stars that replace. As we read the golden age of Greek cinema, the same is the case here.
The ultimate Greek star, Aliki Vougiouklaki, he had his own doppelganger, which had doubled in various films. Her name is Mitchie Kara and the two women are very similar. In 1960, she was interviewed in the newspaper “Apogevmatini” speaking of the cooperation with the glamorous actress.
Demeter ΚαπετανοποÏλου, as was her real name, had talked about the film “The fairy and the lad”, in which he had help with the likeness of the actress. In particular, Alice, then she was pregnant with Johnny, and her stomach had begun to seem very. So, they ask the model to replace it at some distant shots.
The next collaboration of the two was in “the Teacher with The blonde hair”. Mitchie Karras had mentioned that she would have liked to continue the cooperation, however this was not the case. “You know, if we were still in Greece, I would continue the cooperation with the Nifty. It was a well-paid job and I was happy. It was the era that today we call “the golden age of cinema”, he said. The film “The Fairy and the Lad” was a great success. Cut 626 thousands of tickets and is today one of the favorite old Greek movies….
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The unknown blonde doppelganger of Alice in “the Fairy and the Lad” [photo]
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