Liane Haid - She exuded glamour! ~ Very nice vintage cigarette card from circa 1934. Card is #90 in the Our Colorful Film Photos (Unsere Bunten Filmbilder) series. It measures about 2" x 2¼". This particular example is in fine condition especially for a card that is over 80 years old.

Liane Haid (1895-2000) Married to Baron Fritz von Haymerle, Liane Haid's film career came to a practical halt in 1937 although she did make two more films, one in 1940 and the next in 1953. It might have been a refusal to work under the then Nazi dominated film industry that halted Haid's career or her marriage to von Haymerle, but halt it did. After the Nazi revolution, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Reich's Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, achieved Gleichschaltung or coordination of the German film industry. Goebbels moved to eliminate Jews and liberals from the production of films. By 1937, the Nazi party had virtual control of all films produced in Germany and in 1940 the motion picture industry was nationalized. Still, dissidents and nonconformists found refuge in the Nazi film world. German film and theater people quickly divided into two camps, those who cooperated and worked with the Nazis and those who did not. Obviously, there were extremes in each group. Merely working in the escapist cinema of the war years should not necessarily carry the Nazi stigma. The stars of the Nazi epics and anti-Semitic films, however, carry the taint of an evil regime.

Liane Haid died on 28 November 2000, in Bern, Switzerland. She was 105 year old! This cigarette card is nearly 90 years old and is in excellent condition.

Filmography as Actress:

• Ahnfrau, Die (1919)
• Lady Hamilton (1921) [Emma Lyon, spätere Lady Hamilton]
• Lucrezia Borgia (1922) [Lucrezia Borgia]
• Southern Love (1924) [Countess de Silva]
• Brüder Schellenberg, Die (1926)
• Provinzonkel, Der (1926)
• Esclave blanche, L' (1927)
• Goldene Abgrund, Der (1927) [Jola und Claire]
• Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (1927)
• Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour (1928) [Madame Pompadour]
• Schiff in Not S.O.S. (1929)
• Spiel um den Mann (1929)
• Große Sehnsucht, Die (1930) [Liane Haid]
• Lied ist aus, Das (1930) [Tilla Morland]
• Petit officier... Adieu! (1930) [Tilla Morland]
• Unsterbliche Lump, Der (1930) [Anna]
• Zweimal Hochzeit (1930)
• Grock (1931/I)
• Kaiserliebchen (1931)
• Meine Cousine aus Warschau (1931)
• Männer um Lucie, Die (1931)
• Opernredoute (1931)
• Schatten der Manege (1931)
• Diamant des Zaren, Der (1932) [Nadja Nadjakowksa]
• Ich will nicht wissen, wer du bist (1932) [Alice Lamberg]
• Madame hat Ausgang (1932)
• Prinz von Arkadien, Der (1932)
• Frau wie Du, Eine (1933)
• Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin (1933)
• Madame wünscht keine Kinder (1933) [Madelaine Wengert]
• Polizeiakte 909 (1933) [Helene Laroche]
• Roman einer Nacht (1933)
• Sag' mir, wer Du bist (1933)
• Schloß im Süden, Das (1933)
• Stern von Valencia, Der (1933) [Marion]
• Bei der blonden Kathrein (1934)
• Tanzmusik (1935) [Glos Harding]
• Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn (1936) [Edda Vivian]
• Whom the Gods Love (1936) [Aloysia]
• Peter im Schnee (1937)
• Unvollkommene Liebe, Die (1940)
• Fünf Karnickel, Die (1953)

This lot consists of a genuine German cigarette premium issued between about 1930 and 1937. In general, German cigarette cards and premiums make an interesting and inexpensive addition to any collection. The Nazi government of Germany opposed smoking and eventually put an end to cigarette cards. As a result, the native German card collecting hobby never developed to the extent of that in Britain or the United States. As a result, most German premiums and cards cost only a fraction of what might be expected from their American and British cousins.

Large photos are shown smaller than actual size while small ones are generally enlarged to as much as twice their original size. Almost all photos and cards are scanned through protective sleeves or pages which tends to cut the clarity a bit. Enlarged defects tend to look worse than they actually are.