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70-0115London: Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures Ca. 1930s. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Minor wear on surface. Printed on verso: The "Milton" Post Card Printed in England. Gene Raymond born Raymond Guion; August 13 1908 – May 3 1998 was an American film television and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting Raymond was also a composer screenwriter director producer and decorated military pilot. He attended the Professional Children's School while appearing in productions like Rip Van Winkle and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. His Broadway debut at age 17 was in The Cradle Snatchers which ran two years. The cast included Mary Boland Edna May Oliver and a young Humphrey Bogart. London: Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0133London: Warner Ca. 1930s. Original B&W photograph. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Picturegoer" Series 85 Long Acre London; No. 473a. Scarce.George Arliss born Augustus George Andrews 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946 was an English actor author playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli 1929 as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honor. London: Warner, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0076London: Gaumont British Ca. 1930s. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Film-Kurier" Series 10 Banner St. London E.C.1. Made in Great Britain. Signed in the plate.George Arliss born Augustus George Andrews 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946 was an English actor author playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli 1929 as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honor.Gaumont-British was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont Film Company. It became independent of its French parent in 1922 when Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British. In 1927 a leading silent film maker the Ideal Film Company merged with Gaumont. The company's Lime Grove Studios was used for film productions including Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of The 39 Steps 1935 while its Islington Studios made Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes 1938. In the 1930s the company employed 16000 people. In the United States Gaumont-British had its own distribution operation for its films until December 1938 when it outsourced distribution to 20th Century Fox. In 1941 the Rank Organisation bought Gaumont-British and its sister company Gainsborough Pictures. London: Gaumont British, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0107London: First National Films Ca. 1930s. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Made in Great Britain. Signed in the plate. Scarce.George Brent born George Patrick Nolan 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979 was an Irish-American stage film and television actor. Brent was involved in the Irish Republican Army. He fled Ireland with a bounty set on his head by the British government although he later claimed only to have been a courier for guerrilla leader and tactician Michael Collins. London: First National Films, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0019London: First National Ca. 1930s. Original B&W photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series 85 Long Acre London. Made in Great Britain.George Brent born George Patrick Nolan 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979 was an Irish-American stage film and television actor.Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of film television and theater. With a career spanning 60 years and 100 acting credits she is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history. She was noted for playing unsympathetic sardonic characters and was famous for her performances in a range of film genres from contemporary crime melodramas to historical films suspense horror and occasional comedies although her greater successes were in romantic dramas. A recipient of two Academy Awards she was the first thespian to garner ten nominations. London: First National, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0073London: A.T.P. Ca. 1930s. Original B&W photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Picturegoer" Series 85 Long Acre London; No. 1061. Made in Great Britain.George Formby OBE born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961 was an English actor singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage screen and record he sang light comical songs usually playing the ukulele or banjolele and became the UK's highest-paid entertainer. London: A.T.P., [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0030London: Paramount Pictures Ca. 1930s. Original B&W sepia toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Made in Great Britain. Scarce.George Raft born George Ranft; September 26 1901 – November 24 1980 was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies Raft is remembered for his gangster roles in Scarface 1932 Each Dawn I Die 1939 and Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot 1959 as a dancer in Bolero 1934 and a truck driver in They Drive by Night 1940. London: Paramount Pictures, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
17-3558Paris : Cie Des Arts Photomécaniques 1900-1940s. B&W postcard 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Glossy. Very Good. Handwritten message with fountain pen in French on verso. Postmark dated 1948. Scarce. Paris : Cie Des Arts Photomécaniques, [1900-1940s?]. unknown
68-3352Waldkirch Germany: 1913. Advertising Stamp Label. 3.5 x 6 cm. Very Good. Auf Deutsch. Waldkirch, Germany: 1913 unknown
17-3584Paris: 20th Century French Publisher 1900 - 1950s. B&W postcard 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Good. Some wear foxing and toning on both sides. Creasing along edges and small stain on bottom left corner. Text in French. Scarce. [Paris]: [20th Century French Publisher], [1900 - 1950s?]. unknown
68-3404Hollywood CA: ca. 1920. Black & White Photograph. 8" x 10" Good with losses tears portion detached. Hollywood, CA: [ca. 1920]. unknown
70-0290London: Radio Ca. 1930s. Original B&W photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Picturegoer" Series 85 Long Acre London. No. 939. Made in Great Britain.Ginger Rogers born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16 1911 – April 25 1995 was an American actress dancer and singer during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood and is often considered an American icon. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle 1940 but is best remembered for performing during the 1930s in RKO's musical films with Fred Astaire. Her career continued on stage radio and television throughout much of the 20th century. London: Radio, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
63-9510USA: ca. 1950. 10" x 12" Black and White Photograph. Good with creasing wrinkling. [USA: ca. 1950]. unknown
63-9511USA: ca. 1950. 10" x 12" Black and White Photograph. Good with creasing wrinkling. [USA: ca. 1950]. unknown
68-3261Berlin Germany: 20th Century German Publisher ca. 1910. Advertising Stamp Label. 2.2 x 6.5 cm. Very Good. Auf Deutsch. [Berlin, Germany: 20th Century German Publisher, ca. 1910?] unknown
70-5486Brussels: RTBF 1995. Black and white glossy photograph. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good. Wear from handling. Printed in Belgium. A black-and-white promotional photo from Golden Eighties featuring Fanny Cottencon. Brussels: RTBF, 1995 unknown
