Men

David Suchet as Poirot

Sir David Courtney Suchet (1946-) is an English actor known for his work on British stage and television.  International acclaim and recognition followed his performance as Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot.

Sent by Olga on 17 Sep, 2020 from Belarus

Paul Newman ( 1925 –  2008 ) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.

Sent by Andrea on 18 Sep, 2020 from Czech Republic

 

Movie Night

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Norma Jean Baker/Marilyn Monroe

Photo. Berttman Archive

Received on 29 Dec, 2021

Sent by Laarni (Dallas,  Texas)

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Al Pacino Al Pacino in Scarface

Received on 23 Dec, 2021 

Sent by Jarno (Helsinki, Finland)

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Charlie Chaplin and KID

The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick.

Received on 8 Dec, 2021

Sent by Brenda (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

 

Movie night

First Love Unlimited (1997) Hong Kong / First lovers Gigi Leung and Daniel Chan

First love unlimited is a 1997 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Joe Ma Wai Ho and starring: two pop stars Daniel Chan Hiu Tung and Gigi Leung Wing Kei. Released at the end of spring in 1997, The film created a fan fever for Hong Kong youth back then. A sweet little movie with two perfectly-cast Hong Kong heartthrobs, First Love Unlimited captures the wondrous excitement of first love with tremendous heart and winning humor.

Sent by Aya in Hong Kong

sent on 13 Sep, 2014

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 7,912 km

received on 19 Sep, 2014 

The same procedure...  Dinner for one

Dinner for One, also known as The 90th Birthday , is a two-hander comedy sketch written by British author Lauri Wylie for the theatre. The German TV station Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) recorded it in 1963, in the original English, with a short introduction in German. It is an 18-minute black-and-white videotape recording, performed by British comedians Freddie Frinton and May Warden. 

The programme is now broadcast annually during the festive season on many TV stations across Northern Europe and Scandinavia, as well as Austria and South Africa .

sent by Melanie,  Germany

 on 12 Jan, 2020

travel time 18 days

distance travelled 1,573 km

received on30 Jan, 2020 

Os Olhos da Ásia - The Eyes of Asia directed by João Mário Grilo

After being converted to Catholicism, Julião Nakaura is forced to prove his faith as the Shogun Court forces him to apostatize.

Director: João Mário Grilo
Writers: Paulo Filipe, João Mário Grilo
Stars: José Abreu, Geraldine Chaplin, António Cordeiro 

Sent by Joaquim, Portugal

on 11 Jan, 2020

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 3,388 km

received on 30 Jan, 2020

Long ago....

Doris Day ( 1922 –  2019) 

was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945.  Day's film career began during the latter part of the Golden Age of Hollywood with the film Romance on the High Seas (1948), leading to a 20-year career as a motion picture actress. She starred in films of many genres, including musicals, comedies, dramas, and thrillers.






Pat Boone

Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (June 1, 1934) is an American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films.

Postcards from my collection 

Men

 Fishermen

Sent by Evangelia in Würzburg, Germany 

 on 24 Feb, 2014

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,591 km

received on 3 Mar, 2014 

 Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove 1964

Sent by Mary in Sain  Petersburg, Russia

on 3 Aug, 2018

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 538 km

received on 15 Aug, 2018 

Farmwork

Duch Openair Museum

Sent by Lotte in Arnhem, The  Netherlands

 on 3 Dec, 2013

travel time 65 days

distance travelled 1,537 km

received on 6 Feb, 2014 

Women

Women sitting on steps.

 1896-1920. Alfred Newton & Son

English Heritage Archive

Sent by Ruth in  Huddersfield, UK

 on 11 Mar, 2014

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,717 km

21 Mar, 2014 received on

Lovely ladies with pretty hats

Sent by Renate in  Übach-Palenberg, Germany

on 1 Oct, 2014

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 1,602 km

13 Oct, 2014 received on

Marilyn Monroe
( American actress 1926- 1962) 1952. 

 Photo Philippe Halsman.

Facebook swap

Sent by Imane in Turku, Finland

Audrey Hepburn

( British actress  1929 –  1993) 

Sent byAnna in Prague, Czech Republic

on 21 Sep, 2018

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,457 km

Bette Davis

(American actress 1908 – 1989)

Sent by Filipe, Lisbon, Portugal

on 20 Sep, 2018

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 3,383 km


From my family album

Movie night

Ernest Hemingway's introspective one-episode novelette, The Old Man and the Sea, is virtually a one-character film, the spotlight being almost continuously on Spencer Tracy as the old Cuban fisherman who meets his final test in his tremendous struggle with the huge marlin.

Old Man and the Sea. 1958
Directors: John Sturges, Henry King

Writers: Ernest Hemingway (novel), Peter Viertel

Stars: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver

travel time 8 days
distance travelled 5,750 km
sent by Valérye in Princeville, Quebec, Canada

Srencer Tracy, 1937. Photo by Ted Allan

travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,217 km
sent by Konstante in Kaltenkirchen, Germany

M is for Marilyn

Marilyn in How to Marry a Millionaire

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 7,251 km

set by Dianne in St. Louis, U.S.A.

