Vintage Movie Resources

March 30, 2026

Allan Dwan Now at Work in East (1917) 🇺🇸

Allan Dwan is one of the youngest veteran directors

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William Humphrey (William Jonathan Humphrey) (1863–1942) | www.vintoz.com
March 30, 2026

William Humphrey with Ivan (1917) 🇺🇸

William Humphrey’s eyes have that conquering Napoleonic look, and that not merely because he is known as the best Napoleon on the stage

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Margery Wilson (Sara Barker Strayer) (1896–1986) | www.vintoz.com
March 07, 2026

Margery Wilson — She Was Padded to Fame (1917) 🇺🇸

Margery Wilson started out by deceiving prospective employers

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March 05, 2026

Crime and Punishment (1917)

Derwent Hall Caine | Cherrie Coleman | Lawrence B. McGill

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Rupert Julian (Thomas Percival Hayes) (1879–1943) | www.vintoz.com
February 25, 2026

Rupert Julian — How to Succeed in the Movies (1917) 🇺🇸

After failing at all honest work, Rupert Julian tried the stage

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William Fox (Wilhelm Fried Fuchs | Fried Vilmos) (1879–1952) | www.vintoz.com
January 18, 2026

What Kind of a Fellow Is — Fox? (1917) 🇺🇸

“My business is making and showing pictures. I’m William Fox, and always will be.”

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William A. Brady (William Aloysius Brady) (1863–1950) | www.vintoz.com
January 18, 2026

What Kind of a Fellow Is — Brady? (1917) 🇺🇸

For those who may wish to interview William A. Brady we cheerfully contribute a time-saving recipe

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Adolph Zukor (Czukor Adolf) (1873–1976) | www.vintoz.com
January 18, 2026

What Kind of a Fellow Is — Zukor? (1917) 🇺🇸

“Adolph Zukor, when will the stars’ salaries be reduced?”

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Richard A. Rowland (1880–1947) | www.vintoz.com
January 18, 2026

What Kind of a Fellow Is — Rowland? (1917) 🇺🇸

“More bull,” said Richard A. Rowland tersely. “If you took down my exact words you couldn’t print them. You know that.”

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Hiram Abrams (1878–1926) | www.vintoz.com
January 17, 2026

What Kind of a Fellow Is — Abrams? (1917) 🇺🇸

“The film business? Well, that’s a big subject — too big to talk about. Let’s go to lunch and talk Portland”

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Pat Powers (Patrick Anthony Powers) (1869–1948) | www.vintoz.com
January 17, 2026

What Kind of a Fellow Is — Powers? (1917) 🇺🇸

“Ireland’s a peaceful country — comparatively”

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December 08, 2025

Ink in Their Veins (1917) 🇺🇸

Feeling the pulses of those whose life fluid is writing material

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Wilfred Buckland (1866–1946) | www.vintoz.com
November 14, 2025

Wilfred Buckland — Artistic Titan (1917) 🇺🇸

Wilfred Buckland deals with the battles of beauty

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Marguerite Gale (1885–1948) | www.vintoz.com
September 18, 2025

Unusual Things Unusual Photoplayers Do (1917) 🇺🇸

Photoplayers do some unusual things.

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E. K. Lincoln, Canine Fancier (1917) | www.vintoz.com
September 15, 2025

E. K. Lincoln, Canine Fancier (1917) 🇺🇸

E. K. Lincoln is a human dynamo of activity

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Dorothy Dalton (1917) | www.vintoz.com
December 02, 2024

Dorothy Dalton — Dorothy the Determined (1917) 🇺🇸

At the studio of Thomas Ince at Culver City there was one young actress who had set a most prohibitive pace of work

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Robert G. Vignola — Photoplay Stars I Have Directed (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 28, 2024

Robert G. Vignola — Photoplay Stars I Have Directed (1917) 🇺🇸

In this age of specialization, when even a motion picture producer concentrates his energies upon the development of photoplay specialists in the various departments of his vast organization, it is interesting to find the motion picture director who is not a specialist and has devoted his energies to the creation of many types of photoplays with many different stars.

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Gish Sisters & Company (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 28, 2024

Gish Sisters & Company (1917) 🇺🇸

The company being their very helpful mother

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Norma Talmadge (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 11, 2024

Norma Talmadge — My Ammunition Plants (1917) 🇺🇸

As yet I am only a rookie and not a regular farmer or farmerlette, but after my summer of intensive training I will be better equipped to comply with Photo-Play Journal’s request for an article on wartime gardening.

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Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne — All in the Day’s Work (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 08, 2024

Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne — All in the Day’s Work (1917) 🇺🇸

Bushman! Unafraid of work. Serious by nature. Handsome as naturally. Merry of mood. Amazingly artistic. Never idle.

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Madge Kennedy’s Bow to the Movie Fans (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 08, 2024

Madge Kennedy’s Bow to the Movie Fans (1917) 🇺🇸

She wore shell-rim glasses that imparted a professional air. On her small, well-built head was a Dutch bonnet and her shoes had low heels and square toes. Her dark gray suit fitted well and was unobtrusive. Can this be Madge Kennedy?

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Julian Eltinge, Famous Feminine Impersonator (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 07, 2024

Julian Eltinge, Famous Feminine Impersonator (1917) 🇺🇸

A recruit in the army of photoplayers

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Bubbling Bessie Barriscale (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 07, 2024

Bubbling Bessie Barriscale (1917) 🇺🇸

There are very few people who have the privilege of really knowing Bessie Barriscale.

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Oscar Apfel — From Standard Oil to Stutz (1917) | www.vintoz.com
November 06, 2024

Oscar Apfel — From Standard Oil to Stutz (1917) 🇺🇸

It was evening, and I sat with Oscar Apfel, the man who has started many stars on the road to affluence.

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