Georg Alexander ~ This is a vintage original cigarette card form the Ramses Cigarettes series Film-Fotos issued in about 1930. This is card #157. It is smaller than a US baseball card but a little bigger than a traditional cigarette card (just over 1½"x2¼"). This particular example is in very good condition with a minor crease and some discoloration to the back of the card.

Born in 1888, German actor Georg Alexander became one of the most active of German stars from the silent era through his death in late-1945. He made his film debut in 1915 in Der Schwiegervater seines Leutnants, it was followed by Sonne und Schatten (1915) and Die Liebe, sie war nur ein Traum (1916). In 1917 he married actress Aud Egede Nissen, with whom he founded his own production company. Their first film project was Die Geburt der Venus (1917).

Over the next few years Alexander worked both as an actor and as a director. When he founded his own production company "Alexander-Film-GmbH" in 1919 he concentrated more again to the acting and played in the movies Der Mann ohne Namen (1921), Lady Hamilton (1921), Eifersucht (1925), Die Frau ohne Namen (1927), Venus im Frack (1927) and Schwarzwaldmädel (1929).

Alexander was often busy in the 1930s, too. He appeared in movies like Der verjüngte Adolar (1931), Madame wünscht keine Kinder (1932), Die englische Heirat (1934), Der alte und der junge König (1934), Heimat (1938), Der Kleinstadtpoet (1940) and Frau Luna (1942).

Besides his film activity, Alexander was also interested in sport. He was a jockey and even held a record at one time with a horse jump over the height of 1.85 meters.

Not to be mistaken for the British actor of the same name.