08 November 2012

Happy Birthday, Alain Delon!

Today is the 77th birthday of French film star Alain Delon (1935). He was a breathtakingly good-looking parasite in the sundrenched thriller Plein soleil/Purple Noon (1960, René Clément). The 'male Brigitte Bardot' proved to be a magnificent actor in masterpieces as Rocco e i suoi fratelli/Rocco and His Brothers (1960, Luchino Visconti) and L'Eclisse/The Eclipse (1962, Michelangelo Antonioni). Today, Delon is maybe best known as the calm, psychopathic hoodlum in Le Samouraï/The Godson (1967, Jean-Pierre Melville), staring into the camera like a cat assessing a mouse. Joyeux anniversaire, monsieur Delon!

Alain Delon
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, 1967. retail price: 0,20 MDN.Photo: publicity still for Rocco e i suoi fratelli/Rocco and his brothers (1960, Luchino Visconti).

Happy birthday, Alain Delon!
French postcard by Editions P.I., no. 1004. Offered by Les Carbones Korès 'Carboplane'. Photo: Sam Lévin.

Alain Delon
Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. 3980. Photo: N.V. Meteor Film / Speva / Play Art Prod. Publicity still for Christine/Liebelei.

Alain Delon
French postcard by Editions P.I., no. 1026. Photo: Sam Lévin.

Alain Delon
German postcard by ISV, no. H 25.

Alain Delon
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. CK 299 (French licency holder for Universum-Film A.G. (Ufa)). Photo: Sam Lévin.

Alain Delon
Spanish postcard by Bergas Ind. Graf., no. 572.

Alain Delon
Dutch postcard by 't Sticht, Utrecht, no. 6176.

Alain Delon
French postcard by Mexichrome, no. 13. Photo: Sam Lévin.

1 comment:

Linda said...

Handsome. I didn't know he was referred to as the male Bardot!