Swiss-German-British postcard by News Productions, Baulmes / Filmwelt Berlin, Bakede / News Productions, Stroud, no. 56496 Photo: Collection Cinémathèque Suisse, Lausanne. Steve Reeves in Ercole e la Regina di Lidia/Hercules Unchained (Pietro Francisci, 1958), produced by Lux-Galatea / Lux France.

Handsome, musclebound Steve Reeves (1926-2000) was an American bodybuilder and actor, who was a huge success in Hercules (1958) and other Peplum films, the Italian sword-and-sandal epics. At the peak of his career, around 1960, he was reputedly the highest-paid actor in Europe.

Stephen L. Reeves was born on a cattle ranch in the small town of Glasgow, Montana, in 1926. At the age of six months, he won his first fitness title as Healthiest Baby of Valley County. When Steve was 10, his father, Lester Dell Reeves, died in a farming accident. With his mother Goldie Reeves, Steve moved to California. In high school in Oakland Reeves began to work out regularly with weights, and he eventually came to the attention of Ed Yarick, who ran a bodybuilding gym. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Philippines during World War II and in Japan afterward. After his military service, at the age of 20, he won Mr. Pacific Coast (1946) in Oregon, which led to his titles of Mr. Western America (1947), Mr. America (1947), Mr. World (1948), and, ultimately, Mr. Universe (1950). The very night after he won the Mr. Universe title, he announced his retirement from the bodybuilding competition at the age of 25. With all the body-worshipping publicity he garnered, Reeves had become interested in pursuing an acting career. He moved to New York and studied acting under Stella Adler but after arguments, was refunded his tuition. He was selected by Cecil B. DeMille for the lead role of Samson in the biblical costumer Samson and Delilah (1949) after Burt Lancaster proved unavailable. In order to look convincing on-camera, he was told to lose 15 pounds as the camera added weight. He would not be able to compete in bodybuilding with the diminished weight., so he turned the movie offer down. The part instead went to Victor Mature. In 1949 Steve did film a Tarzan-type television pilot called Kimbar of the Jungle. He was one of the Olympic Team members not interested in the charms of Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953). In 1954 he had a small role in the musical Athena (Richard Thorpe, 1954) playing Jane Powell's boyfriend. The same year Reeves had a small role as a detective in Ed Wood’s attempt to make a serious Film Noir, Jail Bait (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1954). On TV, Reeves guest-starred on The Ray Bolger Show (1954) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1957). These roles were mostly posing bits or walk-ons. To Hollywood, Reeves was just a body. But then his fortunes turned.

Italian film director Pietro Francisci’daughter saw Steve Reeves in Athena (1954) and Francisi invited him to come to Cinecitta, the Roman film studios. In 1957, Reeves went to Italy and played the lead character in Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules (Pietro Francisci, 1958), opposite gorgeous Sylva Koscina. Hercules was a relatively low-budget epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: “Though he did not possess a Herculean acting talent by any stretch, handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe.” Independent film producer Joseph E. Levine took a big chance and bought the rights to the film's American release. He added a soundtrack dubbed in English and after a major US advertising campaign on television and in the newspapers, Hercules became one of the surprise hits of 1959. Reeves became ‘overnight’ a star. The film’s international success quickly led to the sequel Ercole e la regina di Lidia/Hercules Unchained (Pietro Francisci, 1959), again with Sylva Koscina. Hercules Unchained made even more money and became one of the year's biggest grossing films. Although he is now best known for his portrayal of Hercules, Reeves played the character only twice. Next, he played 19th-century Tatar hero Hadji Murad in Agi Murad il diavolo bianco/White Warrior (Riccardo Freda, 1959) with Giorgia Moll. This was followed by his role as Goliath (in Italy Emiliano) in Il terrore dei barbari/Goliath and the Barbarians (Carlo Campogalliani, 1959) with Chelo Alonso. While filming Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei/The Last Days of Pompeii (Mario Bonnard, Sergio Leone (uncredited), 1959), the chariot Reeves was driving struck a tree and he dislocated his shoulder. This put an end to his more intense exercise routines and caused problems in the following years.

