postcard. Collection Chantal, Paris, no. 88.<br /> <br /> <b>Maurice Escande</b> (1892-1973) was one of the main actors and directors of the French Comédie-Française. He also knew an intense career as film actor, in the silent era, but in particular in French sound cinema between the 1930s and 1950s. <br /> <br /> Maurice René Escande was born in Paris, 14 November 1892. As the son of a diplomat, he spent a large part of his youth in the Far-East before returning to France and pursuing his studies at the Lycée Saint-Louis, even if he was less than passionate about school. During his adolescence he saw a stage play at the Théâtre de l’Odéon and decided to become stage actor. He followed courses by Denis d’Inès and had his modest debut at the Théâtre des Arts in The Brothers Karamazoff, with Jacques Copeau, Charles Dullin and Louis Jouvet. Afterwards he applied for the Conservatoire and won a first prize for comedy and second prize for tragedy in July 1912. While a pupil of the class of Raphaël Duflos, he interrupted his studies to leave for the military front during the First World War. After being demobilised he played at the Odéon, under direction of Paul Gavault, and continued his studies at the Conservatoire where he finished with a first prize in 1918. He immediately joined the Comédie-Française and had his debut there as Hippolyte in the classic play Phèdre by Racine, with Paul Mounet and Madeleine Roch. After playing some 90 parts, he refused to become sociétaire and left the Comédie in 1925 for the boulevard theatre. On demand of actress Cécile Sorel, he returned in 1934 and accepted to become sociétaire until 1956, with an interval between 1946 and 1948. All in all Escande played 178 roles at the Comédie française, between 1918 and 1959, plus some 16 roles elsewhere. From the late 1930s on, he also directed several plays at the Comédie and elsewhere, mostly the classic repertory of Racine, Corneille and Marivaux. After being promoted to doyen, Escande took the reins of the Comédie-Française in 1960, when it was in full crisis. After ten years of administration, he appeased the tensions and opened up the repertory to authors like Ionesco, Audiberti and Shéhadé, and the younger generation (Bourseiller, Serreau). Subsequently he became Administrateur Générale Honoraire until the end of his life. Escande’s lessons formed famous future actors such as Georges Marchal, Marthe Mercadier, Dany Robin, Micheline Boudet, Jacques Charon, Claude Piéplu and Michel Bouquet. <br /> <br /> Already in the late 1910s, Maurice Escande debuted in cinema, playing the jeune premier in films such as Un vol étrange (Henri Desfontaines 1917) with Andrée Pascal, and Simone (Camille de Morlhon 1918) with Simone Genevois. Already in his third film, the serial L’Essor (Charles Burguet 1921), he played a lead as Max, the boyfriend of Suzanne (Suzanne Grandais). He is kidnapped by a baron who desires Suzanne, but the courageous woman sets out to find her lost love. During filming in the summer of 1920, Grandais and the cameraman were killed in a car accident, which forced Burguet to change the story. Escande continued to act in silent cinema in such films as Mademoiselle la Seiglière (André Antoine 1921), the Daudet adaptation Fromont jeune et Risler ainé (Henry Krauss 1921) in which Escande played Fromont jeune opposite Jean Angelo, La ferme du choquart (Jean Kemm 1922) with Mary Marquet as an evil, scheming innkeeper’s daughter, who commits adultery with a marquis (Escande), the First World War drama Les deux soldats (Jean Hervé 1923) with Germaine Rouer, and the Zola adaptation Nantas (1925) starring and directed by Donatien. After Nantas, Escande quitted acting in film, until sound cinema was well established in France. <br /> <br /> Because of his aristocratic presence and his perfect diction, Escande was the perfect actor for filmic adaptations of stage plays by Yves Mirande, Marcel Pagnol and Sacha Guitry. Escande also excelled in his performances of historical characters such as the Duke of Buckingham in Les trois mousquetaires (1932 first part, 1933 second part) by Henri Diamant-Berger, Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandia in Lucrèce Borgia (1935) by Abel Gance, the lord of the village in La Marseillaise (1937) by Jean Renoir, General von Neipperg in Madame Sans-Gêne (1941) by Roger Richebé, Louis XIV in Échec au roy (Jean-Paul Paulin 1945), the Prince de Condé in Le capitan (1946) by Robert Vernay, Cardinal de Rohan in L’affaire du collier de la reine (1945) by Marcel L’Herbier, Metternich in Le diable boiteux (Sacha Guitry 1948) and Louis XV in Napoléon (1954) by again Guitry. Escande acted in over 50 features and though never with top billing, he still proved to be a precious counterpart to actresses such as Marie Bell, Arletty, Danielle Darrieux, Elvire Popesco, Viviane Romance, Odette Joyeux, Michèle Morgan, Micheline Presle and Brigitte Bardot. In 1966 Escande played himself, that is the Chair of the Jury of the Comédie-Française, in the wartime comedy Martin Soldat (Michel Deville 1966). His last part was that of a director in Claude Berri’s autobiographical Le Cinéma de papa (1970).<br /> <br /> Maurice Escande was homosexual. For some months in 1921-1922 he was married to the great tragedy actress Mary Marquet. They would continue to act together long after their separation and remained close friends, but Escande never remarried and preferred the company of men. After a shining career on the French stage, Escande died of a cancer in Paris on 10 February 1973. He lies buried in the cemetery of Montrouge (region of Paris).<br /> <br /> Sources: Pascal Donald for Ciné-Artistes, IMDB, Bibliothèque du Film, French and English Wikipedia.</p> Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:23:19 -0800 2012-02-25T12:32:47-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8322882906 Maurice Escande <p>French postcard. Collection Chantal, Paris, no. 88.