1920s Bear - Dolls and Bears
Actress Lilian Harvey and her big black Teddy bear: Vintage postcard after a photo by Hameister, published by Ross. Lilian Harvey (Lilian Helen Muriel Pape) (1906 1968), was a British-born German actress and singer. In 1924, Lilian Harvey received her first role as the young Jewish girl quot;Ruth quot; in the film Der Fluch directed by Robert Land. Subsequently, she starred in many silent films. In 1925, she was cast in her first leading role in the film Leidenschaft. Because of her training as a singer, Harvey was able to pursue a successful acting career during the talkie era of the early 1930s. Her first movie with Willy Fritsch was Die keusche Susanne in 1926. Harvey and Fritsch became the quot;dream couple quot; of German movies in the early 1930's with the romantic love story Liebeswalzer. They starred in a total of 11 movies together, and Harvey was called the quot;sweetest girl in the world quot; by the press. -