By 1960, Steve Reeves was ranked as the number-one, box-office draw in twenty-five countries around the world. From then on through 1964, Reeves went on to appear in a string of Peplum (sword & sandal films) shot on relatively small budgets, He played a number of characters on-screen, including Welsh pirate and self-proclaimed governor of Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan in Morgan il pirata/Morgan the Pirate (André De Toth, Primo Zeglio, 1960), Karim, the fabled Thief of Baghdad in Il ladro di Bagdad/The Thief of Baghdad (Arthur Lubin, Bruno Vailati, 1961), and Randus, the son of Spartacus in Il figlio di Spartacus/The Slave: The Son of Spartacus (Sergio Corbucci, 1962). He also played Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome in Romolo e Remo/Duel of the Titans (Sergio Corbucci, 1961) opposite Gordon Scott as his twin brother Remus. Reeves reportedly turned down two roles that became international sensations. He was offered the role of James Bond by Cubby Broccoli in Dr. No (1962) but refused it because of the low salary the producer offered. Reeves also turned down the role of ‘The Man with No name’ that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) because he could not believe that "Italians could make a western". He played Aeneas of Troy in La leggenda di Enea/The Avenger (Giorgio Venturini, 1962) and twice he played Emilio Salgari's Malaysian hero, Sandokan in Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem/Sandokan the Great (Umberto Lenzi, 1963) with Geneviève Grad, and I pirati della Malesia/The Pirates of Malaysia (Umberto Lenzi, 1964) with Jacqueline Sassard as the romantic interest. Reeves’ injury of The Last Days of Pompeii, would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading to his retirement from film making. In 1968 he appeared in his final film, Vivo per la tua morte/I Live For Your Death!/A Long Ride From Hell (Camillo Bazzoni,1968), a Spaghetti Western he co-wrote. His first wife had been Sandra Smith (1955-1956). In 1963, he married Aline Czarzawicz and the couple moved in 1969 to Valley Center, California, northeast of San Diego. He had bought a ranch there with savings from his film career. The next two decades Reeves bred horses and promoted drug-free bodybuilding, and stayed with Aline, until her death in 1989. In 1994, Reeves and business partner George Helmer started the Steve Reeves International Society, which became through its Internet site, a leading proponent of drug-free bodybuilding. In 1996, it incorporated to become Steve Reeves International Inc. Reeves also wrote the book Powerwalking, and two self-published books, Building the Classic Physique - The Natural Way, and Dynamic Muscle Building. His last screen appearance was in 2000 when he appeared as himself in the made-for-television A&E Biography: Arnold Schwarzenegger — Flex Appeal. In 2000, Reeves died in a hospital in Escondido, California, from a blood clot after having surgery two days earlier. He passed away on the very day that Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) premiered, the first sword-and-sandal epic to be produced by Hollywood in many years. Steve Reeves was 74.

Sources: Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Rick Lyman (The New York Times), Wikipedia, and IMDb.

And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.

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Spanish postcard by Édicion Archivo Bermejo, no. 6576, 1960. Photo: Warner Bros. Rossana Podestà in Helen of Troy (Robert Wise, 1956).

Italian sex siren Rossana Podestà (1934-2013) played in many European films of the 1950s and 1960s. She is best known as the stunningly beautiful leading lady of the international spectacle Helen of Troy (1956).

