Vintage Movie Resources
The Story of Greta Garbo — Part III (1928) 🇺🇸
In the two previous installments (April 1928 | May 1928) of her fascinating story, Miss Garbo told of her lonely childhood in Sweden and of her first ambitions to become an actress. As a young girl she entered the Royal Dramatic School in Stockholm and while she was still a student, Mauritz Stiller discovered her screen possibilities. Her first European picture was a great success but, because of bad financial conditions in Europe, her career seemed at a standstill when Stiller met Louis B. Mayer in Berlin. Mayer signed a contract with both Stiller and Miss Garbo. At the end of the summer, Miss Garbo sailed for America. She was shy, strange and she knew no English. But she had high hopes and expected to find New York carpeted with flowers. Now read the final chapter of this engrossing life story.
The Story of Greta Garbo — Part II (1928) 🇺🇸
Her childhood in Sweden, a little lonely, but colored by vague dreams and shy ambitions — this was the theme of the first installment of Greta Garbo’s own story. In it, too, Miss Garbo told of her examination for entry into the Royal Dramatic School in Sweden, of her great desire to become an actress. She described frankly her bad habit of being late for classes, her neglect of routine. And she told of her first meeting with Mauritz Stiller, the director who first discovered her screen possibilities. Now go on with the second chapter in the life of the fascinating woman.
The Story of Greta Garbo — Part I (1928) 🇺🇸
In April, May and June 1928, Photoplay Magazine published a three-part series on Greta Garbo, in her own words. Garbo talks!
Louise Brooks and Jobyna Ralston Fashion Show (1928)
Louise Brooks and Jobyna Ralston show off their Printzess coats.
“The World Of Susie Wong” in Development (1958) 🇺🇸
“The World Of Susie (sic!) Wong” — First a book, then a play, then a movie. On Broadway, William Shatner, of Star Trek fame, played the role that William Holden later took over in the movie. Would Captain Kirk have gone different if he had played Robert Lomax for a cinema audience as well?
France Nuyen — Only Yesterday I Lived in Terror (1958) 🇺🇸
Fascinating story on France Nuyen's upbringing
The World is Suzie Wong’s (1961) 🇺🇸
Photos from the opening nights of “The World of Suzie Wong” in Paris, Helsinki, Tokyo, and Rome. Why is Hong Kong missing in this report?
Barbara Stanwyck — She has Hollywood’s Number (1931) 🇺🇸
Here's a moody piece on Barbara Stanwyck from around the time she made the pre-code classics “Baby Face” and “The Bitter Tea of General Yen”
The Marx Brothers in "I'll Say She Is!" 🇺🇸
The Marx Brothers appeared in movie magazines even before they appeared in movies.
Alfred Hitchcock — ‘Rope’ Sets a Precedent (1948) 🇺🇸
The challenges of filming the all-in-one-take movie ‘Rope’ were huge for Alfred Hitchcock and his team and required plenty of rehearsing and planning.
Robert Ryan — I’m Gambling With My Career (1947) 🇺🇸
Robert Ryan's clear opinion piece on racism. Written in 1947, and still valid nowadays.
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin — Short on Messages But Long on Entertainment (1950) 🇺🇸
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were quite a sensation in the early days of their partnership. Both had successful careers after they ceased working together, but I think we, the audience, should have gotten more of Martin and Lewis.
Jacques Tourneur — The Story of Filming ‘Berlin Express’ 🇺🇸
Director of Photography Lucien Ballard reports about the challenges of filming in Paris and war-torn Berlin.
The Lady From Shanghai — Field Day for the Camera 🇺🇸
A contemporary look at Orson Welles' film The Lady From Shanghai, as seen from a photographer's perspective
Paul Newman — Somebody Up There Likes Him (1956) 🇺🇸
A sporting goods salesman, Paul Newman took a big gamble when he decided to become an actor. But luck is a lady who likes to gamble too!
Warren William — A New Favorite With The Women (1939) 🇺🇸
The very newest screen lover — Warren William — is keen for Hollywood girls, and Hollywood girls are keen for him. With a Barrymore profile, the roving eyes of Edmund Lowe and the easy manner of Ronald Colman — he should appeal to feminine fans everywhere.
William Powell Weds Carole Lombard (1931) 🇺🇸
Famous Man of The World Tires of Bachelor’s Freedom — Bill and Bride Plan Quiet Life — Happy Couple Honeymooning In Hawaii by Joan Standish So Bill Powell’s married...!”
Jean Harlow — Cool-Looking Platinum-Blonde 🇺🇸
There’s one thing about Jean Harlow — when you see her in a bathing-suit, she certainly takes your mind off the Hoover moratorium, John D. Rockefeller’s birthday and the fact that the Prince of Wales has new purple clothes.
Edward G. Robinson — His Middle Name is not “Gangster” (1931) 🇺🇸
By superb acting — by seeming to be each character he plays — he has made it difficult for most people to visualize the real Edward G. Robinson.
James Cagney — Mild-Mannered Public Enemy (1931) 🇺🇸
Tough? James Cagney looked it in “The Public Enemy.” He didn’t leave a thing undone to show you what a gangster is really like. But, like Robinson, he isn’t what he sometimes seems.
Richard Widmark — How Phony Can You Get! 🇺🇸
There are two Richard Widmarks — both as genuine as a three-dollar-bill. But then, there is also another Richard Widmark...
Humphrey Bogart — Meeting up with a New Menacing Man (1937) 🇺🇸
When an actor steps into the movie spotlight as a gangster, a killer or a villain of darkest hue, it is customary for writers to assure the reading public that in real life he isn’t like that at all; that actually he is as gentle as a lamb, loves little kiddies and wouldn’t harm a flea.
Bogart’s On Television — But Not For Long (1955) 🇺🇸
Humphrey Bogart does Duke Mantee once again, the role that made him famous in 1935/1936.
For the First Time: The Truth About Groucho’s Ad Libs 🇺🇸
You Bet Your Life has all the spontaneity of a Swiss watch, it represents the finest manufactured spontaneity television has yet known.