Vintage Movie Resources

William Haines — The Young Man of the Hour (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 23, 2024

William Haines — The Young Man of the Hour (1928) 🇺🇸

William Haines waited four years for his chance to prove what he could do on the screen, and ever since Brown of Harvard his performances and popularity have been pyramiding prodigiously. But above all things, he does not want to become a one-part actor.

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The Strange Case of Conway Tearle (1928) | www.vintoz.com
February 23, 2024

The Strange Case of Conway Tearle (1928) 🇺🇸

Why was he suddenly banished from the screen at the height of his career? Was it the large salary he demanded, or his disturbing habit of talking back, or what? Certainly it was not that he was unwanted. This story will help you to draw your own conclusions.

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Feeding Film Folk (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 22, 2024

Feeding Film Folk (1925) 🇬🇧

Catering for a small picnic party of three thousand strong is a bit of an undertaking.

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Larry Semon — Simple Semon (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 22, 2024

Larry Semon — Simple Semon (1925) 🇬🇧

Larry of that ilk is not so simple off the screen, else he would never have become one of the three best beloved comedians in filmland.

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Olga Prinzlau  | Screen Scribes (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 22, 2024

Screen Scribes (1925) 🇬🇧

Continuity writers belong to a new school of literature which lives and has its being only in motion picture studios. It is complicated work, about which the general public knows little or nothing.

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James Kirkwood — Unlucky Jim (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 21, 2024

James Kirkwood — Unlucky Jim (1925) 🇬🇧

Thus named because he has had more accidents whilst filming than any other screen star. But it doesn’t apply otherwise, he himself smilingly admits

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Lois Wilson — Lois Laughs at Men (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 20, 2024

Lois Wilson — Lois Laughs at Men (1925) 🇬🇧

Her attitude to men is of a “gentle maternal, highly amused variety,” declares Vincent de Sola in this character analysis of Lois Wilson.

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Charles (Buck) Jones — The Eternal Cowboy (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 19, 2024

Charles (Buck) Jones — The Eternal Cowboy (1925) 🇬🇧

The Eternal Cowboy — Otherwise known as Charles (Buck) Jones

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February 19, 2024

Victor Seastrom — The Sombreness of Seastrom (1925) 🇬🇧

Seastrom is one of the greatest producers in the world. His genius is unquestionable, even though he has, to a certain extent, prostituted it to American dollars.

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Ben Lyon — Footlight or Shadows (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 17, 2024

Ben Lyon — Footlight or Shadows (1925) 🇬🇧

A newcomer to the movies who prefers the screen to the stage.

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John Francis Dillon — Directors I Have Met (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 17, 2024

John Francis Dillon — Directors I Have Met (1925) 🇬🇧

John Francis Dillon is a contradiction!

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February 17, 2024

The Art of Leatrice Joy (1925) 🇬🇧

Once upon a time, a new and quite original little actress drew towards her, by her work, the most discriminating eyes in the motion picture industry. Needless to say she became a star, but it says much for Leatrice Joy that she did not at the same time, cease being an actress.

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Mary Pickford (Gladys Louise Smith) (1892–1979) | www.vintoz.com
February 17, 2024

The Art of Mary Pickford (1925) 🇬🇧

It is the hardest thing in the world to write about the art of Mary Pickford. Somehow you do not think of her as an artist. You think of her, first and foremost, as just Mary.

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February 17, 2024

The Art of Douglas Fairbanks (1925) 🇬🇧

The author of this series has chosen his subjects with great deliberation, taking only those whose work seems to him a permanent and essential contribution to the art of the screen.

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February 16, 2024

The Art of Charles Chaplin (1925) 🇬🇧

The art of Charlie Chaplin is the art of perfect pantomime. He is the only true mime in the kinema.

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February 16, 2024

The Art of Ian Keith (1925) 🇬🇧

Ian Keith has discovered the kinema; when will the kinema discover Ian Keith?

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February 16, 2024

The Art of Bernhard Goetzke (1925) 🇬🇧

Mysterious eyes, holding you, an immobile face, above a sculpturally immobile figure, striking you with an amazing sense of power restrained. The art of Bernhard Goetzke lies not in what he does, but in what he is powerful enough not to do.

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Felix the Cat — Me and Pat Sullivan (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 15, 2024

Felix the Cat — Me and Pat Sullivan (1925) 🇬🇧

I guess I was just tickled to death when Picturegoer asked me to write this article.

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Melbourne Spurr and Martha Barclay (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 14, 2024

Still Photographers — Magic in a Magic City (1925) 🇬🇧

Photographers play a large part in the lives of the movie stars. An artistic photograph is often responsible for the finding and making of a new film player.

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Betty Blythe (Chu Chin Chow, 1923) | www.vintoz.com
February 14, 2024

Betty Blythe — A Bit About Betty (1925) 🇬🇧

Stately Betty Blythe is a very human figure off the screen. There is nothing of the “haughty princess” about her, so that interviewing her is a pleasant task.

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Nina Vanna (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

Nina Vanna (1925) 🇬🇧

A Star from Russia who has enjoyed a rapid rise to fame.

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Alma Reville — Alma in Wonderland (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

Alma Reville — Alma in Wonderland (1925) 🇬🇧

An interesting article, proving that a woman’s place is not always in the home.

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The Art of John Barrymore (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

The Art of John Barrymore (1925) 🇬🇧

The Author of this series has chosen his subjects with great deliberation, taking only those stars whose work seems to him a permanent and essential contribution to the art of the screen.

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Lloyd Hughes — The Flapper’s Favourite (1925) | www.vintoz.com
February 13, 2024

Lloyd Hughes — The Flapper’s Favourite (1925)

De Sola, the character expert, finds the face of this young screen actor makes its special appeal to the less mature element amongst movie audiences.

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