Belgian postcard, no. 951.
June Allyson and Dick Powell met during the filming of Meet the People (1944), in which the actress had a supporting part. They married in 1945. They later co-starred in two movies in 1950: Right Cross and The Reformer and the Redhead. They adopted a daughter, Pamela, in 1948, and had a son, Richard Jr., in 1950. In 1961, June Allyson filed for divorce but the couple soon reconciled and remained married until Powell died in 1963.
Dutch postcard by Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 3028. Photo: Warner Bros.
Pier Angeli was allegedly introduced to James Dean on the set of The Silver Chalice (1954). Dean was at the time filming East of Eden and came to greet Paul Newman. Angeli and Dean were attracted to each other and a romance blossomed. It seems that Pier’s mother was not too happy with their relationship and found singer Vic Damone a much more suitable suitor for her daughter. To Dean’s bewilderment, Pier Angeli married Damone on the 24th of December 1954. In an interview given to the National Enquirer in 1968, Pier Angeli reminisced about her affair with Dean: "We had complete understanding of each other … We were kids together and that’s the way we both liked it. It was all so innocent and so emphatic".
Dutch postcard by Int. Filmpers, Amsterdam, no. 3500.
Brigitte Bardot and Jacques Charrier met during the filming of Babette s’en va-t-en guerre (1959). They married in 1959 and had a son, Nicolas, in 1960. They divorced in 1963, as Bardot had fallen in love with Sami Frey.
talian postcard by Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, no. 3974. Photo: Warner Bros.
Joan Blondell and Dick Powell married in 1936 and divorced in 1944. They had one daughter, Ellen, in 1938. They were frequent co-stars and appeared in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Footlight Parade (1933), Convention City (1933), Dames (1934), Broadway Gondolier (1935), Colleen (1936), Stage Struck (1936), Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), I Want a Divorce (1940) and Model Wife (1942).
Italian postcard by G.B. Falci Editore, Milano, no. 637. Olive Borden and George O'Brien in Fig Leaves (Howard Hawks, 1926).
Olive Borden and George O’Brien fell in love during the filming of Three Bad Men (1926). They soon co-starred again in Fig Leaves (1926). There were marriage rumors but they separated at the end of the 1920s. According to O’Brien’s son, Olive Borden was his father’s great love before he met Marguerite Churchill, whom he married in 1933.
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4397/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Fox.
Sue Carol and Nick Stuart married in 1929. They had a daughter, Carol Lee, in 1932, and divorced in 1934. They co-starred in Girls Gone Wild (1929), Chasing Through Europe (1929), Why Leave Home? (1929) and Secret Sinners (1933).
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3994/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Paramount.
Kathryn Carver and Adolphe Menjou married in 1928 and divorced in 1934. They co-starred in Service for Ladies (1927), Serenade (1927) and His Private Life (1928).
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3981/1, 1929-1930. Photo: Paramount. The actress on the card is Mildred Davis, not Marion Davies, as erroneously captioned.
Mildred Davis and Harold Lloyd married in 1923. From 1919 to 1923, she had been Lloyd’s frequent leading lady in his comedies, including the highly popular Safety Last (1923). They had one daughter, Gloria Lloyd, in 1923, and one boy, Harold Clayton Lloyd Jr., in 1931. A second daughter, Gloria Freeman, was adopted in 1930. She was renamed Marjorie Elizabeth but was known as Peggy for most of her life. Mildred Davis passed away in 1969. Harold Lloyd died two years later.
Italian postcard by G.B. Falci Editore, Milano, no. 559. Victoria Forde, Tom Mix and their daughter Thomasina Mix.
Victoria Forde and Tom Mix married in 1918. Victoria had been Tom’s frequent co-star in his Westerns at Selig and Fox. They had a daughter, Thomasina, in 1922, and divorced in 1932.
Italian postcard in the 'serie d'oro' by Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, no. 637. Photo: Metro Goldwyn, Roma. Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926).
Greta Garbo and John Gilbert co-starred for the first time in Flesh and the Devil. They fell in love during filming and this is obvious in their incandescent love scenes, as you can see on this postcard. They appeared together again in Love (1927) and A Woman of Affairs (1928). However, their affair was over by 1929. In 1933, they made a last film together, Queen Christina, but, at the time, John Gilbert’s career was in decline.
Spanish postcard by Archivo Bermejo, no. 4066. Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth in The Lady From Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947).
Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles married in 1943. They had a daughter, Rebecca, in 1944, and divorced in 1947. They co-starred in The Lady from Shanghai (1947), which Welles also directed.
Dutch postcard by Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 1912. Photo: Ufa.
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer met in 1953 and their love affair developed when they appeared together in the play 'Ondine' which opened on Broadway in February 1954. They married in September 1954. They had one son, Sean, in 1960, and divorced in 1968. They co-starred in War and Peace (1956).
Spanish postcard by Soberanas, no. 426.
Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis met in 1950 and married in 1951. They had two daughters, Kelly Lee in 1956 and Jamie Lee in 1958. They co-starred in Houdini (1953), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Vikings (1958), The Perfect Furlough (1958) and Who Was That Lady? (1960). They divorced in 1962, as Tony Curtis had fallen in love with actress Christine Kaufmann, whom he married in 1963. Jamie Lee Curtis would later also become a movie star.
Italian postcard by Piccoli, Milano, no. 875/6.
Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay married in 1958. They co-starred in the Italian peplum Gli amori di Ercole (1960). They had three children: Miklos in 1958, Zoltan in 1960 and Mariska in 1964. Miklos and Zoltan appear with their parents on this Italian postcard. The little girl is Jayne Marie, the daughter Jayne had in 1950 from her previous marriage. Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay’s 1963 Mexican divorce was ruled valid by California in August 1964. Mariska Hargitay would later become famous for her role in the TV series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Spanish postcard by JDP, Valencia, no. 2198.
Jean-Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez married in 1943. They had one daughter, Maria Christina, in 1946. Maria Montez and Jean-Pierre Aumont co-starred in Siren of Atlantis (1949). She passed away in 1951. As Tina Aumont, Maria Christina would later become an actress.
Spanish postcard, no. 723.
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. They later co-starred again in Bright Leaf (1950). According to Patricia Neal, she got pregnant and had an abortion in 1950. Their passionate affair ended in December 1951.
Italian postcard by Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, no. 129. Photo: United Artists.
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks married in 1920, after their respective divorces. At the time, they had been lovers for some years. They were considered the king and queen of Hollywood. They co-starred in The Taming of the Shrew (1929). In 1931, Douglas Fairbanks embarked on an affair with Sylvia Ashley. Mary Pickford filed for divorce in December 1933 and it was granted in January 1936.
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3101/1, 1928-1929. Photo: United Artists.
During the filming of My Best Girl (1927), a mutual attraction developed between Mary Pickford and Charles Rogers. She was flattered to be courted by a man who was twelve years her junior. They stayed in touch and, after her divorce from Fairbanks in 1936, Mary Pickford married Charles Rogers in 1937. They adopted two children, Roxanne in 1938 and Ronald Charles in 1943. Their union lasted until Mary died in 1979.
British postcard by Beagles in the 'Famous Cinema Stars' series, no. 197L.
Natacha Rambova and Rudolph Valentino married in Mexico in May 1922 but, as his divorce from his previous wife wasn’t finalised yet, he was charged with bigamy when they returned to the U.S.A. They legally remarried in March 1923 and their divorce was granted in Paris in January 1926.
Spanish postcard by Oscarcolor, no. 401.
Romy Schneider and Alain Delon fell in love during the filming of Christine (1958). After a 5-year love affair, he abruptly left her in 1963 for Nathalie Delon, whom he married in 1964.
Italian postcard by Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, no. 2639. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Zeppo Marx and his wife introduced Robert Taylor to Barbara Stanwyck in 1936. They got along very well and soon were romantically linked. They co-starred in His Brother’s Wife (1936) and This Is My Affair (1937). They married in 1939. In 1950, Taylor had a much-publicized fling with an Italian starlet during the filming of Quo Vadis which hastened the end of their marriage. Their divorce became final in February 1952. They remained on good terms and co-starred again in The Night Walker (1964).
Spanish postcard.
Shirley Temple and John Agar married in 1945. They had a daughter, Linda Susan, in 1948, and divorced in 1950. John Agar was Shirley Temple’s love interest in Fort Apache (1948), which was his first film, and Adventure in Baltimore (1949).
German postcard by Verlag Piek, Potsdam. Photo: A. Gross, Berlin. Caption: Dr Christa Tordy and Harry Liedtke in front of the registry office.
Christa Tordy and Harry Liedtke fell in love during the filming of Amor auf ski (1928) and married in March 1928. In April 1945, they were murdered in their villa by members of the Soviet Army.
Dutch postcard by Editions Altona, no. 5155. Photo: Capitol.
Mamie Van Doren and Ray Anthony married in 1955. They had a son, Perry Ray, in 1956, and divorced in 1961. Ray Anthony appeared in three movies starring his then-wife. He played an assistant to a drug dealer in High School Confidential (1956), Mamie’s ex-husband in The Beat Generation (1959) and a private detective in Girls Town (1959).
Spanish postcard by F.A.G.
Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman married in 1958. They had already met in 1953 when they both worked on the Broadway play 'Picnic' but their love affair blossomed during the filming of The Long, Hot Summer (1958). Their union lasted until Newman died in 2008. They had three daughters: Elinor in 1959, Melissa in 1961 and Claire in 1965. They co-starred in The Long, Hot Summer (1958), Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys! (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961), A New Kind of Love (1963), Winning (1969), WUSA (1970), The Drowning Pool (1975), Harry and Son (1984), which was directed by Newman, and Mr. and Mrs Bridges (1990). He also directed her in four other films, without appearing in them: Rachel, Rachel (1968), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), The Shadow Box (1980), which was filmed for TV, and The Glass Menagerie (1987).
Text and postcards: Marlene Pilaete.
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