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Paul Richter was a German actor from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was in four of Fritz Lang's best movies: Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, The Tiger of Eschnapur, The Indian Tomb, and Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (where he played Siegfried). He made a total of 79 movies. When sound came, his career lessened, and he shifted into character roles in the 1930s, and only made a few movies during World War II, and then made around a dozen after World War II. He passed away in 1961 at the age of 66.

Important Added Info: Note that this German Ross Postcard has been personally autographed (signed) by Paul Richter (our consignor bought this 40 years ago from a reputable German dealer, and we believe the signature to surely be authentic, but he has no certificate of authenticity)! Also note that this German Ross Postcard measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" [9 x 13 cm]. Finally, 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 use a special "Das Programm Von Heute" that had a blank area on the cover, where they would cut four slits in the upper left 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 sometimes obtained 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.

As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased (although we prefer they do any "authenticating" while the auction is "live" and before they place a bid) and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes.

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