Vintage Movie Resources

Betty Blythe  (1924) | www.vintoz.com
August 27, 2024

Betty Blythe — The Family Name Is Blythe (1918) 🇺🇸

“I came to New York with one hundred dollars in my purse, a heart full of ambition and fire in my eye.”

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Alice Lake — It’s a Hard Life! (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 27, 2024

Alice Lake — It’s a Hard Life! (1918) 🇺🇸

Slapstick is not to be laughed at — by those who make it, says Alice Lake

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Mildred Harris — “Stage Experience? None!” (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 26, 2024

Mildred Harris — “Stage Experience? None!” (1918) 🇺🇸

“Stage Experience? None!” — Said Mildred Harris, just to be original, as well as truthful.

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Bert Lytell — The Essential Ingredient (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 26, 2024

Bert Lytell — The Essential Ingredient (1918) 🇺🇸

Bert Lytell, a creature of excitement, is usually around the studio when any of it occurs.

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Pearl White — How to Act (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 26, 2024

Pearl White — How to Act (1918) 🇺🇸

Want to know what it takes to be an actress? Here’s no-nonsense advice from the Queen of Serials, Pearl White.

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Edward Earle — Our Mary’s First Leading Man (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 16, 2024

Edward Earle — Our Mary’s First Leading Man (1918) 🇺🇸

With such an auspicious beginning, Edward Earle was bound to succeed.

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Alice Joyce — Alice for Short (1917) | www.vintoz.com
August 16, 2024

Alice Joyce — Alice for Short (1917) 🇺🇸

Miss Joyce talks of things in general and in particular of her tiny daughter, Alice.

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Virginia Valli — From Stenography to Stardom (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 15, 2024

Virginia Valli — From Stenography to Stardom (1918) 🇺🇸

How Virginia Valli bridged the gap between a Chicago Commission House and a private dressing room at Essanay

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Warner Oland — A Highbrow Villain from the Arctic Circle (1918) 🇺🇸
August 14, 2024

Warner Oland — A Highbrow Villain from the Arctic Circle (1918) 🇺🇸

I wonder if they know about it in Umea.

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Viola Dana — The Girl Who Never Grew Up (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 11, 2024

Viola Dana — The Girl Who Never Grew Up (1918) 🇺🇸

Viola Dana as she really truly is.

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Films in the Flowery Land (1918) | www.vintoz.com
August 11, 2024

Films in the Flowery Land (1918) 🇺🇸

The appeal of the Japanese movie poster is not a subtle one; it comes right out and picks you off your feet. It is as large as the side of a house, and embodies every color in the artist's paintshop.

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    Watterson Rothacker (Watterson Rounds Rothacker) (1885-1960) | www.vintoz.com
    August 10, 2024

    Watterson R. Rothacker — A Specialist in a Fine Art (1918) 🇺🇸

    Watterson R. Rothacker develops and prints more film than anyone else in America

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    Allan Dwan — Scenario Writing from the Director’s Viewpoint (1918) | www.vintoz.com
    June 22, 2024

    Allan Dwan — Scenario Writing from the Director’s Viewpoint (1918) 🇺🇸

    Practical information based on the actual experience in the studios of one who produces successes, written by Allan Dwan

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    Dot Farley — Comedienne, Tragedienne and Photoplaywright (1914) | www.vintoz.com
    June 22, 2024

    Dot Farley — Comedienne, Tragedienne and Photoplaywright (1914) 🇺🇸

    Miss Farley was advised not to ride hell cat, so, of course, she did, and she stayed on, too, much to hell cat’s annoyance

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    Henry B. Walthall | www.vintoz.com
    March 09, 2024

    Henry B. Walthall — Once of Alabama (1918) 🇺🇸

    His father wanted him to become a farmer, and his mother hoped he would follow the law. But he became an actor because that was the one career that interested him.

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    Louise Glaum — How to be Naughty (1918) | www.vintoz.com
    March 02, 2024

    Louise Glaum — How to be Naughty (1918) 🇺🇸

    Louise Glaum offers ten commandments and other pointers.

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    Gregory la Cava — Stars Shot from Ink Pots (1918)
    March 01, 2024

    Gregory la Cava — Stars Shot from Ink Pots (1918) 🇺🇸

    The director of the Black and White Comedies talks about his troubles.

     

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    January 26, 2024

    Louise Huff — When Louise Was a Kiddie (1918) 🇺🇸

    Of course we all know that Southern girls are either born flirts or acquire the art at a tender age.

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    January 26, 2024

    Edna Purviance — Little Miss Happiness (1918) 🇺🇸

    That is why Edna Purviance is such an able assistant to Charlie Chaplin

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    Max Linder, the Inimitable (1910) | www.vintoz.com
    January 26, 2024

    Max Linder, the Inimitable (1910) 🇺🇸

    “Ah, there’s Max! Now for something good!”

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    Monroe Salisbury — An Actor and His Indian Friends (1918) | www.vintoz.com
    January 26, 2024

    Monroe Salisbury — An Actor and His Indian Friends (1918) 🇺🇸

    It is not generally known that Monroe Salisbury, whose performance as Alessandro in the classic, Ramona, is acknowledged one of the greatest characterizations the screen has shown, is a student of Indian customs and lore, as well as a rancher in his own right.

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     Edna Purviance — Interviewing Edna (1916) | www.vintoz.com
    August 29, 2023

    Edna Purviance — Interviewing Edna (1916) 🇺🇸

    A movie chat in the current manner — not to be taken too seriously

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    Madge Evans — Pauvre Enfant ? Merci — Non ! (1918) | www.vintoz.com
    June 21, 2023

    Madge Evans — Pauvre Enfant ? Merci — Non ! (1918) 🇺🇸

    Or, in plain, everyday U. S., Madge Evans is not a pallid chee-ild of the drama.

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    Lila Lee — Do You Believe in Fairies? (1918) 🇺🇸
    June 21, 2023

    Lila Lee — Do You Believe in Fairies? (1918) 🇺🇸

    The happy romance of Lila Lee indicates their presence around us

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