70-0054London: Gaumont British Ca. 1930s. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Picturegoer" Series 85 Long Acre London; No. 717. Made in Great Britain.Gaumont-British was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont Film Company. It became independent of its French parent in 1922 when Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British. In 1927 a leading silent film maker the Ideal Film Company merged with Gaumont. The company's Lime Grove Studios was used for film productions including Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of The 39 Steps 1935 while its Islington Studios made Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes 1938. In the 1930s the company employed 16000 people. In the United States Gaumont-British had its own distribution operation for its films until December 1938 when it outsourced distribution to 20th Century Fox. In 1941 the Rank Organisation bought Gaumont-British and its sister company Gainsborough Pictures.William Gordon Harker 7 August 1885 – 2 March 1967 was an English stage and film actor. He had a long career on the stage from 1902 to the 1950s. One of the last plays he starred in was Small Hotel a popular comedy he toured in 1955. In addition he appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959 including three silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and in several scenes in Elstree Calling 1930 a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock. He was known for his performance as Inspector Hornleigh in a trilogy of films produced between 1938 and 1940 as well in Saloon Bar 1940 based on a stage play he had starred in and another one of his stage successes The Poltergeist made into the film Things Happen at Night 1947 a poltergeist comedy he co-starred in with Alfred Drayton and Robertson Hare. His last major screen role was as the wily waiter Albert in the 1957 motion picture version of Small Hotel. London: Gaumont British, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0083London: Columbia Pictures Ca. 1930s. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Small wrinkle in center. Printed on verso: "Film-Kurier" Series 10 Banner St. London E.C.1. Made in Great Britain. Signed in the plate.Grace Moore December 5 1898 – January 26 1947 was an American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in One Night of Love. In 1947 Moore died in a plane crash at the age of 48. She published an autobiography in 1944 titled You're Only Human Once. In 1953 a film about her life was released titled So This Is Love starring Kathryn Grayson. London: Columbia Pictures, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0100London: Radio Pictures Ca. 1930s. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Good. Some wear on surface. Made in Great Britain. Scarce.Dame Gracie Fields DBE born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979 was an English actress singer and comedian and star of both cinema and music hall. She spent the later part of her life on the isle of Capri Italy. Fields was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE for Services to Entertainment in 1938 and in 1979 seven months before her death she was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.RKO Pictures was an American film production and distribution company. In its original incarnation as RKO Radio Pictures Inc. a subsidiary of Radio-Keith-Orpheum aka: RKO it was one of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum KAO theater chain and Joseph P. Kennedy's Film Booking Offices of America FBO studio were brought together under the control of the Radio Corporation of America RCA in October 1928. RCA chief David Sarnoff engineered the merger to create a market for the company's sound-on-film technology RCA Photophone. By the mid-1940s the studio was under the control of investor Floyd Odlum. London: Radio Pictures, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0007London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ca. 1930s. Original hand-colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed in London by Colourgraph Series as stated on verso.Greta Garbo born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990 was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses of all time Garbo was known for her melancholy somber persona due to her many portrayals of tragic characters in her films and for her subtle and understated performances. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0006London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ca. 1930s. Original B&W photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed in London by Publicity Photographs LTD. as stated on verso.Greta Garbo born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990 was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses of all time Garbo was known for her melancholy somber persona due to her many portrayals of tragic characters in her films and for her subtle and understated performances. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-0239London: Gaumont British Ca. 1930s. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series 85 Long Acre London; No. PC 236. Penciled notation and minor wear on verso. Made in Great Britain. Gaumont-British was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont Film Company. It became independent of its French parent in 1922 when Isidore Ostrer acquired control of Gaumont-British. In 1927 a leading silent film maker the Ideal Film Company merged with Gaumont. The company's Lime Grove Studios was used for film productions including Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of The 39 Steps 1935 while its Islington Studios made Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes 1938. In the 1930s the company employed 16000 people. In the United States Gaumont-British had its own distribution operation for its films until December 1938 when it outsourced distribution to 20th Century Fox. In 1941 the Rank Organisation bought Gaumont-British and its sister company Gainsborough Pictures.Griffith Jones born Harold Jones; 19 November 1909 – 30 January 2007 was an English film stage and television actor. Born in Notting Hill London on 19 November 1909 Jones was the 5th child of William Thomas Jones and Harriet Eleanor J. Doughty 1878–1973 a Welsh-speaking dairy owner. In 1930 Jones was studying law at University College London when Kenneth Barnes the Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art noticed him in a student performance and offered him a career as an actor. His first professional engagement was in Carpet Slippers at the Embassy Theatre Swiss Cottage in 1930 while still at RADA. He won the annual RADA Gold Medal in 1932. Jessie Margaret Matthews OBE 11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981 was an English actress dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s whose career continued into the post-war period. After a string of hit stage musicals and films in the mid-1930s Matthews developed a following in the USA where she was dubbed "The Dancing Divinity". Her British studio was reluctant to let go of its biggest name which resulted in offers for her to work in Hollywood being repeatedly rejected. London: Gaumont British, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown
70-5359Paris: Interpress 1985. Black and white glossy photograph. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good. Wear from handling. Printed in France. Still from the film Gros Plan. Paris: Interpress, 1985 unknown
70-5358Paris: Interpress 1985. Black and white glossy photograph. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good. Printed in France. Still from Gros Plan featuring Philippe Rouleau Vania Villers and Nathalie Dalian. Paris: Interpress, 1985 unknown
70-5041Paris: 20th century publisher ca. 1990s. Black and white glossy photograph. 5 x 7 inches. Very Good. Printed in France. Promotional photograph showing an encounter between a M. de Francisco and Imanol Arias. Paris: [20th century publisher], [ca. 1990s] unknown