Marilyn poses over the updraft of a New York subway grating during a photo session to promote the film The Seven Year Itch in September 1954. 

travel time 17 days

distance travelled 1,435 km

sent by Birte in Bielefeld, Germany

H is for Humphrey and I is for Ingrid

Humphrey DeForest Bogart  (1899 –  1957) was an American screen and stage actor whose performances in 1940s film noir classics such as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep earned him status as a cultural icon. During a film career of almost 30 years, Bogart appeared in more than 75 feature films. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star of Classic American cinema. Over his career, he received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning one (for The African Queen).

Ingrid Bergman (1915 – 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is best remembered for her roles as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942) and as Alicia Huberman in Notorious (1946), an Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Cary Grant and Claude Rains.

More about Casablanca here 

G is for Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (1905-1990 ), oikealta nimeltään Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, oli ruotsalainen elokuvatähti ja yksi elokuvahistorian kuuluisimmista Hollywood-näyttelijöistä

Greta Garbo, born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (1905 – 1990), was a Swedish-born American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her "luminous and unforgettable screen performances." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman.

Postcard sent by Michaela, Germany 

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 1,279 km

received on 12 Aug, 2016

A is for Agatha

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan.

Born - Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller 15 September 1890 Torquay, Devon,

Died -12 January 1976 (aged 85)Winterbrook, Oxfordshire, England

  David Suchet as Hercule Poirot and  Joan Hickson as Miss Marple

Postcards sent by Elena in Novosibirsk, Russia

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 3,761 km

received on 20 Jan, 2018 

Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was a British character actress of stage, television and film, probably best known for her later career as Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple.

travel time 26 days
distance travelled 1,753 km
sent by Sabine in Rastatt, Germany

Movie Night

Esther in Netherlands likes warm and sunny places, perhaps Casablanca would be her next place to visit. But first she might watch this Bogart and Bergman movie. 

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play Everybody Comes to Rick's. The film stars are Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.  Set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her Czech Resistance leader husband escape the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis.

More Wikipedia

Casablanca on vuonna 1942 ensi-iltansa saanut Michael Curtizin ohjaama draamaelokuva. Se sijoittuu toisen maailmansodan aikaiseen Casablancaan. Casablanca on useissa äänestyksissä valittu kaikkien aikojen parhaiden elokuvien joukkoon, ja American Film Institute on nimennyt sen romanttisimmaksi yhdysvaltalaiseksi elokuvaksi. Elokuvan ensi-ilta oli New Yorkissa 26. marraskuuta 1942.  Lisää Wikipedia

Distance: 1,471 km

Travel time: 10 days

Movie Night

Alexandra is not huge movie watcher but she likes old films with Gary Cooper, Gary Grant and such.  Maybe James Dean also. 

East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. Often described as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, East of Eden brings to life the intricate details of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their interwoven stories. The novel was originally addressed to Steinbeck's young sons, Thom and John (then 6½ and 4½ years old, respectively). Steinbeck wanted to describe the Salinas Valley for them in detail: the sights, sounds, smells, and colors. ( Wikipedia)

East of Eden is a 1955 film, directed by Elia Kazan, and loosely based on the second half of the 1952 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. It is about a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the affection of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel. (Wikipedia)

Eedenistä itään on Elia Kazanin ohjaama yhdysvaltalainen elokuva vuodelta 1955. Se perustuu John Steinbeckin samannimiseen romaaniin vuodelta 1952. Elokuvan tapahtumat sijoittuvat vuoteen 1917 ja Kaliforniaan. Se kertoo melko menestyvän uskonnollisen viljelijän kahdesta aikamiespojasta ja heijastelee Raamatun tarinaa Kainista ja Abelista. Elokuvaa on sanottu James Deanin läpimurtoelokuvaksi. Toisessa pääosassa on menestyksekäs Broadway-näyttelijä Julie Harris. Wikipedia

Distance: 1,725 km

Travel time: 12 days

Movie Night

This card came from Paul in Colorado U.S.A. Paul has never seen this movie neither have I,  but perhaps someday.

Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter,  1911 – 1937 ) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. The Girl from Missouri (originally called Born to Be Kissed) is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway.

Jean Harlow, oikealta nimeltään Harlean Carpenter ( 1911 Kansas City, Missouri –  1937 Los Angeles, Kalifornia) oli yhdysvaltalainen elokuvanäyttelijä ja 1930-luvun seksisymboli. Hänet tunnettiin platinanvaaleiden hiuksiensa vuoksi lempinimillä ”platinablondi”.  Nykyään Harlow’ta pidetään yhtenä Hollywoodin kultakauden legendaarisimmista näyttelijöistä. Vuonna 1999 Amerikan elokuvainstituutti valitsi hänet kaikkien aikojen 22. merkittävimmäksi naisnäyttelijäksi.

Distance: 7,696 km

Travel time: 20 days

Ukraine

2 Oct, 2013
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The Holy Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkiv is one of the largest Orthodox Churches in the world.
Tatiana lähetti kotikaupungistaan, Harkovasta kauneimman nähtävyyden ja toivotti hyvää päivää ja iloista mieltä. :)

7 Oct, 2013
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Bridge over Instytutska St. near Maidan Nezalezhnosti ( Independence Square) , Kiev
Maidan Nezalezhnosti is the central square of  Kiev. The square has been known under many different names, but often, it is called simply as Maidan.

