Hans Albers ~ Issued in the early-1930s. This was a super "gold" series of cards. Card is #59 from Goldfilm. A very nice 1930s card. Edges show some wear, card is about fine.

Hans Albers: Under Weimar Albers was one of the first actors in the world to appear in a sound film. Called the blond, daredevil adventurer and irresistible lover of the German screen, Albers was the most popular screen performer of Nazi Germany, the highest paid German celebrity of the war years, and arguably the most powerful and influential individual in Germany outside of the Nazi government. Because of his immense public popularity, Albers was able to thrive in Goebbels' dream factory despite a distaste for the Nazi regime which he made no effort to disguise. In return, Goebbels detested Albers who flatly refused to have anything to do with any production that he felt glorified the Nazi government. Although many, perhaps most, of his roles were fairly harmless entertainment, Albers starred in the 1943 Nazi epic Münchhausen. Still, Albers may have been unique in his ability to thumb his nose at the Hitler state secured by Goebbels' belief that if the German people had been forced to choose between Adolf Hitler and Hans Albers, the majority would have chosen Albers.