Rossana Podestà was born Carla Podestà in Tripoli, in the Italian colony of Libya, in 1934. (According to AllMovie: 1938) She was the daughter of Italian-Argentine parents. Her family moved to Rome after World War II. Rosanna began her film career at the age of 16 when a talent scout spotted her for the film Strano appuntamento/Strange Encounter (Dezsö Ákos Hamza, 1950) with Leda Gloria. She appeared in romantic neorealist films like Domani è un altro giorno/Tomorrow is Another Day (Lèonide Moguy, 1951) starring Pier Angeli, Guardie e Ladri/Cops and Robbers (Steno, Mario Monicelli, 1951), the Mexican production La Red/Rosanna (Emilio Fernandez, 1954) and the first film of director Valerio Zurlini, Le ragazze di San Frediano/The Girl from San Frediano (1954). Rosanna appeared in the sword-and-sandal spectacle Ulisse/Ulysses (Mario Camerini, 1955) with Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, and Anthony Quinn. And after considering such established stars as Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Rhonda Fleming, Ava Gardner and Yvonne De Carlo for the lead in Helen of Troy/Elena di Troia (1956), director Robert Wise chose Podestà, by then an established actress but one who was relatively unknown outside of Italy. She could not speak English so she learned her lines by rote with a voice coach. The film, which also featured a young Brigitte Bardot, gave Podestà international importance.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Rossana Podestà metamorphosed into ‘the vamp next door’. She appeared in more ‘Imperial’ films, including La schiava di Roma/Slave of Rome (Sergio Grieco, Franco Prosperi, 1960) with Guy Madison, La freccia d'oro/The Golden Arrow (Antonio Margheriti, 1962) with Tab Hunter, and Sodoma e Gomorra/Sodom and Gomorrah (Robert Aldrich, 1962) with Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli. Rosanna married director/producer Marco Vicario and played a ‘femme fatale’ in his films Le ore nude/The Naked Hours (Marco Vicario, 1964) based on a story by Alberto Moravia, the caper film Sette uomini d'oro/Seven Golden Men (Marco Vicario, 1965), and the sequel Il grande colpo dei sette uomini d'oro/Seven Golden Men Strike Again (Marco Vicario, 1966) with Philippe Leroy. To her regret, her then-husband dubbed her voice in Le ore nude and so “excluded her from the Silver Ribbons” (the awards of the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists). Later she also appeared in his erotic comedies like Il prete sposato/The Married Priest (Marco Vicario, 1973) and Paolo il caldo/The Sensual Man (Marco Vicario, 1973) opposite Giancarlo Giannini. She also appeared in one or two Hollywood films, but she never gained the popularity in the States that she had in Europe. In 1979 she was one of the judges in the Miss Universe pageant. The following year she played a part in the comedy anthology I seduttori della domenica/Sunday Lovers (Dino Risi, 1980) and appeared in the neo-peplum Ercole/Hercules (Luigi Cozzi, 1983) starring TV-Hulk Lou Ferrigno. She ended her film career with Giuseppe Bertolucci’s award-winning Segreti segreti/Secrets Secrets in 1985. Podestà retired and chose to live her life quietly in Dubino (Sondrio province), with mountaineer, explorer, and journalist Walter Bonatti. Rossana Podestà passed away in 2013 in Rome at the age of 79.

Sources: Wikipedia, All Movie, Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Pyrotechnical Cheez Potatoes, and IMDb.

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British postcard in The Picturegoer Series, London, no. D 768. Photo: Warner Bros. Rossana Podestà in Helen of Troy (Robert Wise, 1956).

Italian sex siren Rossana Podestà (1934-2013) played in many European films of the 1950s and 1960s. She is best known as the stunningly beautiful leading lady of the international spectacle Helen of Troy (1956).

Rossana Podestà was born Carla Podestà in Tripoli, in the Italian colony of Libya, in 1934. (According to AllMovie: 1938) She was the daughter of Italian-Argentine parents. Her family moved to Rome after World War II. Rosanna began her film career at the age of 16 when a talent scout spotted her for the film Strano appuntamento/Strange Encounter (Dezsö Ákos Hamza, 1950) with Leda Gloria. She appeared in romantic neorealist films like Domani è un altro giorno/Tomorrow is Another Day (Lèonide Moguy, 1951) starring Pier Angeli, Guardie e Ladri/Cops and Robbers (Steno, Mario Monicelli, 1951), the Mexican production La Red/Rosanna (Emilio Fernandez, 1954) and the first film of director Valerio Zurlini, Le ragazze di San Frediano/The Girl from San Frediano (1954). Rosanna appeared in the sword-and-sandal spectacle Ulisse/Ulysses (Mario Camerini, 1955) with Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, and Anthony Quinn. And after considering such established stars as Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Rhonda Fleming, Ava Gardner and Yvonne De Carlo for the lead in Helen of Troy/Elena di Troia (1956), director Robert Wise chose Podestà, by then an established actress but one who was relatively unknown outside of Italy. She could not speak English so she learned her lines by rote with a voice coach. The film, which also featured a young Brigitte Bardot, gave Podestà international importance.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Rossana Podestà metamorphosed into ‘the vamp next door’. She appeared in more ‘Imperial’ films, including La schiava di Roma/Slave of Rome (Sergio Grieco, Franco Prosperi, 1960) with Guy Madison, La freccia d'oro/The Golden Arrow (Antonio Margheriti, 1962) with Tab Hunter, and Sodoma e Gomorra/Sodom and Gomorrah (Robert Aldrich, 1962) with Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli. Rosanna married director/producer Marco Vicario and played a ‘femme fatale’ in his films Le ore nude/The Naked Hours (Marco Vicario, 1964) based on a story by Alberto Moravia, the caper film Sette uomini d'oro/Seven Golden Men (Marco Vicario, 1965), and the sequel Il grande colpo dei sette uomini d'oro/Seven Golden Men Strike Again (Marco Vicario, 1966) with Philippe Leroy. To her regret, her then-husband dubbed her voice in Le ore nude and so “excluded her from the Silver Ribbons” (the awards of the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists). Later she also appeared in his erotic comedies like Il prete sposato/The Married Priest (Marco Vicario, 1973) and Paolo il caldo/The Sensual Man (Marco Vicario, 1973) opposite Giancarlo Giannini. She also appeared in one or two Hollywood films, but she never gained the popularity in the States that she had in Europe. In 1979 she was one of the judges in the Miss Universe pageant. The following year she played a part in the comedy anthology I seduttori della domenica/Sunday Lovers (Dino Risi, 1980) and appeared in the neo-peplum Ercole/Hercules (Luigi Cozzi, 1983) starring TV-Hulk Lou Ferrigno. She ended her film career with Giuseppe Bertolucci’s award-winning Segreti segreti/Secrets Secrets in 1985. Podestà retired and chose to live her life quietly in Dubino (Sondrio province), with mountaineer, explorer, and journalist Walter Bonatti. Rossana Podestà passed away in 2013 in Rome at the age of 79.