Viktoria lähetti terveisiä Kiovasta.

15 Oct, 2013
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From Julia, who loves animals and flowers.
Julia asuu Ukrainan maaseudulla ja pitää eläimistä ja kukista.
 Hän lähetti minulle  tämän koirakortin. Kuvassa  saattaa olla Julian oma koira,
 koska kortti vaikuttaa ihan valokuvalta.
Länsi-Siperian laikako?
Vähän kyllä muistuttaa huskyakin.....

 23 Oct, 2013
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Kultakuume (1925)
Elokuva oli yksi mykkäelokuvan ajan menestyneimpiä
ja sitä pidetään nykyisin klassikkona sekä yhtenä Chaplinin pääteoksista.

The Gold Rush (1925) 
The film was one of the most successful film in silent film period
and today it is regarded as classic and one of Chaplin's main works
During the Great Gold Rush to Alaska, men in thousands came from all parts of the world. Many of them were ignorant of the hardships before them - The intense cold, the lack of food and a journey through regions of ice and snow were the problems that awaited them.

Kiitos Oksana, kortti sopii hienosti elokuvakokoelmaani!

30 Oct, 2013
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 Ensimmäinen kortti, jossa oli pelkkä ID-numero, ei mitään muuta.
Kiva kortti värikkäästä maalarin kädestä, mutta jotain olisin vielä kaivannut.
 Kiitin kuitenkin nätisti kauniista kortista.
Nice, colourful card but bo message, just ID. 

30 Oct, 2013
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Vladimir Arzhevitin /Domovoi- kodin henki kissansa kanssa

Meillä asustaa kakluunin päällä vähän samannäköinen "esi-isä",
joka tarkasti vartioi talon asukkaita korkeuksistaan.
Domovoista en ole aikaisemmin kuullutkaan, joten siitä piti ottaa selvää.
Kiitos Eugene oikein paljon hauskasta kortistasi.

Vladimir Arzhevitin / Domovoi - a house spirit in Slavic folklore 
I have never heard about Demovoi before so I had to search help.....

Demovoi or domovye are masculine, typically small, bearded, and sometimes covered in hair all over. According to some traditions, domovye take on the appearance of current or former owners of the house and have a grey beard, sometimes with tails or little horns. There are tales of neighbours seeing the master of the house out in the yard while in fact the real master is asleep in bed. It has also been said that domovye can take on the appearance of cats or dogs, but reports of this are fewer than of that mentioned before.

Thank you Eugene for this cute and funny card!

Black and White

Sam Shaw and Audrie Hepburn

Photo Larry Shaw

Received on: 17 Jun, 2013

Distance: 1,968 km (1,223 miles)

Travel time: 11 days

Dominik sends greetings from Switzerland with this unusual photoshooting. He wonders if this is a paparazzi or just a fan. At least, she has some style when posing for the picture.

Ava Gardner

Received on: 17 Jun, 2013

Distance: 1,278 km (794 miles)

Travel time: 6 days

Eva lives in a little village in Altmark Region, Germany. She writes about the flooding of the Elbe River which had broken through several dikes and many villages and towns were in serious troubles. Fortunately Eva's village was saved.

“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”

Received on: 25 Jun, 2013

Distance: 1,445 km (898 miles)

Travel time: 13 days

Ludmila from Kiev sent this lovely lady who needs no introduction.



It's Movie Time

Received on: 16 May, 2013

Distance: 1,501 km (933 miles)

Travel time: 3 days

Sari from Netherlands is a real postcard fan. From he collection of 9000 unwritten cards she picked  Marlene Dietrich's  The Devil Is a Woman for my movie night. The Devil Is a Woman is an alluring romance about a cold-hearted temptress who destroys the lives of two best friends (Cesar Romero and Lionel Atwill) during the Spanish revolution.

Received on: 17 Jun, 2013

Distance: 1,676 km (1,041 miles

Travel time: 11 days

Sandra from United Kingdom is sitting in the garden and the sun is shining. She has one or two thing to do, but she thinks they can wait until tomorrow. She choosed Dr.No for saturday night's movie in which James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program.

Received on: 1 Jul, 2013

Distance: 1,391 km (864 miles)

Travel time: 8 days

Carin lives in a small town nearby Gronigen in Netherlands and she has three lovely and nauhgty cats. She sent me La Dolce Vita for the saturday night's movie.  Thank you Carin, I'll choose your movie!  The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come...

What is your choise?

Have a nice weekend with movies or without!



Singin' in the Rain

Received on: 16 Apr, 2013

Distance: 8,009 km (4,977 miles)

Travel time: 17 days

Chi from Taiwan sent this nostalgic movie postcard and of course I had to search this from YouTube. Accompanied only by an umbrella, Kelly put together one of the most joyous dances ever filmed. Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds.

Debbie Reynolds about 1960

Today the sun is shining and the wind is gentle.
It feels like summer!

I wish all of you a happy and sunny week!