11.00 USD
Anny Ondra, Czech Film Star, circa 1928, by Ross Verlag
Welcome to "Idols of the 1920s," where we hope to provide a special, cozy place for those of you who long to linger among the stars of the early silver screen, the hoofers and songbirds of dear old vaudeville's fading hours, a few divas of the grand opera, and of the operetta too, flappers, flappers, more flappers, and of course, and perhaps especially, those femmes fatales who with one smoldering glance can melt a heart, or break it in two. Have fun!
Anny Ondra, born Anna Sophie Ondráková in 1903, was a Czech film actress who began in the silents, but was also successful in the talkies. Most of her films were German, though she did make a couple of British films with director Alfred Hitchcock!
After an amicable divorce from her first husband, producer Karel Lamac (with whom she continued a professional relationship long after their divorce), she married the famous heavyweight boxer Max Schmelling, to whom she remained married until her passing in 1987.
Incidentally, although Schmeling a heavyweight contender and champion, famous for his bouts against Baer and Louis, was used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime in the 1930s, the story emerged long after the war, that he and Anny Ondra had hidden a couple of Jewish children in their home, thus saving their lives, during the Berlin Purge.
One of those two early Hitchcock films, "Blackmail," released in 1929, was also the very first "talkie" made in Britain. If you follow the link below to Youtube you can watch a very nice print of it, so butter up some popcorn and get cozy :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwkfM-Gi7KU
A wonderfully evocative image. Card shows some wear on corners and surface. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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