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  • Romina Power and Al Bano Truus, Bob & Jan too!
    Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo: Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 43 142. Singer and actress Romina Power (1951) is the daughter of film stars Tyrone Power and Linda Christian. She was born in the US, but lived and worked most of her life in Italy. Besides being a film actress, she is best known for the successful singing duo she formed with her former husband, Albano Carrisi. They had several hits and performed twice at the European Song Contest. Romina Francesca Pow
     

Romina Power and Al Bano

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Romina Power and Al Bano

Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 43 142.

Singer and actress Romina Power (1951) is the daughter of film stars Tyrone Power and Linda Christian. She was born in the US, but lived and worked most of her life in Italy. Besides being a film actress, she is best known for the successful singing duo she formed with her former husband, Albano Carrisi. They had several hits and performed twice at the European Song Contest.

Romina Francesca Power was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1951. She is the eldest daughter of American film star Tyrone Power and his second wife, film actress Linda Christian. After her parents divorced in 1956, her mother took Romina and her sister Taryn to live all around the world, but mainly in Mexico and Italy. Romina attended college in England and then returned to Italy. Her interest in music was evoked in her childhood by American musicals from the 1950’s, Mexican Mariachi bands and Italian music from the 1960’s. In her early teens, Power discovered The Beatles and Bob Dylan, which inspired her to compose music. After receiving a guitar as a birthday gift, she learned chords and wrote her first songs. At the age of 14, she made her film debut in the Dino De Laurentiis production Menage all’Italiana / Menage Italian Style (Franco Indovina, 1965) starring Ugo Tognazzi. In the next four years, she went on to make 14 films in Italy, including the comedy Come imparai ad amare le donne / Love Parade (Luciano Salce, 1966) with Michèle Mercier and Anita Ekberg, and the Marquis de Sade's adaptation Justine (Jesus Franco, 1969) with Klaus Kinski. David Ross Smith at IMDb quotes director Franco dissing Power: “She was a passenger, wandering around. She was like a piece of furniture. It was as if I was making Bambi 2.” She was quite good though, as the daughter of Dorothy Malone in the Giallo Femmine insaziabili / Beverly Hills (Alberto De Martino, 1969). After a few more films, she finished her film career. At the set of Nel sole / The World’s Gold (Aldo Grimaldi, 1967), Power had met singer and actor Albano Carrisi. In 1970, the pair married, and five years later they formed the singing duo Al Bano & Romina Power.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Al Bano & Romina Power became well known all over Europe and also in Latin America. Their songs include 'Felicità' (1982), 'Ci sarà' (1984), winning title at the Sanremo Festival, 'Sempre sempre' (1986) and 'Nostalgia canaglia' (1987). They achieved 7th place for Italy in both the 1976 and 1985 Eurovision Song Contest. The duo released multiple albums in different languages, and several became gold or platinum. The couple divorced in 1999. They have four children: Ylenia Maria (1970), who mysteriously went missing in New Orleans in 1994 and yet still has to be found; the only son Yari Marco (1973); Cristel Chiara (1985), who appeared in the Italian Reality TV show La Fattoria (The Farm); and Romina Iolanda (1987), who appeared with her father in the 2005 edition of Italian Reality TV show Isola dei Famosi (Survivor). Romina Power wrote five books in Italian. Between 2004 and 2006, she toured with the controversial stage play 'The Vagina Monologues' by Eve Ensler. She worked as a host for various variety shows on TV, acted in two mini-series, and in 2005, she was a judge in the TV show Ballando con le Stelle (Dancing with the Stars). Between 2006 and 2007, Power organised exhibitions of her paintings, mainly in Milan. At the same time, she dedicated herself to directing her short film Upaya (2006). In Spring 2007, she bought a house in Sedona, Arizona and moved to the United States. She had a small part in the comedy Go Go Tales (Abel Ferrara, 2007) starring Willem Dafoe. A year later, Linda Christian was diagnosed with colon cancer. Power went to live in her mother's house in Palm Springs, where she remained until her mother died in 2011. Romina Power is a polyglot who speaks five languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French and Dutch.

