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Auction History Result 5h088 GUSTAV FROHLICH signed German Ross postcard '32 five years earlier he starred in Metropolis! 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) Gustav Frohlich was a German actor from the 1920s to the 1960s. He had appeared in a few minor roles in German movies after having been a stage actor, but then he got a minor role in Metropolis in 1927. But Thea von Harbou noticed him on the set and suggested that Fritz Lang give him one of the male leads, which he did, and that made Frohlich a major star. In the early 1930s, he made some movies in Hollywood, but most of his career was spent in Germany. He was banned from German movies from 1941 to 1943, supposedly because he slapped Joseph Goebbels! In all, he made 105 movies and died in 1987 at the age of 85. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Gustav Frohlich! 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: good to very good. The fountain pen that Mr. Frohlich signed with was either running out of ink, or the ink has dried unevenly over the years, because there are skips throughout the signature and the inscription. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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