<br /> <br /> <b>Maurice Escande</b> (1892-1973) was one of the main actors and directors of the French Comédie-Française. He also knew an intense career as film actor, in the silent era, but in particular in French sound cinema between the 1930s and 1950s. <br /> <br /> Maurice René Escande was born in Paris, 14 November 1892. As the son of a diplomat, he spent a large part of his youth in the Far-East before returning to France and pursuing his studies at the Lycée Saint-Louis, even if he was less than passionate about school. During his adolescence he saw a stage play at the Théâtre de l’Odéon and decided to become stage actor. He followed courses by Denis d’Inès and had his modest debut at the Théâtre des Arts in The Brothers Karamazoff, with Jacques Copeau, Charles Dullin and Louis Jouvet. Afterwards he applied for the Conservatoire and won a first prize for comedy and second prize for tragedy in July 1912. While a pupil of the class of Raphaël Duflos, he interrupted his studies to leave for the military front during the First World War. After being demobilised he played at the Odéon, under direction of Paul Gavault, and continued his studies at the Conservatoire where he finished with a first prize in 1918. He immediately joined the Comédie-Française and had his debut there as Hippolyte in the classic play Phèdre by Racine, with Paul Mounet and Madeleine Roch. After playing some 90 parts, he refused to become sociétaire and left the Comédie in 1925 for the boulevard theatre. On demand of actress Cécile Sorel, he returned in 1934 and accepted to become sociétaire until 1956, with an interval between 1946 and 1948. All in all Escande played 178 roles at the Comédie française, between 1918 and 1959, plus some 16 roles elsewhere. From the late 1930s on, he also directed several plays at the Comédie and elsewhere, mostly the classic repertory of Racine, Corneille and Marivaux. After being promoted to doyen, Escande took the reins of the Comédie-Française in 1960, when it was in full crisis. After ten years of administration, he appeased the tensions and opened up the repertory to authors like Ionesco, Audiberti and Shéhadé, and the younger generation (Bourseiller, Serreau). Subsequently he became Administrateur Générale Honoraire until the end of his life. Escande’s lessons formed famous future actors such as Georges Marchal, Marthe Mercadier, Dany Robin, Micheline Boudet, Jacques Charon, Claude Piéplu and Michel Bouquet. <br /> <br /> Already in the late 1910s, Maurice Escande debuted in cinema, playing the jeune premier in films such as Un vol étrange (Henri Desfontaines 1917) with Andrée Pascal, and Simone (Camille de Morlhon 1918) with Simone Genevois. Already in his third film, the serial L’Essor (Charles Burguet 1921), he played a lead as Max, the boyfriend of Suzanne (Suzanne Grandais). He is kidnapped by a baron who desires Suzanne, but the courageous woman sets out to find her lost love. During filming in the summer of 1920, Grandais and the cameraman were killed in a car accident, which forced Burguet to change the story. Escande continued to act in silent cinema in such films as Mademoiselle la Seiglière (André Antoine 1921), the Daudet adaptation Fromont jeune et Risler ainé (Henry Krauss 1921) in which Escande played Fromont jeune opposite Jean Angelo, La ferme du choquart (Jean Kemm 1922) with Mary Marquet as an evil, scheming innkeeper’s daughter, who commits adultery with a marquis (Escande), the First World War drama Les deux soldats (Jean Hervé 1923) with Germaine Rouer, and the Zola adaptation Nantas (1925) starring and directed by Donatien. After Nantas, Escande quitted acting in film, until sound cinema was well established in France. <br /> <br /> Because of his aristocratic presence and his perfect diction, Escande was the perfect actor for filmic adaptations of stage plays by Yves Mirande, Marcel Pagnol and Sacha Guitry. Escande also excelled in his performances of historical characters such as the Duke of Buckingham in Les trois mousquetaires (1932 first part, 1933 second part) by Henri Diamant-Berger, Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandia in Lucrèce Borgia (1935) by Abel Gance, the lord of the village in La Marseillaise (1937) by Jean Renoir, General von Neipperg in Madame Sans-Gêne (1941) by Roger Richebé, Louis XIV in Échec au roy (Jean-Paul Paulin 1945), the Prince de Condé in Le capitan (1946) by Robert Vernay, Cardinal de Rohan in L’affaire du collier de la reine (1945) by Marcel L’Herbier, Metternich in Le diable boiteux (Sacha Guitry 1948) and Louis XV in Napoléon (1954) by again Guitry. Escande acted in over 50 features and though never with top billing, he still proved to be a precious counterpart to actresses such as Marie Bell, Arletty, Danielle Darrieux, Elvire Popesco, Viviane Romance, Odette Joyeux, Michèle Morgan, Micheline Presle and Brigitte Bardot. In 1966 Escande played himself, that is the Chair of the Jury of the Comédie-Française, in the wartime comedy Martin Soldat (Michel Deville 1966). His last part was that of a director in Claude Berri’s autobiographical Le Cinéma de papa (1970).<br /> <br /> Maurice Escande was homosexual. For some months in 1921-1922 he was married to the great tragedy actress Mary Marquet. They would continue to act together long after their separation and remained close friends, but Escande never remarried and preferred the company of men. After a shining career on the French stage, Escande died of a cancer in Paris on 10 February 1973. He lies buried in the cemetery of Montrouge (region of Paris).<br /> <br /> Sources: Pascal Donald for Ciné-Artistes, IMDB, Bibliothèque du Film, French and English Wikipedia.