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Auction History Result 5h096 OLAF STORM German Ross postcard '20s Danish actor starring in Germany in the early 1920s! Date Sold 3/6/2016 Sold 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) Olaf Storm was a Danish actor who worked in Germany from 1919 to 1927. He starred in movies in the very early 1920s, and hten he had uncredited roles in some of the greatest German movies ever, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Dr. Mabuse the Gambler. He passed away in 1931 at the age of 37. We have seen a Ross postcard that shows him, so at some point in the early 1920s, he was a "star" (and we also know he founded Olaf Film, which produced five German movies at that same time), but we don't know what he did after that (other than those small appearances), and we don't know why he died so young. If anyone knows more about him, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 cut four slits in the upper left of the front cover of the program for that movie 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 did often obtain 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. There are minor smudges in the blank borders. Learn More about condition grades 
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