14.00 USD
Lovely image of Mia May in an absolutely marvelous headdress. Though the brief bio of her on IMDB calls Mia May(pronounced Mai) "a minor film actress in Germany," the fact is, that for a decade or so between the mid 1910s, and the early 1920s, Mia May was a huge star, and is still sometimes called Germany's first film star. Most of her work was in Germany. Her career as a film actress began in 1912, and she and her husband, Joe May (who actually adopted the name May from her, after their marriage) produced a number of serialized adventure films and thrillers with Mia as the star, that filled theater seats with very eager viewers. The couple worked with the big names of early German silent film, Fritz Lang (whom Joe May actually gave one of his earliest breaks in the industry), Emil Jannings, Thea von Harbou, Conrad Veidt, just to name a few.
Frau May's career may well have endured long enough to secure her a loftier place in film history, but for a family tragedy, the death of her daughter Eva by suicide in 1924, that she took very deeply to heart. In fact, she never appeared in another film following that incident.
Both Mia and Joe were Jews, who like so many others, left Germany, and Europe, for the USA in 1933, the same year Hitler came to power.
In Hollywood, Joe May continued his work as a director, mostly on B movies, until his death in 1959. Mia May passed away in 1980.
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The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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