Sources: Wikipedia, All Movie, Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Pyrotechnical Cheez Potatoes, and IMDb.

And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.

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Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 4608. Photo: M.G.M.Steve Reeves in La battaglia di Maratona/The Giant of Marathon (Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, 1959).

Handsome, musclebound Steve Reeves (1926-2000) was an American bodybuilder and actor, who was a huge success in Hercules (1958) and other Peplum films, the Italian sword-and-sandal epics. At the peak of his career, around 1960, he was reputedly the highest-paid actor in Europe.

Stephen L. Reeves was born on a cattle ranch in the small town of Glasgow, Montana, in 1926. At the age of six months, he won his first fitness title as Healthiest Baby of Valley County. When Steve was 10, his father, Lester Dell Reeves, died in a farming accident. With his mother Goldie Reeves, Steve moved to California. In high school in Oakland Reeves began to work out regularly with weights, and he eventually came to the attention of Ed Yarick, who ran a bodybuilding gym. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Philippines during World War II and in Japan afterward. After his military service, at the age of 20, he won Mr. Pacific Coast (1946) in Oregon, which led to his titles of Mr. Western America (1947), Mr. America (1947), Mr. World (1948), and, ultimately, Mr. Universe (1950). The very night after he won the Mr. Universe title, he announced his retirement from the bodybuilding competition at the age of 25. With all the body-worshipping publicity he garnered, Reeves had become interested in pursuing an acting career. He moved to New York and studied acting under Stella Adler but after arguments, was refunded his tuition. He was selected by Cecil B. DeMille for the lead role of Samson in the biblical costumer Samson and Delilah (1949) after Burt Lancaster proved unavailable. In order to look convincing on-camera, he was told to lose 15 pounds as the camera added weight. He would not be able to compete in bodybuilding with the diminished weight., so he turned the movie offer down. The part instead went to Victor Mature. In 1949 Steve did film a Tarzan-type television pilot called Kimbar of the Jungle. He was one of the Olympic Team members not interested in the charms of Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953). In 1954 he had a small role in the musical Athena (Richard Thorpe, 1954) playing Jane Powell's boyfriend. The same year Reeves had a small role as a detective in Ed Wood’s attempt to make a serious Film Noir, Jail Bait (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1954). On TV, Reeves guest-starred on The Ray Bolger Show (1954) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1957). These roles were mostly posing bits or walk-ons. To Hollywood, Reeves was just a body. But then his fortunes turned.

Italian film director Pietro Francisci’daughter saw Steve Reeves in Athena (1954) and Francisi invited him to come to Cinecitta, the Roman film studios. In 1957, Reeves went to Italy and played the lead character in Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules (Pietro Francisci, 1958), opposite gorgeous Sylva Koscina. Hercules was a relatively low-budget epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: “Though he did not possess a Herculean acting talent by any stretch, handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe.” Independent film producer Joseph E. Levine took a big chance and bought the rights to the film's American release. He added a soundtrack dubbed in English and after a major US advertising campaign on television and in the newspapers, Hercules became one of the surprise hits of 1959. Reeves became ‘overnight’ a star. The film’s international success quickly led to the sequel Ercole e la regina di Lidia/Hercules Unchained (Pietro Francisci, 1959), again with Sylva Koscina. Hercules Unchained made even more money and became one of the year's biggest grossing films. Although he is now best known for his portrayal of Hercules, Reeves played the character only twice. Next, he played 19th-century Tatar hero Hadji Murad in Agi Murad il diavolo bianco/White Warrior (Riccardo Freda, 1959) with Giorgia Moll. This was followed by his role as Goliath (in Italy Emiliano) in Il terrore dei barbari/Goliath and the Barbarians (Carlo Campogalliani, 1959) with Chelo Alonso. While filming Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei/The Last Days of Pompeii (Mario Bonnard, Sergio Leone (uncredited), 1959), the chariot Reeves was driving struck a tree and he dislocated his shoulder. This put an end to his more intense exercise routines and caused problems in the following years.

