La Collectionneuse: Valentine's Day 2024

Happy Valentine’s Day! Let’s celebrate it with 15 postcards featuring film couples which will put you in the mood.


Mexican postcard by CIF, no. 3202. Photo: Metro Goldwyn. Renée Adorée and John Gilbert in The Cossacks (George W. Hill, Clarence Brown, 1928). Renée Adorée and John Gilbert co-starred in eight films from 1922 to 1930.


Spanish postcard by MC, Barcelona, no. 134. Nancy Carroll and Charles Rogers in Illusion (Lothar Mendes, 1929). Nancy Carroll and Charles Rogers co-starred in four movies from 1928 to 1930.


Spanish postcard by IFAG, series D, no. 6. Photo: United Artists. Lupe Velez and John Holland in Hell Harbor (Henry King, 1930).


Italian postcard by Cinema Illustrazione Milano, no. 18, series II. Photo: Paramount. Fay Wray and Gary Cooper possibly in The Legion of the Condemned (William A. Wellman, 1928). Fay Wray and Gary Cooper co-starred in four movies from 1928 to 1933.


Italian postcard by Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, no. 3756. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor in Personal Property (W.S. Van Dyke, 1937).


Spanish postcard by Infonal, no. O.M.-327. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Ruth Hussey and Tom Neal in Within the Law (Gustav Machatý, 1939).


Spanish postcard by Archivo Bermejo. Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in Cover Girl (Charles Vidor, 1944).


Czech postcard by Czekoslovenské filmové naklatefstvi (CSFN), Praha, no. 99. Photo: Pathé Cinema. Arletty and Jean-Louis Barrault in Les Enfants du Paradis (Marcel Carné, 1945).


Spanish postcard by Belfo, no. 133. Ava Gardner and Fred MacMurray in Singapore (John Brahm, 1947).


Spanish postcard.Barbara Payton and Gregory Peck in Only the Valiant (Gordon Douglas, 1951).


Spanish postcard. Linda Darnell and Tab Hunter in Saturday Island/Island of Desire (Stuart Heisler, 1952).


Spanish postcard, no. 3003. Piper Laurie and Tony Curtis in Johnny Dark (George Sherman, 1954). Piper Laurie and Tony Curtis co-starred in four films from 1951 to 1954.


Spanish postcard, no. 2886. Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray in Bus Stop (Joshua Logan, 1956).


Spanish postcard, no. 6330. Miiko Taka and Marlon Brando in Sayonara (Joshua Logan, 1957).


Spanish postcard by C y A, no. 87. Shirley Jones and Pat Boone in April Love (Henry Levin, 1957).

Text and postcards: Marlène Pilaete.