eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3m016 JANET GAYNOR/CHARLES FARRELL German Ross postcard 1930 they made lots of movies together! Date Sold 1/27/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage German Ross Postcard (measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" [9 x 14 cm]) (Learn More) Janet Gaynor was a popular actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Because of her youthful appearance, many people think of her as a 1930s actress, but actually, she was born in 1906, and she moved with her family to Los Angeles in the mid 1920s, and she got a few bit parts in movies, but in 1926, she became a star with her performance in "The Johnstown Flood". She signed with William Fox and starred in a series of movies, especially "Seventh Heaven" and "Sunrise", both in 1927, and "Street Angel" the following year. She won the first Academy Award ever given for Best Actress. Unlike many other top silent actresses, sound did not create a problem for her, for she had a great speaking voice, and she remained just as popular. She starred as Vicki Lester in the 1937 "A Star is Born" (she was 31, but looked much younger). She retired in 1938, making a few appearances decades later. She passed away in 1984 at the age of 77. AND Charles Farrell was an actor from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best remembered for the dozen movies in which he co-starred with Janet Gaynor (they were one of the most successful screen couples ever!). In the 1950s, he had a comeback as the long suffering father of Gale Storm on TV's "My Little Margie". Some of his movies include: Seventh Heaven, City Girl, and The Freshman Important Added Info: Note that in the 1920s and 1930s in Germany, it became a common practice to pass out 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" "Ross postcards" to the people who attended a movie. These were postcards that people could send through the mail (each had a picture of one of the movie's stars on it, and standard postcard markings on the other side). But these were also sent to theaters where the stars would make personal appearances, and members of the audience would get the stars to autograph them if they could, but of course, the cards themselves did not come autographed! Sometimes the theaters would use a special "Das Programm Von Heute" that had a blank area on the cover, where they would cut four slits in the upper left and have the "Ross postcards" inserted into that area, so that the audience members would get the program and the card together! We imagine that theaters hoped that audience members would mail the postcards after they saw the movie to friends, telling them how much they enjoyed it, thus creating advertising for the movie. These are often called "Ross autograph cards" by collectors, because moviegoers sometimes obtained autographs on them. Ross postcards are quite collectible, signed or unsigned, but of course, they are worth far more signed. They are often quite rare, because most German paper of all kinds from before World War II was destroyed during the war, due to the massive paper shortages there at that time. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades
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