Fin de siècle

70-0185 — London: Gaumont British Ca. 1930s. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Light impression from photo-frames on corners. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series 85 Long Acre London; No. P 149. Made in Great Britain.Jan Wiktor Kiepura May 16 1902 – August 15 1966 was a Polish singer tenor and actor. Jan Kiepura was born in Sosnowiec Poland the son of Miriam née Neuman a former professional singer and Franciszek Kiepura a baker and grocery owner. Jan Kiepura introduced himself as "The Great Kiepura" to the annoyance of similarly temperamental individuals. His mother was Jewish. He had a brother Władysław. During 1916–1920 he attended the Junior School in Sosnowiec where he graduated from high school. In 1921 he studied law at the University of Warsaw. He learned singing from Wacław Brzeziński and Tadeusz Leliwa. In 1923 he performed his first concert in the Sphinx cinema in Sosnowiec. In 1924 Jan Kiepura was admitted by Emil Młynarski to the local choir. He played the role of Góral in Moniuszko's opera Halka. He also took part in a production of Gounod's Faust Faust in the Polish city of Lwow now in the Ukraine.Marta Eggerth 17 April 1912 – 26 December 2013 was a Hungarian actress and singer from "The Silver Age of Operetta". Many of the 20th century's most famous operetta composers including Franz Lehár Fritz Kreisler Robert Stolz Oscar Straus and Paul Abraham composed works especially for her. London: Gaumont British, [Ca. 1930s]. unknown