Miss Marlene Dietrich is shown leaving the Paramount Studio after her day's work. She is met by her chauffeur, Harry Wright.
Here is Marlene Dietrich. Or, as she would say, Miss De-twick.
Stephen Mackey Madame Honeysuckle. 2016, oil on panel, 51 x 41 cm
wehadfacesthen: gatabella: Marlene Dietrich, 1935
Miss Marlene Dietrich is shown leaving the Paramount Studio after her day's work. She is met by her chauffeur, Harry Wright.
The paintings and sculptures of Ernesto de Fiori are on a solo exhibit at Almeida e Dale Gallery, in São Paulo, through September 30, with twenty-two sculptures, several oil canvas and drawings, and a rare 1920s video of the artist at work. Rome-born De Fiori (1884-1945) is one of those artists unfortunate enough to have
Today’s post is dedicated to the little known French Massilia label, that published dozens of postcards during the 1930s. Most of the postcards/cards in this post are from the collection of Amit Benyovits, a long time collector of film star cards, who regularly contributes information to the sites Moviecard.com and Immortal Ephemera. He introduced us to Massilia and we joined him on his search for more information about the label. French card by Massilia. Marie Glory. Armand Bernard. French card by Massilia. Photo: A.C.E. Henri Rollan. French card by Massilia. Handwritten text at the backside (not entirely readable): "Je suis heureux de pouvoir vous saluer de cette façon un peu inattendue.... aussi inconnue à qui sont dédiés mes efforts, mais qui en pensez... quoi??? Bien sympathiquement... quoi qu'il en soit. Henri Rollan". Hand-coloured In a comment on an EFSP post, Amit Benyovits had written that he had the good fortune to acquire a beautiful set of 84 Massilia hand-coloured postcards/cards. Massilia did not ring a bell for me. I only found a non-coloured Massilia postcard of Armand Bernard in my collection and Ivo has a hand-coloured postcard of Henri Rollan with a dedication of Rollan himself at the backside. Later I found a gorgeous card of French silent star Marie Glory at a collector’s fair in the city of Utrecht. The bulk of Benyovits’ set is comprised of European film stars (including the Rollan card), but several major Hollywood movie stars are included as well. Our selection for this post focuses on the female European film stars. Mireille Balin. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Madeleine Carroll. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Jany Holt. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. A Greek Colony The Massilia cards are large-sized (4" x 5-3/4" or 10,5 cm x 15 cm) and printed on high-quality card stock. Almost all of them have vibrantly colour-toned images on the front and have plain white backs. On each card you’ll find a small Massilia logo at the bottom. The cards of Amit Benyovits are scanned from an album, in which the logo also appears on the title page. Inside the album is also an introduction by French star Harry Baur, listed as President of Honour of the L'Union des Artistes. But the album does not offer more factual information about Massilia. With a Google search, you’ll only find on Wikipedia that Massilia is the Latin name of the Greek colony of Μασσαλία. It was founded by the Ionians of Phocaea in 600 BC. The colony was located on the southern coast of Gaul, at the place of modern Marseille. Elvire Popesco. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Danielle Darrieux. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Merle Oberon. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Sammelbilder Happily, collector and EFSP contributor Didier Hanson could help us further. He wrote: “Massilia was an affiliated label with bonbons Loriot (etablissements UNGEMAC Strasbourg) in the 1930s. As many, they issued ‘sammelbilder’ (like ‘Mes Vedettes’) about various subjects, as bicycle races and film stars. Loriot issued star pictures in black and white or sepia, and Massillia issued the same pics hand-coloured. Many labels used the ‘sammelbilder’ as a gift and promo for their products, as Kivou in Belgium (chocolate), and an incredible amount of cigarette labels in Germany: Altona, Orami, and so on. They often used Ross Verlag for their movie stars albums, the other subjects being dancers, beautiful women, animals, flags.... and martial subjects when the NSDAP took over.” Junie Astor. French card by Massilia. Photo: Films Albatros. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Edwige Feuillère. French card by Massilia. Photo: EPOC. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Dita Parlo. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Different Poses At his site Immortal Ephemera, Cliff Aliperti dates Benyovits' set to approximately 1937-1938 due to the inclusion of such child stars as Shirley Temple and Deanna Durbin. On Immortal Ephemera you can find scans of the album cover plus of all the cards, including some cards of pairs. Cliff Aliperti: “Of these pairs, Yvette Lebon and Tino Rossi only appeared in one film together, released 1936; Viviane Romance and Tino Rossi appeared in 2, released in 1937 and much later (1972). Also included are the pair of Jacqueline Delubac and Sacha Guitry who appeared in a whopping 11 films together: 1 in 1935, the other 10 all between 1936-1938.” Some of the photos look a lot like pictures you can see on similar postcards of other publishers, but poses are different. Didier Hanson: “Keep in mind that 9 times out of 10 the photo atelier took many shots during the photo session, and many or all of them were used to issue postcards, even if the publishers were different. This explains why you can come across similar postcards from different publishing houses.” Greta Garbo. French card by Massilia. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Viviane Romance. French card by Massilia. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Marlene Dietrich. French card by Massilia. Photo: Paramount. Collection: Amit Benyovits. Sources: Didier Hanson, Amit Benyovits, Clifford Aliperti (Immortal Ephemera), and Wikipedia. This post was last updated on 14 July 2020.
Not your regular vintage pin up! Helmut Newton (October 31, 1920 – January 23, 2004), is probably most renowned for his black & white or sepia provocative, erotic and titillating photography; …
“No Dior, no Dietrich!” Marlene Dietrich famously told Alfred Hitchcock during the filming of Stage Fright in 1950, a director to whom few would have dared dictate such a demand. Her contract required...
Miss Marlene Dietrich is shown leaving the Paramount Studio after her day's work. She is met by her chauffeur, Harry Wright.
Marlene Dietrich photographed by Peter Basch at the Edinburgh Festival, 1964
La solista australiana se convierte en Marlene Dietrich por unas horas
A beautifully stylized rare art deco wall mask made of plaster. Judging from the facial features it is the likeness of Marlene Dietrich. Never seen one like this before (and we have collected quite a few wall masks). The mask has a beautiful patina but unfortunately also a few chips and missing paint spots. The photos show the damage, and thankfully there is nothing glaring. The measurements are 24x17 This item is being sold 'as is'. Please take a good look at the photos before purchasing!
British postcard in the Famous Cinema Star Series by Beagles Postcards, no 79 N. Collection: Marlène Pilaete.
Dietrich in Morocco; 1930.
Quel bonheur! Mon cabinet dentaire pour Nicolas a été publié dans le n° 206 du magazine Miniaturas (juillet 2015) Dans le même numéro, Il y a également 5 pages sur ma future bijouterie... Cela me fait très plaisir! Dans les numéros 203 et 204, c'est mon grand marché aux puces qui a été publié : D'abord 4 pages dans e n°203 : Ensuite 8 pages dans le numéro 204 En feuilletant mes magazines, j'ai remarqué avoir oublié de signaler la parution de ma vitrine "Ghost Alice in Wonderland'" dans le Miniaturas n°190 Merci Madelva! °°° Je vous présente aussi Miss Dietrich, la future cliente de ma bijouterie Grand style... C'est la fantastique Julie Campbell qui a créé cette poupée spécialement pour moi! Mes désirs : Qu'elle soit très élégante, très maquillée, un peu snob, plus toute jeune, en résumé la cliente typique de ce genre de boutique... et je n'aurais pu rêver plus beau résultat!!! Julie a parfaitement compris ce que je voulais. En voyant ce visage, j'ai immédiatement pensé à Marlène Dietrich. Un grand merci, Julie!!!
