Comments on: The Rediscovered Postcards, Part 2

By: TCM’s Classic Movie Blog

TCM’s Classic Movie Blog — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:42:05 +0000

[...] also popped up in the earlier Garland movie, For Me and My Gal (1942) and, as Medusa pointed out in an earlier blog, this singer was very popular in the ’20s and ’30s in European musical films . in [...]

By: sittichfan

sittichfan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:34:08 +0000

Thanks for posting the stuff on Willy Fritsch! It’s always nice to see that this handsome actor is still remembered even in the US although only a few silent films with him starring have been released there. In 1926, after the tremendous success of “A Waltz Dream” being screened in New York for weeks, he was even offered a United Artists contract but didn’t dare to move over as he did not speak the English language well enough.
By the way, the picture showing him on the steps has been shot in front of his house at Bitterstr. 8 in Berlin-Grunewald which still exists.

By: Richard Harland Smith

Richard Harland Smith — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:19:08 +0000

Fraulein Marianne Nicolas is to “die” for! (“Die” means “the” in German.) I know that doesn’t make sense, but it’s about all the German I know.

By: suzidoll

suzidoll — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:38:18 +0000

I loved looking at this second batch of star cards. It reveals that other national cinemas had star systems, too, and the actors and actresses were just as adored as their Hollywood counterparts. Thanks for the look at the stars of another time and place.

Like Moira, I would also be interested in knowing if there is a card of Zarah Leander. She is featured in an episode of the German TV series HEIMAT. One of the characters visits the big city during the 1930s and goes to the movies to see Zarah Leander.

If you have not seen the original HEIMAT, I would highly recommend it. Given that your mother-in-law grew up during the time frame that part of the series is set in, I think you and your husband would appreciate it.

By: moirafinnie

moirafinnie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:14:03 +0000

This was a revelatory and thought-provoking subject once again, Medusa. I was so glad to see the charming Hans Albers among your mother-in-law's postcards. He helped to breathe life into the technically sophisticated and witty Münchhausen (1943), a film that was produced under the most tragic of circumstances--though perhaps it was proof of some lingering humanity in Nazi Germany as that nation approached their own Götterdämmerung. Is there any hope that you have found anything among the postcards related to two performers whose careers have fascinated me: Zarah Leander and Sybille Schmitz? Aside from youtube clips, a profile on the History Channel about Leander called "Hitler's Women" and a German documentary about the doomed Schmitz, (as well as the 1943 Nazi-produced Titanic with a haunting appearance by the actress) there is little that I've been able to find about them in English. Great topic and an interesting glimpse into a fascinating period. Thanks.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:46:27 +0000

Fascinating stuff — thanks!

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:14:16 +0000

Many thanks for rare cards!