By 1960, Steve Reeves was ranked as the number-one, box-office draw in twenty-five countries around the world. From then on through 1964, Reeves went on to appear in a string of Peplum (sword & sandal films) shot on relatively small budgets, He played a number of characters on-screen, including Welsh pirate and self-proclaimed governor of Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan in Morgan il pirata/Morgan the Pirate (André De Toth, Primo Zeglio, 1960), Karim, the fabled Thief of Baghdad in Il ladro di Bagdad/The Thief of Baghdad (Arthur Lubin, Bruno Vailati, 1961), and Randus, the son of Spartacus in Il figlio di Spartacus/The Slave: The Son of Spartacus (Sergio Corbucci, 1962). He also played Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome in Romolo e Remo/Duel of the Titans (Sergio Corbucci, 1961) opposite Gordon Scott as his twin brother Remus. Reeves reportedly turned down two roles that became international sensations. He was offered the role of James Bond by Cubby Broccoli in Dr. No (1962) but refused it because of the low salary the producer offered. Reeves also turned down the role of ‘The Man with No name’ that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) because he could not believe that "Italians could make a western". He played Aeneas of Troy in La leggenda di Enea/The Avenger (Giorgio Venturini, 1962) and twice he played Emilio Salgari's Malaysian hero, Sandokan in Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem/Sandokan the Great (Umberto Lenzi, 1963) with Geneviève Grad, and I pirati della Malesia/The Pirates of Malaysia (Umberto Lenzi, 1964) with Jacqueline Sassard as the romantic interest. Reeves’ injury of The Last Days of Pompeii, would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading to his retirement from film making. In 1968 he appeared in his final film, Vivo per la tua morte/I Live For Your Death!/A Long Ride From Hell (Camillo Bazzoni,1968), a Spaghetti Western he co-wrote. His first wife had been Sandra Smith (1955-1956). In 1963, he married Aline Czarzawicz and the couple moved in 1969 to Valley Center, California, northeast of San Diego. He had bought a ranch there with savings from his film career. The next two decades Reeves bred horses and promoted drug-free bodybuilding, and stayed with Aline, until her death in 1989. In 1994, Reeves and business partner George Helmer started the Steve Reeves International Society, which became through its Internet site, a leading proponent of drug-free bodybuilding. In 1996, it incorporated to become Steve Reeves International Inc. Reeves also wrote the book Powerwalking, and two self-published books, Building the Classic Physique - The Natural Way, and Dynamic Muscle Building. His last screen appearance was in 2000 when he appeared as himself in the made-for-television A&E Biography: Arnold Schwarzenegger — Flex Appeal. In 2000, Reeves died in a hospital in Escondido, California, from a blood clot after having surgery two days earlier. He passed away on the very day that Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) premiered, the first sword-and-sandal epic to be produced by Hollywood in many years. Steve Reeves was 74.

Sources: Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Rick Lyman (The New York Times), Wikipedia, and IMDb.

And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.

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British postcard. J.F. Grimm & Co., London FC. Amleto Novelli as Vinicius visiting his uncle Petronius (Gustavo Serena) and telling him about his discovery of Lygia, at the start of the Italian silent epic Quo vadis? (Enrico Guazzoni, Cines 1913), adapted from the classic novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Amleto Novelli (1885-1924) was a famous actor in Italian silent cinema, at first a regular at the Cines studios, then the male star as well in epic and historical cinema, in particular those by Enrico Guazzoni (Quo vadis?, Marcantonio e Cleopatra, Caio Giulio Cesare, Fabiola, etc.) as well as in diva films with Lyda Borelli, Maria Jacobini, and others.

Italian actor Gustavo Serena (1882-1970) is most remembered as Francesca Bertini's co-star, but he did much more than that. See also filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2018/09/gustavo-serena.html

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