Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 96. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Beautiful Anita Page (1910–2008) was one of the most popular leading ladies of Hollywood during the last years of the silent screen and the first years of the sound era. According to MGM, she received the most fan mail at the time. Her nickname was 'the girl with the most beautiful face in Hollywood.'
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 99. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
American actress Sally Eilers (1908–1978) was a popular Hollywood star in the early 1930s. She was tagged 'the most beautiful girl in movies'.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 102. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Good-looking Swedish actor Nils Asther (1897-1981) was an intense star of the silent European cinema. In Hollywood, he was the leading man of stars like Pola Negri, Greta Garbo, and Marion Davies and was labelled ‘the male Greta Garbo’.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 109. Photo: P.D.C. (Producers Distributing Corporation). PDC existed between 1924 and 1927, but then merged with Pathé Exchange to KAO (Keith-Albee-Orpheum), a theatre chain. In 1928, Joseph Kennedy, owner of FBO (Film Booking Offices of America), took over KAO. In the same year, RCA took over KAO, FBO and former RKO Radio Pictures. Kennedy kept control over Pathé (= PDC), which had a studio in Culver City. In 1931, he sold it all to RKO and left the business. The indication PDC here on this card may refer to the time Twelvetrees worked for Pathé.
Blonde and short American actress Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958) had some stage experience when she went to Hollywood in late 1928. She was among the stage actors who came to replace the silent stars who could not or would not make the transition to talkies. She appeared in such early sound films as The Ghost Talks (1929). She was usually cast as the fallen or betrayed woman, such as Elsa in A Woman of Experience (1931). One of her finest roles was opposite John Barrymore in State's Attorney (1932). Most of her films were made at RKO, where she landed after leaving Pathe and Fox. By 1935, the public had grown tired of her roles, and directors had grown weary of her temperament.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 118. Photo: Fox Film.
American actor Wallace Beery (1885-1949) is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films in a 36-year career. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery, Sr. and uncle of actor Noah Beery, Jr.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 119. Photo: Columbia.
Jack Holt, originally Charles John Holt Jr. (1888–1951), was an American motion-picture actor in both silent and sound movies, particularly Westerns.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 125. Photo: Fox Film.
Austrian-born actress and writer Elissa Landi (1904-1948) was (falsely) rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria. During the 1920s, she appeared in British, French, and German films before travelling to the United States. In Hollywood, she became a popular star of the 1930s.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 133. Photo: Vitaphone (Warner).
Irène Bordoni (1885-1953) was a Franco-American actress and singer. She began her career at a very young age at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris and starred with Stacia Napierkowska in silent films under the direction of René Leprince at Pathé Frères in the early 1910s. Having moved to the States, she quickly became a Broadway star as the coquettish and vivacious French woman. In 1929, Bordoni's Broadway play 'Paris' was adapted to a talkie, also called Paris (Clarence G. Badger, 1929), for which she reprised her starring role.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 147. Photo: UFA.
Dignified German-Russian actress Olga Tschechova (1897-1980) was one of the most popular stars of the silent film era. She remained a mysterious person throughout her life.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 162. Photo: Paramount Film.
Elegant French actress Arlette Marchal (1902-1984) started as a fashion model. Between 1922 and 1951, she starred in 41 European and American films. From the 1950s on, she dedicated herself mostly to her fashion enterprise.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 169. Photo: United Artists.
Norma Talmadge (1894-1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 170. Photo: Warner Bros.
American film actress Dolores Costello (1903-1979) was 'The Goddess of the Silent Screen'. She was Hollywood royalty: the daughter of popular matinee idol Maurice Costello, wife of John Barrymore and grandmother of Drew Barrymore.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 181. Photo: Columbia.
Bertram 'Bert' Lytell (1885-1954) was an American actor, film and stage producer, director and screenwriter. Lytell was most active during the silent era, appearing in forty-nine American films released between 1917 and 1927.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 183. Photo: Fox.
David Rollins (1907-1997) was an American actor whose film career lasted only from 1927 to 1932, during which time he appeared in sixteen feature films.
Spanish postcard in the Estrellas del cine series, no. 184. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
British actor and director Ray Milland (1905-1986) had a screen career that ran from 1929 to 1985. He appeared in many Hollywood movies as the archetypal, unflappable British gentleman. Milland is best remembered for his gut-wrenching, Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945), the murder-plotting husband in Dial M for Murder (1954), and as The Man With the X-ray Eyes (1963).
See also our earlier posts on Estrellas del Cine of 29 April 2021 and 18 July 2025. Paco Moncho Pascual made on his Spanish site Prospectos de Cine a full list of the Estrellas del Cine series.
Source: Wikipedia (English).
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