Vintage Movie Resources
Violet Hopson’s Many Expressions (1919) 🇬🇧
Violet Hopson — the “Dear Delightful Villainess” of the screen
Chats with the Players — Eleanor Caines, of the Lubin Company (1913) 🇺🇸
Two years ago Eleanor Caines climbed a sixty-foot cliff, while the camera buzzed; she and the man playing opposite were thrown from their horses. His nose was broken, and her arm. Looking at her pretty face, I was glad the accidents were not reversed
Chats with the Players — Fred Mace, of the Keystone Company (1913) 🇺🇸
“My career was an escalator of unbroken successes”
Chats with the Players — Arthur Mackley, of the Essanay (1913) 🇺🇸
Thousands of persons would find it difficult if Arthur Mackley failed to appear as the sheriff in a Western film
Chats with the Players — Miss Muriel Ostriche, of the Éclair Company (1913) 🇺🇸
“They call me the Turkey-Trot Girl at the studio”
Creators of Lasky Photography (1916) 🇺🇸
Movie pioneers behind the camera: 3 cinematographers and 1 lab technician
John McDermott, Director, Universal (1916) 🇺🇸
Tired of business life, John McDermott entered the dramatic field, using motion pictures as his medium
Isabel Daintry (Royal) (1914) 🇺🇸
Isabelle Daintry abandons herself to comedy roles with remarkable success. She has mastered the secret of the comic art — playing the most ludicrous and fantastic parts with deadly seriousness
Billie West (Majestic) (1914) 🇺🇸
One of the younger stars, who has recently risen rapidly in pictures, is Billie West of the Majestic
Carol Dempster and Clarine Seymour — The Two Strange Women (1919) 🇺🇸
Carol Dempster says she doesn’t know how to act and for Clarine Seymour, the darker days seem to be at an end
Helen Gibson — The Girl with Nine Lives (1916) 🇺🇸
“As long as the fans want railroad pictures I’ll keep on taking risks playing in them.”
Chats with the Players — Raymond Gallagher, of the Universal Company (1915) 🇺🇸
Everybody loves Ray Gallagher!
Chats with the Players — Harry Beaumont, of the Edison Company (1915) 🇺🇸
“I’ve got to kill a fellow — that bald-headed chap over yonder — at ten-thirty”
Chats with the Players — Nicholas Dunaew, of the Vitagraph Company (1915) 🇺🇸
Nicholas Dunaew has taken up scenario writing in addition to his posing
Chats with the Players — William Garwood, of the Imp Company (1915) 🇺🇸
“It’s awful — scarcely a decent thing to wear. I must certainly strengthen my wardrobe”
Chats with the Players — Grace Cunard, of the Universal Company (1915) 🇺🇸
Grace Cunard does not possess anything nor do anything small
Chats with the Players — S. Rankin Drew, of the Vitagraph Company (1915) 🇺🇸
S. Rankin Drew is making an earnest effort to keep the famous family name well up in the world of art, not only by his work on the stage and in Motion Pictures, but also as a talented author
Marguerite Clark, The Girl That is Different (1915) 🇺🇸
“I had expected to do only a few pictures, but, much to my surprise, my first one met with success”
Chats with the Players — Henry King, of the Balboa Company (1915) 🇺🇸
One of the most reassuring things about Henry King’s work is that — sh-s-s-s-s-h! breathe it softly — he has steadily become more handsome
Chats with the Players — “The Rosemary of the Movies” (1915) 🇺🇸
A busy movie actress, such as Rosemary Theby, has just so many moments for a mere interview — and no more
Chats with the Players — Bliss Milford, of the Kinetophote Company (1915) 🇺🇸
“You ought to see me trying to be tragic in a serious piece! It makes a farce of it right away”
Chats with the Players — Herbert Prior, of the Edison Company (1915) 🇺🇸
“My highest ambition? To have enough money to retire and yet to beat the income tax”