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema france film hat vintage french star 1930s theater silent theatre maurice stage postcard coat tie 1940s 1950s sound movies actor 1960s elegant 1910s raincoat français chantal cinéma acteur sonore filmstar marcelpagnol borsalino comédiefrançaise muet mariebell donatien sachaguitry historicalfilm jeanangelo suzannegrandais escande pierrelarquey germainerouer mauriceescande jeankemm yvesmirande marymarquet henrykrauss charlesburguet http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8322883458/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8322883458/" title="Maurice Escande"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8322883458_f5b55bec4e_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="Maurice Escande" /></a></p> <p>French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 178. Photo: Star.<br /> <br /> <b>Maurice Escande</b> (1892-1973) was one of the main actors and directors of the Comédie-Française. He also knew an intense career as film actor, in the silent era, but in particular in French sound cinema between the 1930's and 1950's.</p> Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:23:17 -0800 2012-02-25T12:15:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8322883458 Maurice Escande <p>French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 178. Photo: Star.<br /> <br /> <b>Maurice Escande</b> (1892-1973) was one of the main actors and directors of the Comédie-Française. He also knew an intense career as film actor, in the silent era, but in particular in French sound cinema between the 1930's and 1950's.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! cinema france film hat vintage movie french star 1930s kino theater european theatre maurice stage postcard coat picture tie cine screen 1940s sound movies actor postal elegant collar français postale cartolina carte postkarte acteur filmstar ansichtskarte ansichtkaart filmster briefkaart tarjet briefkarte editionspi escande mauriceescande http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5734877194/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5734877194/" title="Roland Varno"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3224/5734877194_beebdd7f1e_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="Roland Varno" /></a></p> <p>German postcard. Ross Verlag 5802/1, ca. 1930-1931. This card could be for one of his MGM films of the early 1930s, such as As You Desire Me (George Fitzmaurice 1932), starring Greta Garbo.<br /> <br /> Dutch-born actor Roland Varno (1908-1996) is best known for his role as one of the schoolboys in Der blaue Engel. He appeared in several German and Dutch films of the early 1930’s and he also worked in Hollywood as a character actor, mainly in B-pictures. <br /> <br /> See also <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2008/06/roland-varno.html" rel="nofollow">filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2008/06/roland-varno.html</a>.</p> Wed, 18 May 2011 13:36:18 -0700 2011-01-05T22:00:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5734877194 Roland Varno <p>German postcard. Ross Verlag 5802/1, ca. 1930-1931. This card could be for one of his MGM films of the early 1930s, such as As You Desire Me (George Fitzmaurice 1932), starring Greta Garbo.<br /> <br /> Dutch-born actor Roland Varno (1908-1996) is best known for his role as one of the schoolboys in Der blaue Engel. He appeared in several German and Dutch films of the early 1930’s and he also worked in Hollywood as a character actor, mainly in B-pictures. <br /> <br /> See also <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2008/06/roland-varno.html" rel="nofollow">filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2008/06/roland-varno.html</a>.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! cinema film netherlands dutch hat vintage star 1930s postcard coat american hollywood movies actor shawl elegance rolandvarno rolantvarno http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5305966165/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5305966165/" title="Charles Vanel"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5086/5305966165_f13e397bf9_m.jpg" width="153" height="240" alt="Charles Vanel" /></a></p> <p>French postcard. Cliché Soulat-Boussus. Cinémagazine, 219.<br /> <br /> <b>Charles Vanel</b> (1892-1989) was a French actor and director. For 78 years he had a career in film and played in over 200 silent and sound films, in France and abroad. He is best remembered for his roles as the silent driver in <i>Le salaire de la peur</i> (Clouzot 1953), the retired chief commissioner in <i>Les diaboliques</i> (Clouzot 1955), and the ex-resistance fighter in <i>To Catch a Thief</i> (Hitchcock 1955), but he also played memorable parts in Italian films like those of Francesco Rosi (<i>Cadaveri eccellenti</i> 1976, <i>Tre fratelli</i> 1981).</p> Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:20:09 -0800 2010-11-23T23:48:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5305966165 Charles Vanel <p>French postcard. Cliché Soulat-Boussus. Cinémagazine, 219.<br /> <br /> <b>Charles Vanel</b> (1892-1989) was a French actor and director. For 78 years he had a career in film and played in over 200 silent and sound films, in France and abroad. He is best remembered for his roles as the silent driver in <i>Le salaire de la peur</i> (Clouzot 1953), the retired chief commissioner in <i>Les diaboliques</i> (Clouzot 1955), and the ex-resistance fighter in <i>To Catch a Thief</i> (Hitchcock 1955), but he also played memorable parts in Italian films like those of Francesco Rosi (<i>Cadaveri eccellenti</i> 1976, <i>Tre fratelli</i> 1981).</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema france male film hat sepia vintage french star silent postcard coat movies actor français trilby acteur vanel charlesvanel http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5167223485/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5167223485/" title="Rosa Porten"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4041/5167223485_801eca1c69_m.jpg" width="150" height="240" alt="Rosa Porten" /></a></p> <p>German postcard. Photo A. Binder, Berlin. Photochemie, Berlin, K 1592.