15 postcards from GDI: More postcards from the estates of Tjitte de Vries and Ati Mul (1)

In our monthly post on the postcard collection of Geoffrey Donaldson Institute (GDI), we chose again 15 postcards from a big album from the estate of film historians Tjitte de Vries and Ati Mul. The blue album, which they probably started somewhere in the 1970s, contains so many interesting postcards that we planned an extra post tomorrow. Today, we focus on Dutch post-war postcards of Hollywood stars. The publishers were such firms as J. Sleeding in Amsterdam (J.S.A.) and Takken in Utrecht.


Dutch postcard by S. & v. H., A. Photo: M.P.E.A.

Donna Reed (1921-1986) was an American film and television actress and producer. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. She is well known for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946). She received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lorene Burke in the war drama From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann, 1953). Reed is also known as Donna Stone, a middle-class American mother and housewife in the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966).


Dutch postcard by S. & v. H., A. Photo: M.P.E.A. Sonja Henie and Michael O'Shea in It's a Pleasure (William A. Seiter, 1945).

Petite and glamorous Sonja Henie (1912-1969) was one of the greatest figure skaters in history, the ‘Pavlova of the ice’. She won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. At the height of her acting career, the Norwegian figure skater and film star was one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood. She had a shrewd business sense and was immensely successful next with a series of ice revues.


Dutch postcard by S. & v. H., A. Photo: M.P.E.A.

American actress Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) was the younger sister of Hollywood star Olivia de Havilland, but Joan made a name for herself with two classics by Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca (1941) and Suspicion (1942). For the first film, she was nominated for the Oscar, and for the second film, she won the award.


Dutch postcard by J.S.A. Photo: M.G.M. / M.P.E.

American film star Joan Crawford (1904-1977) had a career that spanned many decades, studios, and controversies. In her silent films, she made an impact as a vivacious Jazz Age flapper, and later she matured into a star of psychological melodramas.


Dutch postcard/ Photo: MPEA / Warner Bros.

American actress Joan Leslie (1925-2015) starred in over 30 films. Her breakout role came at the age of 15, when she appeared as the crippled girl Velma in High Sierra (1941) with Humphrey Bogart. In the following years, she starred alongside Gary Cooper in Sergeant York (1941) and James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). After 1956, she appeared in several television series.


Dutch postcard by S. & v. H., A. Photo: M.P.E.A. Gary Cooper and Loretta Young in Along Came Jones (Stuart Heisler, 1945).

American screen legend Gary Cooper (1901-1961) is well remembered for his stoic, understated acting style in more than one hundred Westerns, comedies and dramas. He received five Oscar nominations and won twice for his roles as Alvin York in Sergeant York (1941) and as Will Kane in High Noon (1952).

Loretta Young (1913-2000) was probably one of the loveliest female stars from the golden age of Hollywood, with her beautiful eyes, high cheekbones, full lips and radiant smile. She was also regarded as one of the most elegant actresses of her time. Young had a long career at the top. She began to get leading roles at the end of the 1920s and was still given starring parts at the beginning of the 1950s. Afterwards, she was able to extend her success for several years by wisely turning to television.


Dutch postcard by DRC, no. 31. Photo: MPEA.

American actress Marguerite Chapman (1918-1999) began her career as a model. In 1940, she moved to Hollywood and appeared in film and television till 1977.


Dutch postcard by S. & v. H., A. Photo: M.P.E.A. James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946).

American actor James Stewart (1908-1997) is among the most honoured and popular stars in film history. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart had a film career that spanned over 55 years and 80 films.


Dutch postcard by MPEA. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Judy Garland (1922-1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. During a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. She was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress for A Star is Born (1954) and received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).


Dutch postcard by Takken, no. 3132. Photo: Paramount Pictures.

American actress Betty Hutton (1921-2007) was an energetic, 'blonde bombshell' of the 1940s. She appeared in successful musicals and comedies, including The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943), Red, Hot and Blue (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952).


Dutch postcard by S. & v. H., A. Photo: M.P.E.A. Sonja Henie and Michael O'Shea in It's a Pleasure (William A. Seiter, 1945).

