Christmas with the stars

As every year: Gelukkig kerstfeest! Frohe Weihnachten! ¡Feliz Navidad! Joyeux Noël! Buon Natale! Sretan Božić! Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Boldog karácsonyt! Gleðileg jól! Nollaig Shona! Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! Linksmų Kalėdų! Среќен Божиќ God jul! Wesołych Świąt! Feliz Natal! Crăciun fericit! С Рождеством Срећан Божић veselé Vianoce! Vesel božič! God Jul! Nadolig Llawen! Gëzuar Krishtlindjet! Eguberri! Merry Christmas!


Spanish postcard by Ediciones Europacolor, no. 240. Collection: Marlene Pilaete.

Stunning Shirley Eaton (1937) played a cockney bombshell in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s. She became famous as golden girl Jill Masterson in the third 007 adventure Goldfinger (1964). Five years later, Eaton retired.


Dutch postcard by Imagine / United International Pictures (UIP). Photo: Universal. Jim Carrey as The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Ron Howard, 2000). Caption: De groene griezel die de kerst verpest (The green creep that crushes Christmas).

Arguably the top screen comedian of the 1990s, Canadian-born entertainer Jim Carrey (1962) has combined equal parts of his idol Jerry Lewis, his spiritual ancestor Harry Ritz, and the loose-limbed Ray Bolger into a gleefully uninhibited screen image that is uniquely his own. He rose to fame in the sketch comedy series In Living Color (1990) and leading roles in the comedies Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), and The Mask (1994) established him as a bankable film star.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1483/4, 1937-1938. Photo: 20th Century Fox.

Shirley Temple (1928-2014) was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant, but everybody knows her as the most famous child star in the 1930s. Shirley could do it all: act, sing, and dance, and all at the age of five! Four years in a row, between 1935 and 1938, she was the top box-office draw for Hollywood. As an adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, serving as United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States.


Italian postcard by Nannina, Milano.

Petite American actress Mari Blanchard (1927–1970) was known for her roles as a B movie femme fatale in American films of the 1950s and early 1960s.


Big autograph card.

Beautiful brunette actress Barbara Rush (1927) was the epitome of poise, charm, style, and grace in Hollywood films of the 1950s. In 1954, she won the Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Female Newcomer for the Science-Fiction film It Came from Outer Space (1953). She played the female lead in such films as The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, and Hombre. Later in her career, Rush guest-starred on TV in such series as Peyton Place, All My Children and 7th Heaven.


French postcard by Sip, no. 2500. Caption: Reutlinger, Paris. Sent by mail in 1909. Miss Campton.


British postcard by Odeon Cinemas. Photo: Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in When Harry met Sally... (Rob Reiner, 1989). Caption: Season's Greetings from Harry and Sally and everyone at Odeon Cinemas. The hit comedy of the year, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, When Harry met Sally..., a new comedy by Rob Reiner. . "A clear winner", Jonathan King - The Sun. "Touching, hilarious, honest...There hasn't been a more satisfying film this year"- 20/20. At Odeon Cinemas from Jan 5th.


British postcard by Pyramid Posters, Leicester, no. PC 9649. Image: Disney. Spooky kids in The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 8419/1, 1933-1934. Photo: Ufa / Frhr. von Gudenberg. Wolf Albach-Retty.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 9720/1, 1935-1936. Photo: Ufa. Lil Dagover.


Small Dutch collectors card. Jane Powell.


Small Dutch collectors card. Belinda Lee.


Vintage postcard, no. A.X. 292. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ann Miller.


Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht. Photo: J. Arthur Rank Organ. Jean Simmons.


Italian postcard by Rotalfoto, Milano, no. 611.

Italian actress Forella Mari (1928) was the leading lady of a dozen European films of the 1950s. She retired at the end of the decade.


French postcard by Editions Crès, Paris, no. 202, 1964. Caption: The Reunion. Image: Walt Disney Productions. Publicity still for Lady and the Tramp (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, 1955).


German postcard. Ross Verlag, no. 667/1. Photo: Neumann. The Nativity Scene with Henny Porten as Mary in the Biblical film I.N.R.I. (Robert Wiene, 1923).


Esther Williams. German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 190. Photo: Keystone.


Margareta Pislaru. Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin.


Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 126. Elizabeth Taylor in The Comedians (Peter Glenville, 1967). Sent by mail in 1971.


Sophia Loren. Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin.


Rocío Dúrcal. Spanish postcard by Ediciones Tarjet-Fher / Ediciones Mandolina, no. 216. Photo: Epoca Films.


Mireille Darc. Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 436.


Patricia Roc. Dutch postcard. Photo: British Lion.


Käthe von Nagy. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 7282/1. Photo: Ufa. Released in Italy by Ed. Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze.


Elizabeth Taylor. French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 1051. Photo: John Everton / Ufa.


Dutch postcard by the Rialto Theatre, Amsterdam, 1934. Photo: Remaco Radio Picture. Publicity still for Little Women (George Cukor, 1933). In the picture are Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, Jean Parker, and Spring Byington. The Dutch title of the film and the book by Louise M. Alcott is Onder moeders vleugels.


Lien Deyers. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 7058/1, 1932-1933. Photo: Atelier Balász, Berlin.


Dutch postcard by Muziek Parade, Amsterdam, no. AX 7249.

In the late 1960s and the early 1970s, sweet little Wilma (1957) was a popular Dutch child star. At 11, she had hits in both the Netherlands and Germany and also appeared in some Schlager films.


Marta Eggerth. Dutch postcard by JosPe, no. 593.


Marta Toren. Dutch postcard, no. 3374. Photo: Universal International / Fotoarchief Film en Toneel.


Robertino. French postcard by Editions Publistar, Marseille, no. 811. Photo: President.


Kermit. Dutch postcard by Interstat, Amsterdam. Photo: The Jim Henson Company.


Dany Robin. French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 1004. Photo: Sam Lévin.


Romy Schneider & Horst Buchholz. Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. 3572.


Jayne Mansfield. French postcard by Edition a la carte. Photo: Filmhistorisches Bildarchiv Peter W. Engelmeier.


Heintje Simons. German postcard by Modern Times. Photo: Interfoto. Caption: Alles schlampen, ausser mama (All bitches, except mama).


Nadja Tiller. German promotion card for Luxor.


German postcard by Rotophot in the Film Sterne series, no. 542/1. Photo: Messter-Film. Viggo Larsen in Der Sohn des Hannibal/The Son of Hannibal (Viggo Larsen, 1918).


Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg, Capelle ad IJssel / Brasschaat. Image: Joop Geesink's Dollywood, 1988. Loekie de Leeuw. Caption: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Sent by mail in 1989.