<br /> <br /> <b>Rosa Porten</b> (1884-1972) was the lesser known sister of actress Henny Porten. Just like for her sister, Rosa Porten' s first film performance was in the early sound film Meissner Porzellan (1906). In contrast to Henny Porten, Rosa Porten was more active as screenwriter than as an actress. From 1910 she started this job with Das Liebesglück der Blinden, in which her sister Henny had her first part in a fiction film. In the 1910s Rosa Porten was extremely active as screenwriter for companies like Messter. Under the pseudonym of Dr. R. Portegg her husband Franz Eckstein and she wrote many scripts in the late 1910s and also directed these, for the Treumann-Larsen company. In some of these she played the female lead too, such as Die Wäscher-Resl (1916), Die Erzkokette (1917), Die Landpommeranze (1917), Die Augen der Schwester (1918), and Themis (1918). In other examples of these Treumann-Larsen productions like Das Opfer der Yella Rogesius (1917) and Wanda's Trick (1918), actress Wanda Treumann had the lead. Probably the last film the couple Eckstein-Porten directed together was Der nicht vom Weibe geborene (1918), in which Conrad Veidt played Satan. After the couple continued to collaborate, now for National-Film, but with Porten only scriptwriting and with Eckstein only directing. Examples are Lotte Lore (1921) and Hedda Gabler (1924), starring Asta Nielsen. Mid-1920s Eckstein and Porten stopped at National Film, but still did three more films: Das Mädchen aus der Fremde (1926/27), Fahrendes Volk (1927), and Die Heiratsfalle (1927). From 1931 to 1945 Rosa Porten lived in Pommern with Eckstein. Her husband died two months before the Russians and Poles invaded Pommern, forcing her to flee and ending up in Munich, where she wrote for newspapers, radio and cinema. Rosa Porten died in Munich in 1972. She had a small part in the 1950 Italo-German coproduction Land der Sehnsucht (Erich Engel/ Camillo Mastrocinque).<br /> Source: <a href="http://www.filmportal.de" rel="nofollow">www.filmportal.de</a></p> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:12:10 -0800 2010-11-03T21:25:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5167223485 Rosa Porten <p>German postcard. Photo A. Binder, Berlin. Photochemie, Berlin, K 1592.<br /> <br /> <b>Rosa Porten</b> (1884-1972) was the lesser known sister of actress Henny Porten. Just like for her sister, Rosa Porten' s first film performance was in the early sound film Meissner Porzellan (1906). In contrast to Henny Porten, Rosa Porten was more active as screenwriter than as an actress. From 1910 she started this job with Das Liebesglück der Blinden, in which her sister Henny had her first part in a fiction film. In the 1910s Rosa Porten was extremely active as screenwriter for companies like Messter. Under the pseudonym of Dr. R. Portegg her husband Franz Eckstein and she wrote many scripts in the late 1910s and also directed these, for the Treumann-Larsen company. In some of these she played the female lead too, such as Die Wäscher-Resl (1916), Die Erzkokette (1917), Die Landpommeranze (1917), Die Augen der Schwester (1918), and Themis (1918). In other examples of these Treumann-Larsen productions like Das Opfer der Yella Rogesius (1917) and Wanda's Trick (1918), actress Wanda Treumann had the lead. Probably the last film the couple Eckstein-Porten directed together was Der nicht vom Weibe geborene (1918), in which Conrad Veidt played Satan. After the couple continued to collaborate, now for National-Film, but with Porten only scriptwriting and with Eckstein only directing. Examples are Lotte Lore (1921) and Hedda Gabler (1924), starring Asta Nielsen. Mid-1920s Eckstein and Porten stopped at National Film, but still did three more films: Das Mädchen aus der Fremde (1926/27), Fahrendes Volk (1927), and Die Heiratsfalle (1927). From 1931 to 1945 Rosa Porten lived in Pommern with Eckstein. Her husband died two months before the Russians and Poles invaded Pommern, forcing her to flee and ending up in Munich, where she wrote for newspapers, radio and cinema. Rosa Porten died in Munich in 1972. She had a small part in the 1950 Italo-German coproduction Land der Sehnsucht (Erich Engel/ Camillo Mastrocinque).<br /> Source: <a href="http://www.filmportal.de" rel="nofollow">www.filmportal.de</a></p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s woman cinema berlin film alex hat fashion sepia female vintage pose germany silent cigarette postcard coat knot german actress movies 1910s director monocle confident porten binder screenwriter selfassured alexbinder hennyporten photochemie franzeckstein wandatreumann rosaporten http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5152827680/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5152827680/" title="Mia May"><img src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1256/5152827680_d4befbcd60_m.jpg" width="150" height="240" alt="Mia May" /></a></p> <p>German Postcard. May Film, photo Riess. Ross Verlag, nr. 450/6.<br /> <br /> <strong>Mia May</strong> (1884-1980) was one of the first divas of the German cinema. She starred in many films of her husband, producer, writer and director Joe May.<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a>.</p> Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:09:41 -0700 2010-11-03T20:58:16-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5152827680 Mia May <p>German Postcard. May Film, photo Riess. Ross Verlag, nr. 450/6.<br /> <br /> <strong>Mia May</strong> (1884-1980) was one of the first divas of the German cinema. She starred in many films of her husband, producer, writer and director Joe May.<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a>.