Michael O'Shea (1906-1973) was an American actor who appeared on the stage, in feature films, and on television in a career that spanned the 1940s and early 1970s. He was also a comedian, musician, and band leader, and performed on the radio.


Dutch postcard by Takken, no. 3180 Photo: Europa-Columbia.

Glamorous Adele Jergens (1917-2002) was an American film actress of the 1940s and 1950s who was often cast in B-films as blonde floozies and burlesque dancers.


Dutch postcard by J.S.A. Photo: W.B. & V.P. / M.P.E.

Japanese-born British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020) had a career from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Gone with the Wind (1939), and her later award-winning performances in To Each His Own (1946), The Snake Pit (1948), and The Heiress (1949).


Dutch postcard by P.F. Cladder, Amsterdam, no. 49-47. Photo: 20th Century Fox.

Famous composer Irving Berlin would allegedly have said once, "I’d rather have Alice Faye introduce my songs than anyone else". Henry King, who directed her in three films, stated: "Alice Faye always took direction beautifully without any show of temperament, and when you were done, the character she played came across with a vibrant warmth of personality so many actresses did not possess. I think that was the secret of Alice’s success in pictures. A deep-seated human warmth, so genuine, so real that everybody felt it. It’s truly a gift; you can’t buy it. It’s either there or it isn’t." In the second half of the 1930s and the first half of the 1940s, Alice Faye was a name to reckon with in the world of Hollywood musicals. Her compelling voice, her remarkable ability to put over a song and her endearing screen persona made her a top star. In the U.S. Quigley’s Motion Picture Exhibitors’ Poll, which was the barometer of the stars’ box-office power, she placed 9th in 1938, 7th in 1939, 13th in 1940, 12th in 1941 and 1943 and 15th in 1944 (in 1942, she had been away from the screen).


Dutch postcard by Korès. Photo: Paramount.

American singer Bing Crosby (1903-1977) was a crooner whose signature song was 'White Christmas'. He often played 'happy-go-lucky fellas' in films which included the 'Road to...' comedies from 1940 to 1962, but he proved that he could act with The Country Girl (1954) opposite Grace Kelly. Crosby was a multi-media entertainer: a star on the radio and in the cinema, with chart-topping recordings. He had 38 no. 1 singles, which surpassed Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

All postcards: Collection Geoffrey Donaldson Institute. To be continued tomorrow.

Pat O’Brien

Pat O'Brien (1899-1983) was an American actor of Irish descent. From 1930 on, he starred in around 150 films. He often starred alongside the actor James Cagney. He is best known for his roles in The Front Page (1931), Knute Rockne, All American (1940) and Some Like It Hot (1959).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5909/1, 1930-1931. Photo: United Artists. Mary Brian and Pat 'O Brien in The Front Page (Lewis Milestone, 1931) Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.


French postcard by Edition Chantal, Rueil-Malmaison, no. 47. Photo: Warner Bros.

The Front Page

William Joseph Patrick O'Brien was born in 1899 to an Irish-American Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All four of his grandparents had come from Ireland. As a child, O'Brien served as an altar boy at Gesu Church, while growing up near 13th and Kilbourn Streets in Milwaukee. He attended Marquette Academy with fellow actor Spencer Tracy, who was a lifelong friend. During World War I, O'Brien and Tracy joined the United States Navy. They both attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, but they never went to sea. The war ended before their training had finished. Jack Benny was also at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center at the same time as O'Brien and Tracy.

After the war, O'Brien finished his secondary schooling at Marquette Academy and later attended Marquette University. While still at college, he decided to seek work as an actor. He and Spencer Tracy moved to New York, where they both attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. The two struggling young actors shared a small studio apartment and began their careers on stage. O'Brien spent a decade in plays on Broadway and in the New York City area. He made his film debut in the Vitaphone Varieties short film, The Nightingale (1930), produced in New York.

