2 LILIAN HARVEY 1934 GARBATY EMBOSSED KURMARK CIGARETTE CARD SERIE I No 13, 14
Lilian
Harvey 1934 : For sale two Garbaty film stars cards « Moderne Schonheitsgalerie
» (Modern gallery of beauty). Embossed cards Issued in KurMark cigarettes
package: Cards are from series 1 no. 13, 14. Cards measures approx. 2
1/16" x 2 7/16" (51mm X 62mm). Each card is in full color, embossed
with an individual pattern. Cards are in new condition (look scan). No mount
damage on back, no creases and very clean. Back with text written in German.
About: Lilian Harvey
: (Born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape, 19January
1906 – 27 July 1968) She was an Anglo-German actress and singer, long based in Germany,
where she play as actress. After an engagement as a revue dancer in Vienna in
1924, Harvey received her first movie role. Subsequently, she starred in many
silent films. In 1925, she was cast in her first leading role in the film Passion by Richard Eichberg. Because of
her training as a singer, Harvey was able to pursue a successful acting career
during the initial talkie era of the early 1930s. Her first movie with Willy
Fritsch was the Operetta film Chaste Susanne in 1926. After Harvey and
Fritsch became the dream couple of German
movies. She and Fritsch starred in a total of 11 movies together, among them
the criminal comedy Hokuspokus (1930),
which became a box office success. An English version (The temporary Widow) was
filmed simultaneously, starring Lilian Harvey and Laurence Oliver, who thereby
made his film debut. In 1931, Harvey played the leading part in the film The Congress Dances, her song in the
movie became a most popular melody. Her subsequent movies were filmed in English
and French version, so Harvey became known outside of Germany. After, she was
invited to Hollywood and made four movies for the Fox Film Corporation. In 1935
Harvey returned to Germany. As she was still in touch with her Jewish
colleagues, Harvey was placed under close observation by the Gestapo. Nevertheless
she play in successful movies for the UFA until 1939. In spring 1939, Harvey
left Germany and her real-estate fortune, which was confiscated. She was
deprived of her German citizenship in 1943 because she had performed for french
troops. Harvey went to live at her residence in Juan-les-Pins in Vichy France. After
the occupation of southern France by German forces in november 1942 , Harvey
emigrated to the USA spending most of the time in Los Angeles working as a
volunteer nurse. After World war, Harvey moved to Paris. In the following years,
she travelled as a singer through Scandinavia and Egypt. In 1949 she returned
to West Germany giving several concerts. In 1950, Harvey retired to the resort
town of Antibes on the French Riviera.
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