Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 3.
Charming and beautiful Jacqueline Sassard (1940-2021) had a short but successful career in the European cinema of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 8. Silvana Mangano in This Angry Age (René Clément, 1957).
Beautiful Italian film star Silvana Mangano (1930-1989) will be remembered most for the sexy rice picker in Riso Amaro/Bitter Rice (1949), and for Tadzio's elegant mother in Morte a Venezia/Death in Venice (1971).
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 12.
Alessandra Panaro (1939-29019) was an Italian film actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is best known for Luchino Visconti's crime drama Rocco e i suoi fratelli/Rocco and His Brothers (1960).
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 17. Sent by mail in 1958.
French film actress Isabelle Corey (1939-2011) appeared in French and Italian films in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her best film was her first, the Film Noir Bob le flambeur/Bob the Gambler (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956).
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 18.
Before she was 20, Pier Angeli (1932-1971) had starred with Vittorio de Sica in two Italian box office hits and was discovered by Hollywood. There she won a Golden Globe, had an affair with James Dean, and died before she was 40.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 23.
Gabriella Pallotta (1938) was an Italian film and TV actress between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s. She had her breakthrough with the drama Il tetto (Vittorio De Sica, 1956), for which she was selected by De Sica after screentests. The release of the film provided her with instant success and she immediately got supporting parts in films by Michelangelo Antonioni (Il grido) and Mario Moncelli (Il medico e lo stregone), both from 1957.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 31.
At 19, American film actress Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) became an overnight star as 'Slim' opposite Humphrey Bogart in her memorable film debut in To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1942). She became known for her distinctive husky voice and glamorous looks in Film Noirs as The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946), Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947), and Key Largo (John Huston, 1948), and the delicious comedy How to Marry a Millionaire (Jean Negulesco, 1953) with Marilyn Monroe. After a 50-year career, she received a Golden Globe and her first Oscar nomination for supporting actress for her role as Barbra Streisand’s mother in The Mirror Has Two Faces (Barbra Streisand, 1997).
Italian postcard by Turismofoto.
Italian actor Franco Interlenghi (1931-2015) was a popular leading man during the 1950s and worked with major directors like De Sica, Fellini, Antonioni, Bolognini, and Rossellini. Although he never gained international stardom, he was just as revered in his country as Marcello Mastroianni.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 49.
Linda Christian (1923-2011) was the first Bond girl ever. This sensuous, incredibly beautiful starlet appeared in dozens of films in Mexico, Hollywood, and Europe. She starred with Johnny Weissmuller in his last Tarzan film, Tarzan and The Mermaids (1948), but she became best known as Mrs. Tyrone Power.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 51.
After her 'discovery' at the age of 14, Italian actress Lorella De Luca (1940-2014) became the Sandra Dee of the Italian cinema of the 1950s. Her fresh and graceful appearance in hit comedies like Poveri ma belli/Poor But Beautiful (1956) endeared her to the public. De Luca was the widow of film director Duccio Tessari, in whose films she often starred.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 60.
French actress Myriam Bru (1932) appeared in some 15 European film productions of the 1950s. She was the wife of Horst Buchholz.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 63.
Voluptuous, visually stunning Italian film actress Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925–2007) played princesses and temptresses throughout Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. She never found the international cross-over fame destined for Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, but she earned respect as a fine actress playing leading roles in films by famous directors like Michelangelo Antonioni, Luigi Comencini, and Valerio Zurlini.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 71.
Italian actress Sandra Milo (1933) is best known for her roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963) and Giulietta degli spiriti/Juliet of the Spirits (1965), but also worked with the famous directors Antonio Pietrangeli and Roberto Rossellini. She won a Silver Ribbon for best supporting actress award for both 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 74.
Mike Bongiorno (1924-2009) was an Italo-American journalist and television host. For the history of Italian television, he has been an institution as Italy’s famous quiz master between the 1950s and 1980s. As such he played himself in various films too.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 76.
Film actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) was Italy's favourite leading man since the 1950s, as well as one of the finest actors of European cinema. In his long and prolific career, Mastroianni almost singlehandedly defined the contemporary type of Latin lover, then proceeded to redefine it a dozen times and finally parodied it and played it against type.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 78.
Handsome, flamboyant Vittorio Gassman (1922-2000) was one of the greatest Italian theatre and film actors with an extraordinary career that spanned five decades. With his powerful voice, he was an extremely versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career included both highlights of the 'Commedia all Italiana' genre as well as powerful melodramas in which he played the beloved rogue.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 80.
Italian actor Franco Fabrizi (1926–1995) played in about 150 films, usually as the superficial opportunistic sidekick. He made his film debut under Michelangelo Antonioni and became known as a cynical but charming womanizer in Federico Fellini’s I Vitelloni (1953). In later life, he appeared in Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice (1971) and Fellini’s Ginger and Fred (1986).
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 86.
Italian film actor Rik Battaglia (1927-2015) made nearly 100 film appearances between 1954 and 1999. He played the bad guy in dozens of Peplums, Eurowesterns, and war films. In Germany, he became notorious as ‘The Man Who Shot Winnetou.'
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 93.
Handsome Antonio Cifariello (1930–1968) was an Italian actor and documentary filmmaker. In his short but intense career, he starred in various Italian comedies as a young and seductive Don Giovanni. He worked with several famous directors, including Federico Fellini, Dino Risi, Luigi Comencini, and Valerio Zurlini. Cifariello also appeared in a few international films.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 94.
Film actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) was Italy's favourite leading man since the 1950s, as well as one of the finest actors of European cinema. In his long and prolific career, Mastroianni almost singlehandedly defined the contemporary type of Latin lover, then proceeded to redefine it a dozen times and finally parodied it and played it against type.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 95.
A legendary idol of the French cinema, Gérard Philipe (1922–1959) was adored for his good looks, but he was also a very talented actor. He played roles as diverse as Faust and Modigliani and he was sought out by France's preeminent directors for his versatility and professionalism.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, Milano, no. 97.
Teddy Reno (1926), is an Italian singer, record producer, and actor, and naturalised Swiss.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 98.
Italian film actor Maurizio Arena (1933-1979) appeared in 78 films between 1952 and 1978. In the late 1950s, he became popular as the poor but handsome Roman working-class boy in a comedy trilogy by Dino Risi.
Italian postcard. Turismofoto, no. 100.
Giorgio Albertazzi (1923-2016) was an Italian actor and theatre director. An active theatre actor for decades, he was also one of the first television stars.
Italian postcard by Turismofoto, no. 108
Good-looking Walter Chiari (1924-1991) was a hugely successful Italian stage and screen actor. He appeared opposite Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti's Bellissima (1951) and played countless roles in the Commedia all'italiana. Chiari achieved international success with The Little Hut (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1966), and The Valachi Papers (1972). In the late 1950s and 1960s, he was one of the main protagonists of the ‘Dolce Vita’, the glitzy and glamorous Italian jet-set scene, but a drug scandal in 1970 hurt his screen career.
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