GERMAN CINEMA: A good selection of vintage signed sepia postcard photographs by various German and Austrian actors of the 1920s and 1930s comprising Ernst Deutsch (starred in The Third Man), Albert Paulig, Frederic Zelnik, Wilhelm Dieterle (directed the Oscar winning film The Life of Emile Zola, 1937), Willy Fritsch (2), Hans Albers, and Paul Horbiger (starred in The Third Man). Most are published by Ross and the majority are signed in fountain pen inks with their names alone to largely clear areas. VG, 8

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