Sources: Rominapower.it, Wikipedia (German and Italian) and IMDb.

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  • Yvonne Printemps Truus, Bob & Jan too!
    Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo: Vintage French postcard. Editor unknown, 46. Photo by G.L. Manuel Frères, 1930s. French singer and actress Yvonne Printemps (1894-1977) was a huge star of the European stage. She also appeared in ten international silent and sound films. A true diva, she loved the spotlight and would be seen draped in jewels, wearing enormous hats, and walking her pet dogs on leashes.
     

Yvonne Printemps

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Yvonne Printemps

Vintage French postcard. Editor unknown, 46. Photo by G.L. Manuel Frères, 1930s.

French singer and actress Yvonne Printemps (1894-1977) was a huge star of the European stage. She also appeared in ten international silent and sound films. A true diva, she loved the spotlight and would be seen draped in jewels, wearing enormous hats, and walking her pet dogs on leashes.

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  • Greta Garbo Truus, Bob & Jan too!
    Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo: Italian postcard by G.B. Falci Editore, Milano, no. 800. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Collection: Marlene Pilaete. On 25 May 2026, there will be an extra La Collectionneuse post at European Film Star Postcards. Don't miss it!
     

Greta Garbo

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Greta Garbo

Italian postcard by G.B. Falci Editore, Milano, no. 800. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Collection: Marlene Pilaete.

On 25 May 2026, there will be an extra La Collectionneuse post at European Film Star Postcards. Don't miss it!

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  • Pygmalion Truus, Bob & Jan too!
    Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo: Vintage French postcard by A.S. (Saint-Just), Paris, series 743, 2. Ca. 1900s. Scene from 'Pygmalion', inspired by the operetta 'Die schöne Galathée' by Franz von Suppé (1865), which parodies Ovid's tale from his Metamorphoses. Caption: Pygmalion: To escape my wrath, stay away. Plot: The Cypriot sculptor Pygmalion refuses to sell his beautiful statue of a woman to old Midas, who has bribed Pygmalion's assistant Ganymedes to show it to him. The arti
     

Pygmalion

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Pygmalion

Vintage French postcard by A.S. (Saint-Just), Paris, series 743, 2. Ca. 1900s. Scene from 'Pygmalion', inspired by the operetta 'Die schöne Galathée' by Franz von Suppé (1865), which parodies Ovid's tale from his Metamorphoses. Caption: Pygmalion: To escape my wrath, stay away.

Plot: The Cypriot sculptor Pygmalion refuses to sell his beautiful statue of a woman to old Midas, who has bribed Pygmalion's assistant Ganymedes to show it to him. The artist chases them and implores Venus to make the statue he so adores alive. His wish is granted, but he regrets his wish as Galatea prefers the love of Ganymedes. Vexed, Pygmalion implores the goddess to turn the unfaithful woman back into stone again, and wants to destroy it, but Midas convinces him to sell the statue to him.

In the 1900s, A.S. (Saint-Just) published several staged, coloured postcard series based on operas and operettas such as 'Tosca', 'Faust', 'Manon Lescaut', 'Carmen', 'Cavalleria rusticana', 'Die schöne Galathée', 'La fille du régiment', 'Pippo et Bettina', 'La fille de Madame Angot' and 'Le passant', books such as 'Paul et Virginie', and plays such as 'Cyrano de Bergerac' and 'Madame Sans-Gène'.

Idylle aérienne

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Idylle aérienne

Vintage French postcard. Sculptobromure by Domenico Mastroianni. Idylle aérienne/ Love in the Air. A.N. (Armand Noyer), Paris, No. 195.