His first starring role was as ace reporter Hildy Johnson in the original version of the screwball comedy The Front Page (Lewis Milestone, 1931) with Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1928 Broadway play of the same name by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the film was nominated for the Oscars for Best Picture, Lewis Milestone for Best Director, and Menjou for Best Actor. Pat O'Brien was the lead in Personal Maid (Monta Bell, Lothar Mendes, 1931), and appeared in the musical Flying High (Charles Reisner, 1931), supporting Bert Lahr. He was Irene Dunne's love interest in Consolation Marriage (Paul Sloane, 1932), then co-starred opposite a young Bette Davis in Hell's House (Howard Higgin, 1932).

O'Brien stayed in leads, going from studio to studio: Scandal for Sale (Russell Mack, 1932), The Strange Case of Clara Deane (Louis J. Gasnier, Max Marcin, 1932), Hollywood Speaks (Edward Buzzell, 1932) and American Madness (Frank Capra, 1932). O'Brien played a heroic pilot in Air Mail (1932), directed by John Ford. At the small Majestic Pictures, he starred in The World Gone Mad (Christy Cabanne, 1933) with Evelyn Brent. In 1933, Warners signed O'Brien to a long-term contract. He would remain with the studio until 1940 when he left after a dispute over the terms of his contract renewal. O'Brien supported Dick Powell in College Coach (William A. Wellman, 1933) and Joan Blondell in I've Got Your Number (Ray Enright, 1934). Here Comes the Navy (Earl Baldwin, 1934) was O'Brien's first film with James Cagney, also under contract to Warners. The two originally met in 1926 and remained friends for almost six decades. After O'Brien's death, Cagney referred to him as his "dearest friend."

O'Brien played the lead, a boxer, in The Personality Kid (Alan Crosland, 1934), supported Dick Powell in Flirtation Walk (1934) and was an auctioneer in I Sell Anything (Robert Florey, 1935). Cagney and O'Brien were reteamed in Devil Dogs of the Air (Lloyd Bacon, 1935). He was a critic in love with Dolores del Río in In Caliente (Lloyd Bacon, 1935) and had the lead in the bio-pic Oil for the Lamps of China (Mervyn LeRoy, 1935), which he called "one of my favourite pictures". He headlined the musical Stars Over Broadway (William Keighley, 1935) and then was back with Cagney for Howard Hawks' adventure drama Ceiling Zero (1935). Cagney later sued Warners for billing O'Brien's name above his. Warners gave him some starring parts: I Married a Doctor (Archie Mayo, 1936), Public Enemy's Wife (Nick Grinde, 1936), China Clipper (Ray Enright, 1936), The Great O'Malley (William Dieterle, 1937), and Slim (Ray Enright, 1937) with Henry Fonda. He was Captain of the Guard (on special leave from the US Army) in San Quentin (1937) opposite Humphrey Bogart, romanced Joan Blondell in Back in Circulation (Lloyd Bacon, 1937) and was a veteran sailor in Submarine D-1 (Lloyd Bacon, 1938). He and Cagney reteamed for the screwball comedy Boy Meets Girl (Lloyd Bacon, 1938) with Marie Wilson.


British postcard in the Filmshots series by Film Weekly. Photo: Warner. Joan Blondell and Pat O'Brien in I've Got Your Number (Ray Enright, 1934).

Crack-Up

In the late 1930s, Pat O'Brien and a small group of his actor friends began to meet to converse and exchange opinions and stories. Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky dubbed them the "Irish Mafia," but they preferred to call their social group the "Boys Club." In addition to O'Brien, the original members of the club were James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Allen Jenkins and Frank McHugh, all of whom were Irish-Americans. Later Lynne Overman joined their group and then George Brent, James Dunn, Louis Calhern, Brian Donlevy, Ralph Bellamy, James Gleason and Bert Lahr were also frequent guests.

Pat O'Brien has one of his best-ever roles as the former street kid turned priest in the crime drama Angels with Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, 1938) with James Cagney. He went over to Paramount for the drama The Night of Nights (Lewis Milestone, 1939), part of a deal in which Warners bought the rights to The Old Maid from Paramount. He then made the mystery Slightly Honorable (Tay Garnett, 1939) for United Artists. Back at Warner Bros, he was reunited with Cagney for The Fighting 69th (William Keighley, 1940).

