Vintage Movie Resources
Sidney Franklin (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Victor Fleming (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Charles Dorian (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Clarence Brown (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Two degrees in engineering and a successful automobile business lacked the power to keep Clarence Brown out of the theater as one of its major craftsmen.
Edward Buzzell (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Frank Borzage (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Watching Frank Borzage direct a picture, the novice is likely to believe that it is easy work.
George Fitzmaurice (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
George Cukor (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Jack Conway (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Dorothy Arzner (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — The only woman director in motion pictures, Dorothy Arzner, under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, first aspired to a medical career.
Mervyn LeRoy — “Let’s Make it a Good Scene” (1937) 🇺🇸
Douglas Shearer — Ruling The Sound Waves (1937) 🇺🇸
Sonja Henie — Skating To Stardom (1937) 🇺🇸
Sonja Henie, world champion ice-skater, makes her debut in Hollywood and tells her plans for the future.
A Practical Vision — As Expounded by George Cukor (1937) 🇺🇸
A Close Up of Michael Curtiz (1937) 🇺🇸
Paul Widlicska — The Studio Magician (1937) 🇺🇸
An Interview with Paul Muni and Luise Rainer (1937) 🇺🇸
Richard Boleslawski — The Way of a Lancer in Pictures (1937) 🇺🇸
With Shirley In Kipling’s India (1937) 🇺🇸
Love in a Hurricane (1937) 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Hollywood is accustomed to storms. They bob up at the slightest provocation, or with none at all, and range from tempests in teapots to knock-em-down and drag-em-out affairs involving fisticuffs and front-page publicity.
The Private Life Of Paul Robeson (1937) 🇬🇧
Paul Robeson was not only the best-known African American actor of the early 20th century, he was also a bass baritone, concert artist, athlete, and activist; a truly remarkable personality who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
In the 1930's, African Americans were not widely featured in the mainstream press, and we believe that this piece from Picturegoer Magazine provides interesting insights.
Note: This text was published in 1937 and some readers might find some of the writing offensive.