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Howard M. Mitchell by Truus, Bob & Jan too!
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American postcard published by Kraus Mfg. Co., N.Y. Photo: Lubin. Collection: Marlene Pilaete. Howard M. Mitchell (1883-1958) was an American actor and film director. He appeared in 270 films between 1910 and 1952 and directed 38 silent films between 1915 and 1927. Howard M. Mitchell was born in 1883 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1909, he started his film career as an actor in the Lubin Manufacturing Company’s Martyr or Crank? (N.N., 1909) with Harry Myers. For Lubin followed several short films such as The Irish Boy (1910), The Miner’s Sweetheart (1910), and A Change of Heart (1910) with Spottiswoode Aitken. In 1911 he married actress Mary Land. Till 1916, he appeared in many short films for Lubin and Thanhouser. He then focused on directing and made such films as The Mother Heart (1921), Lovetime (1921), and Romance Ranch (1924). In 1927, Howard M. Mitchell returned to the screen in A Bowery Cinderella (Burton L. King, 1927). During the following decades, he worked as a bit player in countless films. He could be glimpsed in films like They Won’t Forget (Mervyn LeRoy, 1937) with Claude Rains, The Great Waltz (Julien Duvivier, 1938) with Luise Rainer, and Queen of the Mob (James P. Hogan, 1940) with Ralph Bellamy. His final film appearance was in Carrie (William Wyler, 1952) starring Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones. Howard M. Mitchell died in 1958 in Hollywood, California. Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb. And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Maria Jacobini with men on a beach por Truus, Bob & Jan too!
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Italian postcard. IPA CT Duplex. 7360 Tiber Film. V. Uff. Rev. St. - Terni. Maria Jacobini and a bunch of not so heroically looking men, on what seems the studio version of a beach. What are they holding? Apples? And what are they frightened of? Surely not Alberto Collo and the bathing girls on our other card: www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/51697408612/in/photo… In the later 1910s, Jacobini worked for Tiber Film, where she starred e.g. as a happy-go-lucky, wild young marchioness in La signora Arlecchino (Mario Caserini, 1918), who marries a young count (Alberto Collo) who doesn’t recognize her sweeter feelings at first. Maybe our two cards relate to that film. Among the Italian divas, Maria Jacobini (1892 - 1944) was an island of serenity, as film historian Vittorio Martinelli expressed it. She was the personification of goodness, of simple love. Her weapon was her sweet and gracious smile. However, in some Italian, and later also in German films, she could as well play the vivacious lady, the femme fatale, the comedienne, the hysterical victim, or the suffering mother or wife.
