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14 February 2023

La Collectionneuse: Valentine's Day 2023

Let’s celebrate Valentine’s day with 16 postcards featuring film couples. To introduce them and to put you in the mood, you will also find Deanna Durbin, posing in front of a gigantic heart.

Deanna Durbin in I’ll be Yours (1947)
Dutch postcard, no. 3535. Photo: Universal International. Deanna Durbin in I’ll be Yours (William A. Seiter, 1947).

Maria Jacobini and Tullio Carminati in L’articolo IV (1918)
Italian postcard by G. Vettori, Bologna, no. 31. Maria Jacobini and Tullio Carminati in L’articolo IV/Article IV (Gennaro Righelli, 1918).

Greta Garbo and Ricardo Cortez in Torrent (1926)
Italian postcard, no. 169. Greta Garbo and Ricardo Cortez in Torrent (Monta Bell, 1926).

Pola Negri and Nils Asther in Loves of an Actress (1928)
Spanish postcard by MC, Barcelona, no. 138. Pola Negri and Nils Asther in Loves of an Actress (Rowland V. Lee, 1928).

Anita Page and William Haines in Navy Blues (1929)
Spanish postcard by MC Barcelona, no. 140. Anita Page and William Haines in Navy Blues (Clarence Brown, 1929).

Anita Page and William Haines, who were both under contract to M.G.M., co-starred in four movies from 1928 to 1932.

Rita La Roy and Rod La Rocque in The Delightful Rogue (1929)
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5163/1, 1930-1931. Photo: Radio. Rita La Roy and Rod La Rocque in The Delightful Rogue (Lynn Shores, 1929).

Dolores Del Rio and Edmund Lowe in The Bad One (1930)
Spanish postcard by MC, Barcelona, no. 133. Dolores Del Rio and Edmund Lowe in The Bad One (George Fitzmaurice, 1930).

Lilian Harvey and Henry Garat in Princesse, à vos ordres! (1931)
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5838/2, 1930-1931. Photo: Ufa. Lilian Harvey and Henri Garat (as Henry Garat) in Princesse, à vos ordres!/Her Highness Coomands (Hanns Schwarz, Max de Baucorbeil, 1931).

Lilian Harvey and Henri Garat co-starred in seven movies from 1930 to 1936 and formed together a very popular cinematographic couple.

Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard in Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Postcard from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), no. L37/77. Photo: MGM. Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard in Romeo and Juliet (George Cukor, 1936).

Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor in His Brother's Wife (1936)
Italian postcard by Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, no. 3640. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor in His Brother's Wife (W.S. Van Dyke, 1936).

Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor were married from 1939 to 1952.

Margaret Sullavan and Robert Taylor in Three Comrades (1938).
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A1821/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Margaret Sullavan and Robert Taylor in Three Comrades (Frank Borzage, 1938).

Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Italian postcard by Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, no. 3640. Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in When Tomorrow Comes (John M. Stahl, 1939).

Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer co-starred in Love Affair (1939), When Tomorrow Comes (1939) and Together Again (1944). They got along very well and had great screen chemistry together.

Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper in The Fountainhead (1949)
Spanish postcard, no. 348. Photo: Warner Bros. Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper in The Fountainhead (King Vidor, 1949).

Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper, who was married since 1933 to Veronica "Rocky" Balfe, fell in love in 1948 during the filming of The Fountainhead. According to Patricia Neal, she got pregnant and had an abortion in 1950. Their passionate affair ended in December 1951.

Doris Day and Gordon Mac Rae in On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Belgian postcard. Photo: Warner Bros. Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay (Roy Del Ruth, 1951).

Doris Day and Gordon MacRae co-starred in five Warner musicals from 1950 to 1953.

Maria Schell and O.W. Fischer in Tagebuch einer Verliebten (1953)
German postcard by Universum-Film A.G., Abt. Film-Foto, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 351. Photo: Sohler / Magna Film / Deutsche London Film. Maria Schell and O.W. Fischer in Tagebuch einer Verliebten/Diary of a Married Woman (1953) (Josef von Báky, 1953).

Maria Schell and O.W. Fischer co-starred in four movies in 1952 and 1953 and were at the time one of the "dream couples of the German cinema". In 1961, they were reunited in Das Riesenrad.

Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte in Carmen Jones (1954)
British postcard in the Greetings series. Photo: 20th Century Fox. Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte in Carmen Jones (Otto Preminger, 1954).

Marina Vlady and Maurice Ronet in La sorcière / Häxan (1956)
Spanish postcard, no. 12. Marina Vlady and Maurice Ronet in La sorcière/Häxan (André Michel, 1956).

Text and postcards: Marlene Pilaete. And, Happy Valentine's Day!

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