UNUSED PINA MENICHELLI (1890-1984) Italian Actress of Stage & Silent Film Antique Postcard

PINA MENICHELLI WAS BORN GIUSEPPA IOLANDA MENICHELLI IN CASTROREALE, SICILY, ITALY ON JANUARY 10, 1890. AFTER A CAREER IN THEATRE AND A SERIES OF SMALL FILM ROLES, HER STAR WAS LAUNCHED WHEN SHE WAS GIVEN THE LEAD ROLE IN THE 1916 FILM "THE FIRE". MENICHELLI WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A GLOBAL STAR AND ONE OF THE MOST APPRECIATED ACTRESSES IN ITALIAN CINEMA. IN 1924, MENICHELLI MARRIED INTO ITALIAN NOBILITY, BECOMING A BARONESS. SHE RETIRED FROM PUBLIC LIFE AT AGE 34. MENICHELLI DESTROYED HER PERSONAL CAREER MEMORABILIA, NEVER SPOKE TO THE PRESS AND REFUSED ALL CONTACT WITH FILM HISTORIANS. SHE DIED IN MILAN ON AUGUST 29, 1984. SINCE HER DEATH, RESTORATIONS OF HER SURVIVING FILMS HAVE BEEN SHOWN AT IMPORTANT FILM FESTIVALS AND HER FILMOGRAPHY HAS BEEN RE-ASSEMBLED AND RE-EVALUATED BY FILM HISTORIANS.

POSTCARD IS IN GOOD UNUSED CONDITION.