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s woman cinema film leather sepia vintage germany silent boots postcard coat goggles may gloves german movies tough miamay http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/4444099138/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/4444099138/" title="Carl de Vogt"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2725/4444099138_46499e393a_m.jpg" width="152" height="240" alt="Carl de Vogt" /></a></p> <p>Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, nr. 9179.<br /> <br /> German actor <b>Carl de Vogt</b> (1885-1970) was a kind of Indiana Jones in the silent films of Fritz Lang. De Vogt was also a popular singer and made several records in the 1920's. <br /> <br /> Carl de Vogt started his career as a stage actor after attending a theatre school in Cologne. His earliest known film was Schwert und Herd (1916). In the following De Vogt became a popular star, in particular in adventure films. Well-known are his contributions to the films of Fritz Lang in which he was a kind of Indiana Jones avant la lettre: Halbblut (1919), Der Herr der Liebe (1919) and Die Spinnen (1920). He married actress Claire Lotto with whom he played together several times. Because of his successful performances he became a star in the early 1920s, in such films as Die Todeskarawane (1920), Die Schatzkammer im See (1921), Der Herr der Bestien (1921), Die Tigerin (1922), and Helena (1924). <br /> <br /> Next to acting De Vogt was a popular singer and made several records in the 1920s. His biggest hit was Der Fremdenlegionär. From the 1930s to the 1950s he continued to play in many films, but his real glory days were over and his parts got smaller and smaller. <br /> <br /> Source: <a href="http://www.cyranos.ch/smvogt-d.htm" rel="nofollow">www.cyranos.ch/smvogt-d.htm</a></p> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:33:23 -0700 2010-03-18T21:33:23-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4444099138 Carl de Vogt <p>Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, nr. 9179.<br /> <br /> German actor <b>Carl de Vogt</b> (1885-1970) was a kind of Indiana Jones in the silent films of Fritz Lang. De Vogt was also a popular singer and made several records in the 1920's. <br /> <br /> Carl de Vogt started his career as a stage actor after attending a theatre school in Cologne. His earliest known film was Schwert und Herd (1916). In the following De Vogt became a popular star, in particular in adventure films. Well-known are his contributions to the films of Fritz Lang in which he was a kind of Indiana Jones avant la lettre: Halbblut (1919), Der Herr der Liebe (1919) and Die Spinnen (1920). He married actress Claire Lotto with whom he played together several times. Because of his successful performances he became a star in the early 1920s, in such films as Die Todeskarawane (1920), Die Schatzkammer im See (1921), Der Herr der Bestien (1921), Die Tigerin (1922), and Helena (1924). <br /> <br /> Next to acting De Vogt was a popular singer and made several records in the 1920s. His biggest hit was Der Fremdenlegionär. From the 1930s to the 1950s he continued to play in many films, but his real glory days were over and his parts got smaller and smaller. <br /> <br /> Source: <a href="http://www.cyranos.ch/smvogt-d.htm" rel="nofollow">www.cyranos.ch/smvogt-d.htm</a></p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! cinema film sepia vintage germany movie star kino european silent guitar postcard coat picture tie cine screen german movies actor postal elegant collar postale cartolina carte postkarte filmstar stripedpants ansichtkaart filmster tarjet carldevogt http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8496121344/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8496121344/" title="Pierre Brasseur"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8085/8496121344_178d77a3ab_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="Pierre Brasseur" /></a></p> <p>Belgian postcard. Studio Cayet. P.E. (Photo Editions, Brussels, No. 99. Jo Cayet (1907-1987) was a famous Brussels based photographer.<br /> <br /> French actor <b>Pierre Brasseur</b> (1905 – 1972), who appeared in some 150 films and TV productions, was renowned for playing charming and flamboyant characters. He is best known as 19th century actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis/Children of Paradise (1945) and as Docteur Génessier in the horror film Les Yeux sans visage/Eyes Without a Face (1960). Brasseur was also a poet and playwright.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:52:21 -0800 2013-02-21T20:50:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8496121344 Pierre Brasseur <p>Belgian postcard. Studio Cayet. P.E. (Photo Editions, Brussels, No. 99. Jo Cayet (1907-1987) was a famous Brussels based photographer.<br /> <br /> French actor <b>Pierre Brasseur</b> (1905 – 1972), who appeared in some 150 films and TV productions, was renowned for playing charming and flamboyant characters. He is best known as 19th century actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis/Children of Paradise (1945) and as Docteur Génessier in the horror film Les Yeux sans visage/Eyes Without a Face (1960). Brasseur was also a poet and playwright.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! cinema france film smile vintage french star 1930s pierre postcard coat tie screen suit 1940s 1950s sound movies actor pe français cinéma herringbone acteur sonore filmstar brasseur pieddepoule pierrebrasseur cayet http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8226931243/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/8226931243/" title="Dina Galli"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8226931243_8d32636102_m.jpg" width="150" height="240" alt="Dina Galli" /></a></p> <p>Italian postcard. Photo Massaglia Torino. G. Ballerini &amp; Co., Firenze. No. 603/4.<br /> <br /> <b>Dina Galli</b> (1877-1951) was a classic Italian comedienne who also performed in Italian silent and sound cinema.