O'Brien then made the prison film Castle on the Hudson (Anatole Litvak, 1940) with Ann Sheridan and John Garfield. He co-starred with Garfield and Frances Farmer in Flowing Gold (Alfred E. Green, 1940). O'Brien was then given his best-known role, as the famous University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne in Knute Rockne, All American (Lloyd Bacon, 1940). In the film, he gave the speech to "win just one for the Gipper," referring to recently deceased football player, George Gipp, portrayed in the film by a young Ronald Reagan. Reagan later used this saying as a slogan for his campaign for president in 1980.

O'Brien was at a career peak. He was considered for the role of Alvin York in the film Sergeant York. From this high point, however, O'Brien left Warner Bros in July 1940. O'Brien signed a contract with 20th Century Fox for two films a year. However, they ended up not using him. He signed with Columbia Pictures to make two films a year. He was in the war film Escape to Glory (John Brahm, 1940), then was idle for a year before making Two Yanks in Trinidad (Gregory Ratoff, 1942) with Brian Donlevy and the war drama Flight Lieutenant (Sidney Salkow, 1942) with Glenn Ford. At Universal, he was in the crime musical Broadway (William A. Seiter, 1942) with George Raft.

Soon he signed a contract with RKO and appeared in several films for that studio. He mostly played authority or military roles such as The Navy Comes Through (A. Edward Sutherland, 1942), and Bombardier (Richard Wallace, 1943). The Iron Major (Ray Enright, 1943) was an attempt to repeat the success of Knute Rockne with O'Brien as Frank Cavanaugh. At Universal he supported Deanna Durbin in Frank Borzage's His Butler's Sister (1943) then it was back to RKO for Marine Raiders (Harold D. Schuster, 1944). With his agent Phil Ryan, O'Brien set up his own production company, Teneen Productions. They signed a deal with Columbia to make a film with O'Brien, Secret Command (A. Edward Sutherland, 1944). For Columbia, he made the Film Noir Perilous Holiday (Edward H. Griffith, 1946). In 1946 he starred in the successful Film Noir Crack-Up (Irving Reis, 1946) with Claire Trevor. He was in a thriller, Riffraff (Ted Tetzlaff, 1947) and another biopic Fighting Father Dunne (Ted Tetzlaff, 1948). He followed it with the fantasy drama The Boy with Green Hair (Joseph Losey, 1948) featuring Dean Stockwell and the Film Noir A Dangerous Profession (Ted Tetzlaff, 1949) with George Raft and Ella Raines.


Dutch postcard by J.S.A. (J. Sleding, Amsterdam. Photo: F.B.O. - M.P.E. / Universal. Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone and Pat 'O Brien in His Butler's Sister (Frank Borzage, 1943).

Some Like It Hot

While working as a Hollywood contract player, Pat O'Brien made occasional appearances on the radio in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1946 he collaborated with the contralto Kate Smith on the popular 'Viva America' program for the CBS radio network. In the summer of 1947, he starred with Lynn Bari in Summer Theater, a program "dramatizing episodes in the life of a small-town druggist." O'Brien's film career slowed considerably by the early 1950s, although he still managed to get work in television. In his autobiography, 'The Wind at My Back', he professed to be completely flummoxed about the decline of his career.

His close friend, Spencer Tracy, fought with his studio, MGM, to get roles for O'Brien in his films The People Against O'Hara (John Sturges, 1951) and The Last Hurrah (John Ford, 1958). He still had leads in films like the war film Okinawa (Leigh Jason, 1952), the Film Noir Inside Detroit (Fred F. Sears, 1956) with Dennis O'Keefe and the British crime film Kill Me Tomorrow (Terence Fisher, 1957) with Lois Maxwell.

In 1959 O'Brien appeared in a supporting role in one of his best-known films as a police detective opposite George Raft in the crime comedy Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959), starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. In his later years, O'Brien often worked in television. He was cast in 1956 and 1957 in four episodes of the religion anthology series, Crossroads. In three of the four programs, he played priests. He also performed in two episodes of The Virginian in the mid-1960s. In the 1960–1961 television season, O'Brien played James Harrigan, Sr. in a sitcom titled Harrigan and Son.

