Vintage Movie Resources
Raymond B. West — Gas Meter to Megaphone (1918) 🇺🇸
“Learn the gas business and then go West” advises Raymond B. West to the ambitious
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Willat? (1918) 🇺🇸
C. A. Willat came into the picture business in the days when you didn’t just rent film — you had to also rent the machine along with the film
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Patch? (1918) 🇺🇸
William Moore Patch recently broke into the Times Square section of “fillum sassiety”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Clarke? (1918) 🇺🇸
James B. Clarke is the greatest silent partner in motion pictures
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Sawyer? (1918) 🇺🇸
Glad we caught Arthur H. Sawyer and Herbert Lubin on a day they weren’t busy
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Edel? (1918) 🇺🇸
Harold Edel — along with Jesse L. Lasky and Harry Schwalbe, among others — is eligible to our Motion Picture Orchestra
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Selig? (1918) 🇺🇸
William Nicholas Selig is the least photographed film magnate in the business
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Garson? (1918) 🇺🇸
Harry Garson is handling the destinies of the Clara Kimball Young and Blanche Sweet productions
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Lichtman? (1918) 🇺🇸
Al Lichtman has been gathering contracts ever since there was a reel of film to contract for
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Earle? (1918) 🇺🇸
Edward Earle (Executive) is not Edward Earle, the Vitagraph actor
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Friend? (1918) 🇺🇸
“Any business is as big as its lawyer and no bigger”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Christie? (1918) 🇺🇸
Al Christie might easily be termed a “pioneer” of the film industry, but that word is tabooed in this series
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Sherry? (1918) 🇺🇸
We think that William L. Sherill has something up his sleeve — or concealed behind that neatly trimmed mustache
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Blackton? (1918) 🇺🇸
J. Stuart Blackton has been making pictures almost since there was a picture
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Schwalbe? (1918) 🇺🇸
Our respect for Harry Schwalbe was born when we discovered that here was a film man who didn’t always agree with what the other fellow said
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Ince? (1918) 🇺🇸
Thomas H. Ince — aka “Thomas Handsome” — has probably wondered why he hasn’t appeared earlier in this series
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Quirk? (1918) 🇺🇸
James R. Quirk flitters and flutters in the flattering light of publicity
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Cromelin? (1918) 🇺🇸
Our desire for a wider knowledge of Paul H. Cromelin is prompted by two reasons
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Raver? (1918) 🇺🇸
Harry Raver was the man who tried to save Art Dramas from the wreck
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Lasky? (1918) 🇺🇸
It is some job to get an interview with Jesse L. Lasky. You have to sign him up six months in advance
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Griffith? (1918) 🇺🇸
D. W. Griffith knows better than anyone else just what kind of a fellow Griffith is
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Brulatour? (1918) 🇺🇸
If the motion picture is still in its infancy, then J. E. Brulatour stumbled upon it about the time it was filling out its birth certificate
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Collins? (1918) 🇺🇸
Producer Frederick L. Collins actually goes to picture theatres and really sees other producer’s pictures!
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Selznick? (1918) 🇺🇸
You may have been wondering why Lewis J. Selznick didn’t come along earlier in the series