</p> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:19:27 -0800 2012-11-24T22:35:47-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8226931243 Dina Galli <p>Italian postcard. Photo Massaglia Torino. G. Ballerini &amp; Co., Firenze. No. 603/4.<br /> <br /> <b>Dina Galli</b> (1877-1951) was a classic Italian comedienne who also performed in Italian silent and sound cinema.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s italy cinema film smile vintage fur star 1930s italian comedy theater silent theatre stage postcard coat screen sound actress dina movies galli italiana filmstar ballerini attrice cinemaitaliano dinagalli massaglia http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/6925733560/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/6925733560/" title="Anny Ondra"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6925733560_7db5acde91_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="Anny Ondra" /></a></p> <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4925/3, 1929-1930. Photo: Balzar, Praha.<br /> <br /> <b>Anny Ondra</b> (1903-1987) was a Polish-Czech-Austrian-German-French singer, film and stage actress. During the 1920’s and 1930’s she was a popular actress in Czech, Austrian and German comedies, and she was Alfred Hitchcock’s first ‘Blonde’, in The Manxman and Blackmail (both 1929).<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a>.</p> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:50:25 -0700 2012-03-01T19:59:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6925733560 Anny Ondra <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4925/3, 1929-1930. Photo: Balzar, Praha.<br /> <br /> <b>Anny Ondra</b> (1903-1987) was a Polish-Czech-Austrian-German-French singer, film and stage actress. During the 1920’s and 1930’s she was a popular actress in Czech, Austrian and German comedies, and she was Alfred Hitchcock’s first ‘Blonde’, in The Manxman and Blackmail (both 1929).<br /> <br /> For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog <a href="http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">European Film Star Postcards</a>.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema film hat fashion sepia vintage fur star 1930s pin silent czech postcard coat clip german sound actress movies british collar 1930 sleeves schauspielerin annyondra annasophieondrakova http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/6652148757/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/6652148757/" title="Margarete Schön"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6652148757_a36eeddb23_m.jpg" width="150" height="240" alt="Margarete Schön" /></a></p> <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 1922/1, 1927-1928. Photo: Atelier Ebert, Berlin. <br /> <br /> <b>Margarete Schön</b> (1895 – 1985) is best known for her role as Kriemhild, the beautiful but revengeful princess of Burgundy in Fritz Lang’s silent epic <i>Die Nibelungen</i> (1924). The career of this German stage and film actress spanned nearly fifty years.</p> Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:15:51 -0800 2012-01-07T12:15:39-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6652148757 Margarete Schön <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 1922/1, 1927-1928. Photo: Atelier Ebert, Berlin. <br /> <br /> <b>Margarete Schön</b> (1895 – 1985) is best known for her role as Kriemhild, the beautiful but revengeful princess of Burgundy in Fritz Lang’s silent epic <i>Die Nibelungen</i> (1924). The career of this German stage and film actress spanned nearly fifty years.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema film leather fashion sepia female vintage germany fur star weimar silent postcard coat german actress movies nibelungen fritzlang schauspielerin schön margarete margareteschön http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5818601629/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5818601629/" title="André Mattoni"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2749/5818601629_7812e21a89_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="André Mattoni" /></a></p> <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3745/1. Photo: Atelier Willinger, Berlin.<br /> <br /> <b>André Mattoni</b> (1900 - 1985) was an Austrian stage and film actor, performing mostly in German, Austrian and Italian cinema.</p> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:33:13 -0700 2011-05-08T21:11:18-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5818601629 André Mattoni <p>German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3745/1. Photo: Atelier Willinger, Berlin.<br /> <br /> <b>André Mattoni</b> (1900 - 1985) was an Austrian stage and film actor, performing mostly in German, Austrian and Italian cinema.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s italy cinema film hat sepia vintage germany movie star austria weimar italian kino theater european silent theatre stage postcard coat picture cine screen german movies actor postal deco andré postale cartolina carte austrian postkarte filmstar mattoni ansichtkaart filmster postkaart cinemaitaliano tarjet andrémattoni http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5234374442/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5234374442/" title="Carlo Aldini"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5246/5234374442_b182a7119c_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="Carlo Aldini" /></a></p> <p>Photo La Serenissima, Bologna. Ross Verlag, 1276/1.<br /> <br /> <b>Carlo Aldini</b> (1894-1961) was an athletic hero of the Italian and German silent cinema.</p> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:30:39 -0800 2010-12-05T12:41:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5234374442 Carlo Aldini <p>Photo La Serenissima, Bologna. Ross Verlag, 1276/1.