Vintage Movie Resources
Anna May Wong — A Chinese Puzzle (1925) 🇬🇧
A Chinese Puzzle — The description suits Anna May Wong to a T.
The Art of Adolphe Menjou (1925) 🇬🇧
The author of this series has chosen his subjects with great deliberation, taking only those stars whose work seems to him a permanent and essential contribution to the art of the screen.
“Katsudoshashin” (活動写真) (1929) 🇺🇸
What is it? Well, read this article and find out for yourselves. Here’s a hint — it has to do with Japan, and American movies.
Walter Hiers — They All Turn Him Down (1921) 🇺🇸
Roy D’Arcy — Just a Little Fella Trying to Get Along (1927) 🇺🇸
Hypnotic. That’s the word. Hypnotic. Piercing blue eyes, a yellow overcoat, a cane, flashing white teeth and a luxurious pair of sideburns.
Polly Moran — Polly’s Back (1929) 🇺🇸
Aren’t Women Funny? (1929) 🇺🇸
This unusual article contends that comediennes are just as funny as comedians, but they aren’t given a chance — or haven’t the courage to sacrifice their good looks.
Julanne Johnston — Spotlight for Julanne (1923) 🇺🇸
Sigrid Holmquist — Melisande of the North (1923) 🇺🇸
Her picturesque experience and colorful personality may entitle Sigrid Holmquist to a film career.
Kathleen Key — The Girl Who Couldn’t Simp (1923) 🇺🇸
After years of futile efforts during which she watched her blond, effervescent friends win prominence on the screen, Kathleen Key who is almost as cynical as she is beautiful, is at last to have her chance in Goldwyn pictures.
Myrtle Stedman and Lincoln Stedman — Stedman & Son, Inc. (1923) 🇺🇸
Both good troupers and the best of friends off the screen, Myrtle Stedman and her son Lincoln are a unique combination in the film world.
Barbara La Marr — When is Barbara Sincere? (1923) 🇺🇸
The conflicting personalities of Barbara La Marr have puzzled many a motion-picture fan. Is she a poseur, or is she, perhaps, just different? Let this writer who knows her well, tell you.
Alfred Lunt — A Comedian — Not a Hero (1923) 🇺🇸
Alfred Lunt frankly admits the heroic roles are not for him. But if, in his forthcoming pictures, he expresses the humor and charm that have been characteristic of his stage roles, he will soon take a place among the favored players of the screen.
Alberta Vaughn — Mack Sennett Picks Another (1923) 🇺🇸
To be put under contract by the comedy king is as distinctive in its way as being featured by Griffith or De Mille. Therefore Alberta Vaughn merits your kind attention.
Lenore Ulric — The Blooming of “Tiger Rose” (1923) 🇺🇸
Lenore Ulric revives one of her colorful heroines for the silver screen.
Watch George Hackathorne (1923) 🇺🇸
He has made himself conspicuous in several character roles, and is about to step out as a featured player.
Seena Owen — A Picture Puzzle (1923)
Maurice Tourneur — Cynic in the Soup (1923) 🇺🇸
Mabel Normand — The Irrepressible One (1923) 🇺🇸
Fans are always clamoring to see more of Mabel Normand, and in that they are quite like her many acquaintances.
Jetta Goudal — Jetta Steps Down But Not Out (1929) 🇺🇸
La Goudal proves anew that she is a law unto herself by relinquishing stardom for lesser roles, with smiling indifference to what Hollywood thinks.
The Art of Alla Nazimova (1925) 🇬🇧
In the following series of studies the author has chosen his subjects with great deliberation, taking only those stars whose work seems to him a permanent and essential contribution to the art of the screen. He has tried to reduce effects to causes, and to discover in each of his subjects the characteristic quality that underlies success.
Bryant Washburn — The Road to London (1921) 🇺🇸
Bryant Washburn traveled many miles in order to make a screen play in a real English setting.
Mary Thurman — From a Beacher to a Feature (1921) 🇺🇸
It is only a step from a onepiece bathing suit to evening dress if Nature has been kind.
Pauline Starke — Fine Feathers and Ambition (1921) 🇺🇸
Beautiful clothes play no small part in Pauline Starke’s affections, but her success has all been achieved without their artful aid.