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Auction History Result 5h086 BERNHARD GOETZKE signed German Ross postcard '20s he was in six of Fritz Lang's best movies! Date Sold 3/6/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed German Ross Postcard (measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" [9 x 14 cm]) (Learn More) Bernhard Goetzke was a German actor from the 1910s to the 1950s. He had significant roles in six of Fritz Lang's very best movies, including Die Nibelungen, Metropolis, and Destiny. In all, he made 140 movies. He stayed in Germany after the Nazis came to power and he appeared in Jud Suss and other Nazi movies. He basically retired from movies in 1944, although he appeared in one more movie after the war in 1950. He passed away in 1964 at the age of 80. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Bernhard Goetzke! Also 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 cut four slits in the upper left of the front cover of the program for that movie 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 did often obtain 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. Condition: very good. There are tiny creases in the top left corner. Learn More about condition grades 
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