BRIGITTE HELM : TAKES A PHOTO : CAMERA ON TRIPOD : PHOTOGRAPHER : ACTRESS : RPPC

Description: This vintage real photo postcard features German actress, Brigitte Helm (1908-1996). The postcard captures Miss Helm taking a photograph with a camera on a tripod. Photographs of photographers in action are quite collectible. Now, back to Brigitte Helm. She is best known for her dual role in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film, Metropolis. After "Metropolis" she played in a long string of movies where she typically had the starring role. Helm was typecast as a Vamp or a femme fatale. She was born in Berlin. Her father was a Prussian Army officer. She was interested in acting at an early age and by age 12, was taking lead parts in school plays. At the age of 17, she acted in "Metropolis". In 1925 she signed a ten year contract with UFA. She performed in both silent films and talkies. Beside "Metopolis" (1927), Helm was best known for "A Daughter of Destiny" (1928), "L'Argent" (1928), and "Alraune" (1929). Helm had an eventful personal life. Helm was involved in several traffic accidents. In fact, she was briefly placed in prison for manslaughter charges after one of her accidents. It has been reported that it was Adolph Hitler who arranged to have the charges dropped. After her UFA contract expired in 1935, Helm married industrialist, Dr Hugo Kunheim. The Nazis were not very pleased with her choice in men because Kunheim was Jewish. In 1935, Helm retired and moved with her husband to Switzerland where they started a family. Helm explained her retirement was because of disgust about the Nazi's taking over the German film industry. This postcard was published by Ross Verlag as part of a series (No.8486/1). The card has the UFA logo which reveals it was published between 1925 and 1935. This postcard is in very good condition (see scans).

Price: 40 USD

Location: Northport, New York

End Time: 2024-12-02T03:47:55.000Z

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