Dear friends, we wish you all: Happy Easter! Frohe Ostern! Joyeuses Pâques ! ¡Feliz Pascua! Feliz Páscoa! Glad påsk! Счастливой Пасхи! ハッピーイースターVrolijk Pasen!
British postcard by Rotary Photo in the Rotary Photographic Series, no. 956 A.
English singer and actress Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) was famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other forms of musical theatre in the first half of the 20th century. She appeared occasionally in films and was one of the leading Picture Postcard beauties of the Belle Epoque.
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4884/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Ufa. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.
British born, German actress and singer Lilian Harvey (1906-1968) was Ufa's biggest star of the 1930s. With Willy Fritsch, she formed the 'Dream Team of the European Cinema'. Their best film was the immensely popular film operetta Der Kongress tanzt/The Congress Dances (Erik Charell, 1931).
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4885/3, 1929/1930. Photo: Ufa.
Willy Fritsch (1901-1973) was the immensely popular ‘Sunny Boy’ of the Ufa operettas of the 1930s and 1940s.
Belgian postcard. Photo: Warner Bros.
Legendary actress and singerDoris Day (1922-2019) performed with several big bands before going solo in 1947. In the 1950s, she made a series of popular film musicals, including Calamity Jane (1953) and The Pajama Game (1957). With Rock Hudson, she starred in the box office hit Pillow Talk (1959), and on TV, she appeared in the sitcom The Doris Day Show (1968-1973). Que Será, Será!
German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. CK-64. Photo: Arthur Grimm / Central Europa Film.
Johanna von Koczian (1933) was in the late 1950s and early 1960s one of Germany’s most popular film stars. Later she evolved into a stage actress, a popular schlager singer, a TV presenter, and a successful author of novels and children's books.
French postcard by Editions du Globe, no. 480. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Ann Miller (1923-2004) was an American dancer, singer and actress. She was famed for her speed in tap dancing and her style of glamour: massive black bouffant hair, heavy makeup with a splash of crimson lipstick, and fashions that emphasized her lithe figure and long dancer's legs. Miller is best remembered for her work in the classic Hollywood musicals Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949) and Kiss Me Kate (1953).
Dutch postcard by Takken, no. A.X. 351.
American actress and dancer Virginia Mayo (1920-2005) is best known for her series of film comedies with Danny Kaye, including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Norman Z. McLeod, 1947). She personified the quintessential voluptuous Hollywood beauty, like a pin-up painting coming to life.
West-German collectors card, no. 53.
American actress and writer Yvette Mimieux (1942) is known for The Time Machine (1960), and several other popular films of the 1960s. She was nominated for three Golden Globe awards during her acting career.
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