O'Brien made numerous appearances on television as himself, including several on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1957, Ralph Edwards profiled O'Brien's life and career for an episode of This Is Your Life. He was also the mystery guest on the game show What's My Line? in 1953 and 1957. From the 1960s through the early 1980s, O'Brien often travelled around the United States as a one-man act and in road shows. He also performed frequently in nightclubs. He had a small role as Burt Reynolds' father in the comedy The End (Burt Reynolds, 1978), opposite Myrna Loy, cast as Reynolds' mother.

The drama Ragtime (Milos Forman, 1981) featured Pat O'Brien's final film appearance as well as his friend James Cagney's. Cagney had not acted in a film for nearly 20 years. In 1982, O'Brien's final filmed performance came in an episode of Happy Days. Near the end of his life, he toured in a stage production of 'On Golden Pond', which he considered "absolutely the best play" he had ever read. O'Brien and his wife, Eloise, had four children: Mavourneen, Sean, Terry, and Brigid. Three of his children were adopted. The youngest, Brigid O'Brien (1946-2016), was his biological child. Eloise O'Brien occasionally appeared on stage with her husband. Pat O'Brien died in 1983, from a heart attack at age 83, following minor prostate surgery. President Ronald Reagan released a White House statement noting his sadness over his old friend's death. The president had called the actor at the hospital just days before his death.


British postcard by Milton's, no. 121. Photo: Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures.

Sources: Bill Takacs (IMDb),  Wikipedia and IMDb.

The Milton Post Card

The 'Milton Post Cards' were published in Great Britain from around 1900. By 1902, Gustave Woolstone had registered the Milton trademark - the firm operated off Milton Street in the Postcard Mile of the City of London. Milton was the business name of Woolstone Brothers, a company registered by Gustave in 1925 at Aldersgate Street in London. The company made countless topographical and novelty postcards. Milton also published series with British stage actors, such as the Photolette series during the 1900s and the Milton Character Sketches series during the 1910s. In the early 1930s, a series of 'Real Photo Postcards' with portraits of Hollywood stars followed. The company stopped publishing postcards in 1933. We selected 25 Milton postcards from our collections for this post.


British postcard in the Milton Photolette Series, no. 42 by Woolstone Bros., London. Sent by mail in 1908. Ada Reeve.


British postcard by Milton, Woolstone Bros, London E.C. in The Milton Character Sketches series, no. 306, 1. Caption: Billie Burke. A fair Samaritan.


British postcard by Milton, no. 21A. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Joan Crawford.


British postcard by Milton, no. 25 A. Photo: Paramount Pictures. Marlene Dietrich.


British postcard by Milton, no. 27. A. Photo: Universal Pictures. Sally Eilers.


British postcard by Milton, no. 29. A. Photo: First National Films. Kay Francis.


British postcard by Milton, no. 41. Photo: Paramount Pictures. Miriam Hopkins.


British postcard by Milton, no. 44. Photo: Paramount Pictures. Charles Laughton.


British postcard by Milton, no. 47. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Myrna Loy.


British postcard by Milton, no. 53. Photo: Universal Pictures. Douglass Montgomery.


British postcard by Milton, no. 56.B. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Maureen O'Sullivan.


British postcard by Milton, no. 72. Photo: Fox Films. Heather Angel.


British postcard by Milton, no. 77. Photo: Warner Bros / Vitaphone. Ann Dvorak.


British postcard by Milton, no. 87. Photo: Warner Bros & Vitaphone Pictures. Barbara Stanwyck.


British postcard by Milton, no. 88a. Photo: Universal Pictures. Gloria Stuart.


British postcard by Milton Postcard, no. 93. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Young.


British postcard by Milton, no. 99. Photo: Fox Films. Claire Trevor.


British postcard by Milton, no. 95. Photo: Radio Pictures (RKO). Charles Boyer.


British postcard by Milton, no. 104. Photo: Paramount Pictures. Elissa Landi.


British postcard by Milton, no. 109. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Elizabeth Allan.