<br /> <br /> <b>Carlo Aldini</b> (1894-1961) was an athletic hero of the Italian and German silent cinema.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s italy cinema film hat sepia vintage germany italian silent postcard coat german movies immigration italiano emigration attore aldini cinemaitaliano carloaldini http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5230608009/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/5230608009/" title="Léon Mathot"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5290/5230608009_c3cf7c33a4_m.jpg" width="152" height="240" alt="Léon Mathot" /></a></p> <p>French postcard. Photo Sartony. A.N., Paris, series Les Vedettes de Cinéma, nr. 96.<br /> <br /> <b>Léon Mathot</b> was a French actor and director, born 1886 in Roubaix and died 1968 in Paris. Mathot became well-known for his role of Edmond Dantès in the French serial Le comte de Monte Christo (1918), directed by Henri Pouctal. He is also known for his role in Coeur fidèle (1923) by Jean Epstein.<br /> <br /> After passing his youth in Liège, Belgium, and following the Conservatory there, Léon Mathot started to play on stage in Lyon, then Brussels and Paris. Thanks to his friend Lucien Nonguet who shot short comedies at Pathé, Mathot started in cinema in 1906, playing extra’s, his first one being La course à la perruque, a André Deed comedy directed by Georges Hatot and André Heuzé. Between 1911 and 1914 he played in dozens of the Gontran comedies, often directed by Nonguet. Alongside he also played in dramatic films by directors Henri Andréani and Alfred Machin, mainly for the Belge-Cinéma. During the First World War Mathot switched to the Film d’Art company, where he worked with young director Abel Gance, such as in Les gaz mortels (1916). His collaboration with Henri Pouctal started with the film Volonté (1917) and culminated in 1917-1918 with the serial Le comte de Monte Christo, which made Mathot an over night star. Mathot played the leading character of Dumas’ classic novel, Edmond Dantès, who takes revenge on the people who had him imprisoned and forgotten, after he has come into possession of a huge treasure and a new identity. This was followed by other films by Pouctal like Travail (1919), a film in seven chapters on a steel factory, in which Mathot again had the male lead, opposite Huguette Duflos as the female leading character. Mathot’s reputation only grew during the 1920s while playing in popular French silent films like L'ami Fritz (René Hervil 1920), again with Duflos ; the serial L'empereur des pauvres (René Leprince 1922), with Gina Reilly; Cœur fidèle (Epstein 1923), with Gina Manès; L’Auberge Rouge (Epstein 1923), again with Manès; Mon oncle Benjamin (Leprince 1923), Le mirage de Paris (Jean Manoussi 1925), Le puits de Jacob (Edward José 1926), with Betty Blythe; Yasmina (André Hugon 1927), with Duflos; Le mystère de la Villa Rose (René Hervil &amp; Louis Mercanton 1930), with Simone Vaudry; and La maison de la flèche (Henri Fescourt 1930), with Annabella.<br /> <br /> When he sensed that his star was descending, Léon Mathot started to combine acting with directing, first with Carmine Gallone in Celle qui domine (1927) and afterwards with André Liabel in Dans l’ombre du harem (1928), L’instinct (1929) and L’appassionata (1929). When sound cinema became the norm in French cinema, Mathot exclusively focused on film direction. He only performed twice again in Passeport 13 444 (1931) which he directed himself and in Deuxième Bureau contre Kommandantur (1939) by René Jayet and Robert Bibal, his last role as actor. In the 1930s he first directed various vehicles for the comic singer George Milton (La bande à Bouboule, Bouboule 1er roi des nègres, Embrassez-moi, Nu comme un ver, Le comte Obligado) and the adaptation of an operetta for comedian Dranem (La Mascotte). He then focused on spy films, filming two of the four adventures of « Capitaine Benoît » after « Ceux du SR » by Charles-Robert Dumas (Les loups entre eux, 1936 et L’homme à abattre, 1937). He then switched again, adapting Gaston Leroux’ Chéri-Bibi (filmed 1938), starring Pierre Fresnay; it has been considered one of Mathot’s best films. In 1938 he also adapted Maurice Larroy’s novel Le révolté, which was scripted by the joung Henri-Georges Cluzot, and meant one of the first serious roles of René Dary (four years after, Mathot would direct her again in Forte tête, 1942). After a short return to comedy with Le bois sacré (1939) after the play by Flers and Cavailet, Mathot filmed Rappel immédiat (1939) with Erich von Stroheim and Mireille Balin, a striking spy film. He also tried his luck with exotic melodrama in Aloha, le chant des ïles (1937), starring Arletty, and showed interest in nomads in 1941 with Cartacalha, reine des gitans which confirmed the career of Viviane Romance. Critics appreciated Mathot’s adaptation of Daudet’s Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1941), with Mireille Balin.<br /> <br /> After the war Mathot alternated melodrama (La route du bagne, 1945, with Viviane Romance), with ‘film policier’ (Le dolmen tragique, 1948, with Paulette Dubost) and adventure (La dernière chevauchée, 1948, with Balin and Jacques Dumesnil). Mathot also shot a pseudo-biographie of Marcel Cerdan, played by the famous boxer himself (L’homme aux mains d’argile, 1949). After having supervised La rue sans loi (1950), directed by Marcel Gibaud, Mathot ended his career with a short return to comedy (Mon gosse de père, 1953). Mathot was vice-chair (1938-1959) and later on chair of the Cinémathèque française (1959-1967). He was also chairman of the l’Union Européenne des Techniciens du Film et de la Télévision.<br /> <br /> Sources : French and English Wikipedia, IMDB.</p> Sat, 04 Dec 2010 01:34:33 -0800 2010-11-28T19:34:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Truus, Bob & Jan too!) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5230608009 Léon Mathot <p>French postcard. Photo Sartony. A.N., Paris, series Les Vedettes de Cinéma, nr. 96.