German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5272/1, 1930-1931. Photo: Lotte Jacobi. German actress Valerie Boothby (1906-1982) was a popular star of the Weimar cinema in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Valerie Boothby entered the film business in 1925 during the heydays of the German silent cinema. Her film debut was Der krasse Fuchs (1925, Conrad Wiene). In the next years she made many other silent films and her popularity increased. Among her films were Die Frau mit dem Weltrekord (1927, Erich Waschneck), Das letzte Souper (1928, Mario Bonnard), Angst - Die schwache Stunde einer Frau (1928, Hans Steinhoff) in which she co-starred with Gustav Fröhlich, Der Monte Christo von Prag (1929, Hans Otto), Frauen am Abgrund (1929, Georg Jacoby) and Mädchen am Kreuz (1929, Jacob & Luise Fleck). During the early sound period Valerie – or Valery - Boothby made her last films, including In einer kleinen Konditorei (1930, Robert Wohlmuth), Er oder ich (1930, Harry Piel) and Der Herr Finanzdirektor (1931, Fritz Friedmann-Frederich). Sources: Thomas Staedeli and IMDb.