Vintage Movie Resources
Priscilla Dean — Oh, Why Did They Name You Priscilla? (1924) 🇺🇸
Patricia, or Carmelita, or Delphine would have fitted, but not that Puritanical cognomen
Al Christie — Directors I Have Met (1924) 🇬🇧
Al Christie is the globe trotter of producers but when he is in the States, he prefers Hollywood.
Harold Shaw — Directors I Have Met (1924) 🇬🇧
I had always thought that Harold Shaw was an Englishman, even though he was a member of the Old Edison Company some fifteen years ago.
The Art of Abel Gance (1924) 🇬🇧
David Wark Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Rex Ingram, Abel Gance! Four names in the world’s screen industry which convey to the picturegoer a wealth of meaning.
Pearl White — Good-by Boys, I’m Through (1924) 🇺🇸
Star who never knew fear says that “Terror” is her last picture
Our Gang (1924) 🇺🇸
“Hi, you, get off’r that football. How kin we play if you lay on it all the time, anyway?”
Edna Purviance — Hollywood’s Mystery Woman (1924) 🇺🇸
She is in pictures, but not of them. But she is both in and of the very best in California society
Victor Seastrom — New Hope for the American Photoplay (1923) 🇺🇸
Victor Seastrom talks about our Motion Pictures
Sōjin Kamiyama— How Sojin Does It (1927) 🇺🇸
It’s simply a question of teeth, says Sojin, the remarkable Japanese character actor. How he achieves some of his eccentric make-ups is here revealed, along with a glimpse into his interesting past.
Lupino Lane — A Nipper from Piccadilly (1927) 🇺🇸
Lupino Lane, the British comedian who is now a success in films, comes of a family of pantomimists and actors famous since the fifteenth century.
Guinn “Big Boy” Williams — He Dug His Way In (1929) 🇺🇸
Guinn Williams entered the movies by means of a pickax, but it has taken him ten years to reach the inner circle.
Phyllis Haver — A Photoproof Pippin (1928) 🇺🇸
Phyllis Haver sums herself up as “shanty Irish, born O’Hara, and hoping to get along,” but you will find there is more, much more, to be said of her, if you have not already said it yourself.
Dorothy Revier — The Caviar of Poverty Row (1928) 🇺🇸
She is Dorothy Revier, who is so easily the choicest possession of the independent companies that she is frequently borrowed by the big ones.
Universal Pictures Directors Featured in Lucky Strike Ads (1927)
Biggest Cigarette Advertising Campaign Ever Launched
Gilbert Roland — After Success — What? (1928) 🇺🇸
Following his success in “Camille,” Gilbert Roland faced many problems he had never known before. This story explains how he has kept his balance in a situation where others have failed.
William Haines — The Wisecracker Reveals Himself (1929) 🇺🇸
William Haines tells of his life in Hollywood and a career which at first promised little. And of his romances, philosophy and friends
Nancy Carroll — The Littlest Rebel in Hollywood (1929) 🇺🇸
The story of Irish Nancy Carroll, who battled her way to film glory
Lila Lee — Cuddles Grows Up (1929) 🇺🇸
And Lila Lee swears that she’ll never play a sweet ga-ga role again
Mary Duncan — Hollywood’s New Slayer (1929) 🇺🇸
Mary Duncan has been criticized for obvious vamping. Her exuberance has bedeviled directors into letting her do her stuff. But she is too clever to continue long in error
Geraldine Dvorak — The Girl Who Played Greta Garbo (1929) 🇺🇸
Hired to double, she literally became the Swedish star
Dennis King — Another Fairbanks (1929) 🇺🇸
Dennis King makes you think of Fairbanks. King is not tall, yet he is so active that you never notice his height. His carriage is erect, and he has Doug’s slim grace.
William S. Hart — After Four Years (1929) 🇺🇸
Bill Hart, the lonely star, wants to return to the screen after his long absence. And fans want him back
Leslie Fenton — He Threw Away a Million (1929) 🇺🇸
A remarkable and true story of a man whom Hollywood couldn’t buy