LILIAN HARVEY : PRETTY ACTRESS : PROVOCATIVE POSE : RISQUE : BALLERINA : RPPC for Sale

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LILIAN HARVEY : PRETTY ACTRESS : PROVOCATIVE POSE : RISQUE : BALLERINA : RPPC For Sale

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LILIAN HARVEY : PRETTY ACTRESS : PROVOCATIVE POSE : RISQUE : BALLERINA : RPPC:
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This vintage real photo postcard featuresAnglo-German actress and singer, Lillian Harvey (1906-1968). She is posed in a bit of a provocative pose and is smoking a pipe. Her acting base was in Germany. Harvey was born in Hornsey, England to an English mother and a German father. During World War I her family was “trapped” in Magdeburg, Germany and Harvey was sent to live with her Swiss aunt. After the war she finished school in Berlin and than studied voice and dance at the Berlin State Opera. In 1924 she earned a role as a revue dancer in Vienna. This was followed by her first movie role which was in an Austrian film named “The Curse”. Thereafter, she starred in multiple silent films. In the 1930’s Harvey’s films appeared in both German and English and she became popular outside of Germany. She went to Hollywood and made four movies for the Fox Film Corporation. In 1935, Harvey returned to Germany. She appeared in several more films and soon she was under the watchful eye of the Gestapo. Harvey had many Jewish friends in the film industry and she was supportive of them. By 1939, Miss Harvey was forced to leave Germany, leaving behind valuable real estate holdings. She went to France where, in 1940, she made two movies for director Jean Boyer. When southern France was occupied by the Nazis in 1942, she emigrated to the United States. During the war she did some theatre acting and also worked as a homeside volunteer nurse. After the war, Harvey relocated to Paris. This postcard portrait shows her wearing a ballerina costume and it is clear that the aim of the photographer is to emphasize Miss Harvey’s sexuality. The photographer and Miss Harvey succeeded in accomplishing this goal. The postcard was published by the German firm Ross Verlag and was part of a series (no. 1529/3).The photographer of this portrait was H. Gartner (1895-1962). He began his careerBerlin He worked as a camera operator, then as director of photography and as a war photographer in the First World War. He frequently worked with Richard Eichberg. When the Nazis took power, he went to Spain in 1933. He needed to leave Germany because he was Jewish. He worked in Spain the rest of his life. He became an influential cinematographer and trained many of the most successful spanish cinematographers. UFA and Eichberg Films are credited on the bottom right hand corner of the image.Richard Eichberg (1888-1952) began his career as an actor but became a succssful film director and producer in the German film industry. He directed 87 films and produced 77 films.This postcard has a French stamp and was postmarked in 1929 in Paris, France. This vintage postcard is in good condition (see scans).