British postcard by Milton, no. 111. Photo: Fox Films. Rochelle Hudson.


British postcard by Milton, no. 137. Photo: Fox Films. Bruce Cabot.


British postcard by Milton, no. 147. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Johnny Weissmuller.


British postcard by Milton, no. 149. Photo: British & Dominions Films. Fay Wray.


British postcard by Milton, no. 152. Photo: First National Films. Errol Flynn.

Sources: Feel Falkirk, rthcards and National Portrait Gallery.

Tina Turner

With 100 million records sold, American singer and icon Tina Turner (1939-2023) is one of the best-selling artists ever. She won as many as 12 Grammy Awards, the most prestigious awards in the music industry. The Queen of Rock 'n Roll was also the star of a few films.


French postcard by Ebullitions, no. 1.


Italian freecard by Promocards Kultural for Roma Palazzo della Espozioni, no. PC 2100. Photo: Herb Ritts.


Vintage postcard by Superior, no. PC 121. Tina Turner in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, 1985).

A bad marriage

Anna Mae Bullock, as the singer's real name is, was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, in 1939. As a child, she sang in church choirs and worked as a cotton picker.

She became famous in the 1960s as the female half of the duo Ike & Tina Turner. Ike was her husband. They formed a duo from 1960 to 1976 and celebrated successes with songs like 'River Deep - Mountain High' (1966), 'Proud Mary' (1971) and 'Nutbush City Limits' (1973).

In 1960, their son was born, but it was a bad marriage, in which Ike regularly abused his wife. Behind the scenes, he completely hassled her. 'I was living the life of a dead person,' she said about it in the haunting documentary Tina (2021).

Without Ike, she acted as the Acid Queen in the musical film Tommy (Ken Russell, 1975), which also starred Roger Daltrey and Elton John.

In 1978, the divorce was pronounced. It was agreed that Ike Turner could keep all possessions; Tina only stipulated that she could keep her stage name.


American freecard by Max Racks for Hanes Hosiery, 1996. Photo: Peter Lindbergh. Caption: Hanes - It's all about strength and beauty.


French postcard by Editions 'Humour à la Carte', Paris, no. ST-34. Tina Turner and Mel Gibson in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, 1985).

A coping process that would last a long time

In 1983, Tina Turner launched her solo career with 'Let's Stay Together'. When People magazine wanted to interview her about the successful start of her solo career, Turner decided to share her abuse story with the world. 'I never knew love,' she told People. 'Nobody ever loved me.' It was a harrowing but mostly brave start to a coping process that would last a long time.

In that decade, she had hits such as 'What's Love Got to Do with It' and 'Private Dancer'. The energy-effervescent global star thrilled stadiums all over the world. Her show in Rio de Janeiro, in 1988, attracted as many as 180 thousand visitors, still one of the busiest concerts ever.

At the time, she was so popular that she also landed a job in Hollywood and played a significant role in the action film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, 1985) with Mel Gibson. She also signed for the title song 'We don't need another hero', which became a world hit.

In 1988, she scored the no. 1 hit 'Tonight' with David Bowie, followed a short time later by 'The Best' (also known as 'Simply the Best'). In 2008 and 2009, she made her last world tour. After that, she removed herself from the limelight.

In 2013, she married German music producer Erwin Bach, with whom she had been together for many years. In 2018, she was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. That year also saw the premiere of the musical 'Tina' about her life. At the end of her life, when she struggled with health problems, she was not spared suffering. Her eldest son, Craig, ended his life. Her youngest son, Ronnie, died in 2022. Tina Turner died at her home in Küssnacht, Switzerland, after a long illness in 2023.


French postcard by Media Com + Promotion de l'art et de la communication, record 67. Photo: Capitol. Postcard to promote the album 'Private Dancer' (1984).


Dutch postcard by Art Unlimited, Amsterdam, no. B 477. Photo: David McGough, 1985 / Sunshine. Caption: Tina Turner and Mick Jagger at Live Aid Concert.


Portuguese postcard.

Sources: Abel Bormans (De Volkskrant - Dutch), RTL Nieuws (Dutch), Wikipedia and IMDb.