<br /> <br /> <b>Léon Mathot</b> was a French actor and director, born 1886 in Roubaix and died 1968 in Paris. Mathot became well-known for his role of Edmond Dantès in the French serial Le comte de Monte Christo (1918), directed by Henri Pouctal. He is also known for his role in Coeur fidèle (1923) by Jean Epstein.<br /> <br /> After passing his youth in Liège, Belgium, and following the Conservatory there, Léon Mathot started to play on stage in Lyon, then Brussels and Paris. Thanks to his friend Lucien Nonguet who shot short comedies at Pathé, Mathot started in cinema in 1906, playing extra’s, his first one being La course à la perruque, a André Deed comedy directed by Georges Hatot and André Heuzé. Between 1911 and 1914 he played in dozens of the Gontran comedies, often directed by Nonguet. Alongside he also played in dramatic films by directors Henri Andréani and Alfred Machin, mainly for the Belge-Cinéma. During the First World War Mathot switched to the Film d’Art company, where he worked with young director Abel Gance, such as in Les gaz mortels (1916). His collaboration with Henri Pouctal started with the film Volonté (1917) and culminated in 1917-1918 with the serial Le comte de Monte Christo, which made Mathot an over night star. Mathot played the leading character of Dumas’ classic novel, Edmond Dantès, who takes revenge on the people who had him imprisoned and forgotten, after he has come into possession of a huge treasure and a new identity. This was followed by other films by Pouctal like Travail (1919), a film in seven chapters on a steel factory, in which Mathot again had the male lead, opposite Huguette Duflos as the female leading character. Mathot’s reputation only grew during the 1920s while playing in popular French silent films like L'ami Fritz (René Hervil 1920), again with Duflos ; the serial L'empereur des pauvres (René Leprince 1922), with Gina Reilly; Cœur fidèle (Epstein 1923), with Gina Manès; L’Auberge Rouge (Epstein 1923), again with Manès; Mon oncle Benjamin (Leprince 1923), Le mirage de Paris (Jean Manoussi 1925), Le puits de Jacob (Edward José 1926), with Betty Blythe; Yasmina (André Hugon 1927), with Duflos; Le mystère de la Villa Rose (René Hervil &amp; Louis Mercanton 1930), with Simone Vaudry; and La maison de la flèche (Henri Fescourt 1930), with Annabella.<br /> <br /> When he sensed that his star was descending, Léon Mathot started to combine acting with directing, first with Carmine Gallone in Celle qui domine (1927) and afterwards with André Liabel in Dans l’ombre du harem (1928), L’instinct (1929) and L’appassionata (1929). When sound cinema became the norm in French cinema, Mathot exclusively focused on film direction. He only performed twice again in Passeport 13 444 (1931) which he directed himself and in Deuxième Bureau contre Kommandantur (1939) by René Jayet and Robert Bibal, his last role as actor. In the 1930s he first directed various vehicles for the comic singer George Milton (La bande à Bouboule, Bouboule 1er roi des nègres, Embrassez-moi, Nu comme un ver, Le comte Obligado) and the adaptation of an operetta for comedian Dranem (La Mascotte). He then focused on spy films, filming two of the four adventures of « Capitaine Benoît » after « Ceux du SR » by Charles-Robert Dumas (Les loups entre eux, 1936 et L’homme à abattre, 1937). He then switched again, adapting Gaston Leroux’ Chéri-Bibi (filmed 1938), starring Pierre Fresnay; it has been considered one of Mathot’s best films. In 1938 he also adapted Maurice Larroy’s novel Le révolté, which was scripted by the joung Henri-Georges Cluzot, and meant one of the first serious roles of René Dary (four years after, Mathot would direct her again in Forte tête, 1942). After a short return to comedy with Le bois sacré (1939) after the play by Flers and Cavailet, Mathot filmed Rappel immédiat (1939) with Erich von Stroheim and Mireille Balin, a striking spy film. He also tried his luck with exotic melodrama in Aloha, le chant des ïles (1937), starring Arletty, and showed interest in nomads in 1941 with Cartacalha, reine des gitans which confirmed the career of Viviane Romance. Critics appreciated Mathot’s adaptation of Daudet’s Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1941), with Mireille Balin.<br /> <br /> After the war Mathot alternated melodrama (La route du bagne, 1945, with Viviane Romance), with ‘film policier’ (Le dolmen tragique, 1948, with Paulette Dubost) and adventure (La dernière chevauchée, 1948, with Balin and Jacques Dumesnil). Mathot also shot a pseudo-biographie of Marcel Cerdan, played by the famous boxer himself (L’homme aux mains d’argile, 1949). After having supervised La rue sans loi (1950), directed by Marcel Gibaud, Mathot ended his career with a short return to comedy (Mon gosse de père, 1953). Mathot was vice-chair (1938-1959) and later on chair of the Cinémathèque française (1959-1967). He was also chairman of the l’Union Européenne des Techniciens du Film et de la Télévision.<br /> <br /> Sources : French and English Wikipedia, IMDB.</p> Truus, Bob & Jan too! 1920s cinema man france male film hat sepia vintage movie french star kino european silent cigarette postcard coat picture cine screen movies actor postal 1910s français postale cartolina carte léon postkarte acteur filmstar ansichtkaart filmster postkaart tarjet mathot léonmathot http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/4912130481/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/truusbobjantoo/">Truus, Bob &amp; Jan too!</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/4912130481/" title="Hella Moja"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4075/4912130481_ffbc7e2f50_m.jpg" width="149" height="240" alt="Hella Moja" /></a></p> <p>German postcard in the Film Sterne series by Rotophot, no. 210/1. 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