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  • Romina Power Truus, Bob & Jan too!
    Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo: Italian postcard by Grafiche Biondetti, Verona, no. 54. Singer and actress Romina Power (1951) is the daughter of film stars Tyrone Power and Linda Christian. She was born in the US, but lived and worked most of her life in Italy. Besides being a film actress, she is best known for the successful singing duo she formed with her former husband, Albano Carrisi. They had several hits and performed twice at the European Song Contest. Romina Francesca
     

Romina Power

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Romina Power

Italian postcard by Grafiche Biondetti, Verona, no. 54.

Singer and actress Romina Power (1951) is the daughter of film stars Tyrone Power and Linda Christian. She was born in the US, but lived and worked most of her life in Italy. Besides being a film actress, she is best known for the successful singing duo she formed with her former husband, Albano Carrisi. They had several hits and performed twice at the European Song Contest.

Romina Francesca Power was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1951. She is the eldest daughter of American film star Tyrone Power and his second wife, film actress Linda Christian. After her parents divorced in 1956, her mother took Romina and her sister Taryn to live all around the world, but mainly in Mexico and Italy. Romina attended college in England and then returned to Italy. Her interest in music was evoked in her childhood by American musicals from the 1950’s, Mexican Mariachi bands and Italian music from the 1960’s. In her early teens, Power discovered The Beatles and Bob Dylan, which inspired her to compose music. After receiving a guitar as a birthday gift, she learned chords and wrote her first songs. At the age of 14, she made her film debut in the Dino De Laurentiis production Menage all’Italiana / Menage Italian Style (Franco Indovina, 1965) starring Ugo Tognazzi. In the next four years, she went on to make 14 films in Italy, including the comedy Come imparai ad amare le donne / Love Parade (Luciano Salce, 1966) with Michèle Mercier and Anita Ekberg, and the Marquis de Sade's adaptation Justine (Jesus Franco, 1969) with Klaus Kinski. David Ross Smith at IMDb quotes director Franco dissing Power: “She was a passenger, wandering around. She was like a piece of furniture. It was as if I was making Bambi 2.” She was quite good though, as the daughter of Dorothy Malone in the Giallo Femmine insaziabili / Beverly Hills (Alberto De Martino, 1969). After a few more films, she finished her film career. At the set of Nel sole / The World’s Gold (Aldo Grimaldi, 1967), Power had met singer and actor Albano Carrisi. In 1970, the pair married, and five years later they formed the singing duo Al Bano & Romina Power.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Al Bano & Romina Power became well known all over Europe and also in Latin America. Their songs include 'Felicità' (1982), 'Ci sarà' (1984), winning title at the Sanremo Festival, 'Sempre sempre' (1986) and 'Nostalgia canaglia' (1987). They achieved 7th place for Italy in both the 1976 and 1985 Eurovision Song Contest. The duo released multiple albums in different languages, and several became gold or platinum. The couple divorced in 1999. They have four children: Ylenia Maria (1970), who mysteriously went missing in New Orleans in 1994 and yet still has to be found; the only son Yari Marco (1973); Cristel Chiara (1985), who appeared in the Italian Reality TV show La Fattoria (The Farm); and Romina Iolanda (1987), who appeared with her father in the 2005 edition of Italian Reality TV show Isola dei Famosi (Survivor). Romina Power wrote five books in Italian. Between 2004 and 2006, she toured with the controversial stage play 'The Vagina Monologues' by Eve Ensler. She worked as a host for various variety shows on TV, acted in two mini-series, and in 2005, she was a judge in the TV show Ballando con le Stelle (Dancing with the Stars). Between 2006 and 2007, Power organised exhibitions of her paintings, mainly in Milan. At the same time, she dedicated herself to directing her short film Upaya (2006). In Spring 2007, she bought a house in Sedona, Arizona and moved to the United States. She had a small part in the comedy Go Go Tales (Abel Ferrara, 2007) starring Willem Dafoe. A year later, Linda Christian was diagnosed with colon cancer. Power went to live in her mother's house in Palm Springs, where she remained until her mother died in 2011. Romina Power is a polyglot who speaks five languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French and Dutch.

Sources: Rominapower.it, Wikipedia (German and Italian) and IMDb.

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

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