Vilma Bánky cinema card
date: label: date made
content: 1934
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Banky, Vilma
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Hand-colored cinema card for actress Vilma Bánky with a short biography on the back. Hungarian-American actress Vilma Bánky was born on 9 January 1901 in Nagydorog, Hungary. The early part of her acting career began in Budapest, France, Austria, and Germany, and her first film was <i>Im Letzten Augenblick</i> (1919, Germany). In 1925, Bánky came to America where she became an immediate hit with U.S. audiences. Her first American film was <i>The Dark Angel</i> (1925). She also appeared opposite actor Rudolph Valentino in <i>The Eagle</i> (1925) and <i>The Son of the Sheik</i> (1926). Bánky was soon nicknamed "The Hungarian Rhapsody," and in 1927 she was voted the most popular actress on the American screen. During her post-Hollywood career, Bánky established the Banky-La Rocque Foundation in 1981 and played golf. She passed away quietly on 18 March 1991 and is remembered for her contributions to the film industry with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This card belongs to a set titled "Cinema Stars: A Series of 30 Hand Coloured Pictures" which features popular film actresses from the 1930s. Collectible cards like this were very popular during the 1920s and 1930s, and they were distributed by various brands in both tobacco and food products. In the 1920s, Cavanders Ltd. also released the following sets of cards: "Beauty Spots of Great Britain," "Foreign Birds," and "River Valleys."</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Actors
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Movie Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0117.13
label: accession number
content: 2014.0117
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0117.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: collectible card
label: Object Name
content: card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 1 7/16 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.65125 cm