Vintage Movie Resources
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.
André Beranger — He Takes His Comedy Straight (1927) 🇺🇸
After years and years of “emoting,” Andre Beranger has turned out to be a comedian — a most “polite” comedian, whose secret of being funny is that he doesn’t realize that he is.
Among Those Present (1927) 🇺🇸
A department devoted to those many interesting persons in the movies about whom you don’t hear so much, but of whom you will probably hear more.
Even the Athletes are Lured (1927) 🇺🇸
In this day when absolutely every one is flocking into the movies — society belles, stage stars, royalty and circus performers — even the manly athletes, though much averse to powder puffs and grease paint, have succumbed to the lure of the screen. Witness Gene Tunney, Charley Paddock and “Red” Grange.
Jacqueline Logan — “Jackie” Startles Hollywood (1927) 🇺🇸
The choice of Jacqueline Logan to play Mary Magdalene in “The King of Kings” astonished the film colony, but the complete change in her personality amid scenes of biblical magnificence has caused even greater wonderment.
Constance Howard — A Flapper Who Watches Her Step (1927) 🇺🇸
Though technically a flapper, Constance Howard has the wisdom and poise of a veteran in life’s affairs. She even avoids ice water to safeguard her health for the long career ahead of her.
Vera Voronina — A Ray from Russia (1927) | www.vintoz.com 🇺🇸
Vera Voronina’s gay, vibrant personality is not at all what you’d expect from “darkest Russia,” but that is the land from which that charming young actress has come. This interview was had with her shortly after her arrival, while she was at work on her first American film.
“Shadows” of the Stars (1926) 🇺🇸
These humble persons are even more lowly than “doubles,” but many a girl gets her start in the movies by playing “shadow” to a star — that is, substituting for her on the set during the adjusting of cameras and lights.
Jack Holt — En Famille (1927) 🇺🇸
Jack Holt had to resort to a most ingenious stratagem to win the lady who is his charming wife, but a glimpse into his contented and attractive little family makes you realize how well worth while it was.
A Pot of Gold for Billie Dove (1927) 🇺🇸
For five years she has followed a rainbow of dreams that, it seemed, would never be realized. At last she has won her reward.
Charles Ray — Bucking his Hoodoo (1927) 🇺🇸
Charles Ray, whose bad luck has amounted to a hoodoo and reduced him to bankruptcy, survives defeat because he has never acknowledged himself beaten — not even now, when he pays rent for the home he once owned.
Rod La Rocque — Rod Takes the Bitter with the Sweet (1927) 🇺🇸
Along with the tremendous success that has come to Rod La Rocque in the past four years, there has crept into his soul a trace of bitterness, but Rod takes bitter and sweet alike with a grin, and holds himself alone responsible for whatever happens to him.
Jacques Lerner — A Man Who Makes a Monkey of Himself (1927) 🇺🇸
Jacques Lerner, the French actor who portrays the title role of the “monkey” in “The Monkey Talks,” has for years been making a specialty of impersonating apes.
John Bowers — What a Man Should Not Wear (1927) 🇺🇸
John Bowers, one of the most correctly dressed men in Hollywood, tells exactly what a man should and should not wear on certain occasions, and points out many mistakes in dress made by men who may think they are being very fashionable.
Alec Francis — Gray Hairs and Stardom (1927) 🇺🇸
The starring of Alec Francis in “The Music Master” and “The Return of Peter Grimm” brought a belated reward to this skilled elderly actor, who had for years been quietly taking second place to more youthful players.
Gilbert Roland — Norma Talmadge’s New Leading Man (1927) 🇺🇸
But instead of being wildly excited over his big role in Norma’s “Camille,” young Gilbert Roland was much more interested in showing “Picture-Play’s” interviewer how to fight bulls.
Clarence Thompson — An Actor by Request (1927) 🇺🇸
Clarence Thompson, who prefers to be called “Tommy,” wanted to write, but was forced to become an actor to get inside a studio.
Arthur Edmund Carew — Released from Villainy (1927) 🇺🇸
Arthur Edmund Carew, long established as one of the screen’s most menacing villains, is at last being given an opportunity to break away from wicked roles, and may even become a romantic hero.
Marian Nixon — From Pillar to Post (1927) 🇺🇸
Marian Nixon has been borrowed and lent so often in the course of her progress from extra to leading roles, that she doesn’t know where she belongs nor what she wants to do. Perhaps you can tell her.
Harry Langdon — Well, Sir, He’s a Scream (1927) 🇺🇸
Harry Langdon, a comparatively recent entrant in the ranks of the snicker snarers, receives his just due in this critical analysis of his technique.
Has Success Changed Ben Lyon? (1927) 🇺🇸
The writer who was the first to interview him in his early days pays him another visit after four years and finds him a little more mature, but still the same merry prankster.
Jean Hersholt — How “Dutch” Became Mr. Hersholt (1927) 🇺🇸
A cut-back to the day when the noted character actor, then an extra who could hardly speak English, first attracted attention to himself — and what followed.
Conrad Veidt — A Welcome Invader from Germany (1927) 🇺🇸
Hollywood not only makes possible the importation of one of Europe’s most accomplished actors, but unites a trio of famous friends.
If I Were a Man… (1927) 🇺🇸
Some of the girls of Hollywood tell what they would not do if they belonged to the opposite sex.