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Evelyn Holt (1908-2001) was arguably one of the prettiest stars of the silent film era. She was a German actress who began her career in the mid-1920s with UFA (Universum Film AG) in Berlin, and made a few more than a dozen films from 1926 to 1932.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Fraulein Holt, who was determined by them to be 1/2 Jewish, was banned from appearing in German film. So ended her career.
UFA, from its beginnings in 1917, was a (partially) government sponsored consolidation of a number of private film companies and although state funding certainly helped with production costs during the lean times after WWI and made possible some of the true treasures of the silent era, this nationalization also made it rather easy for the Nazi party to enforce their policies on the German film industry in the 1930s and '40s.
Fraulein Holt married Jewish publisher Felix Guggenheim in 1936, and the couple managed to emigrate from Germany in 1938, first to Switzerland and eventually to the USA.
Herr Guggenheim maintained his publishing career in the USA bringing authors such as Thomas Mann and Franz Werfel to print in American editions, but Evelyn Holt did not return to her career as a film actress. She passed away in 2001.
Lovely portrait of this silent film star. There is a tiny nick in the upper right corner of the card. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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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