Vintage Movie Resources

August 04, 2023

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

August 04, 2023

Nancy Carroll — The Littlest Rebel in Hollywood (1929) 🇺🇸

The story of Irish Nancy Carroll, who battled her way to film glory

August 03, 2023

Lila Lee — Cuddles Grows Up (1929) 🇺🇸

And Lila Lee swears that she’ll never play a sweet ga-ga role again

August 02, 2023

Dorothy Sebastian — Little Alabam (1929) 🇺🇸

Hollywood tested the mettle of Dorothy Sebastian

August 01, 2023

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

August 01, 2023

Geraldine Dvorak — The Girl Who Played Greta Garbo (1929) 🇺🇸

Hired to double, she literally became the Swedish star

July 28, 2023

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.

July 27, 2023

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 (1902–1978) | www.vintoz.com

July 27, 2023

Leslie Fenton — He Threw Away a Million (1929) 🇺🇸

A remarkable and true story of a man whom Hollywood couldn’t buy

July 21, 2023

Raymond Hackett — The Lawyer for the Defense (1929) 🇺🇸

Raymond Hackett pleads himself into a talkie hit

July 21, 2023

Nina May — A Jungle Lorelei (1929) 🇺🇸

Nina Mae McKinney is the greatest acting discovery of the age, and I’ll say she certainly acts with every fiber.

Note: This text was published in 1929 and some readers might find some of the African American stereotyping offensive.

June 30, 2023

Why Don't They Star? (1929) 🇺🇸

Beautiful, alluring, with pronounced ability to wear gorgeous costumes — why is it that certain popular players never attain stardom?

June 12, 2023

Bill Powell — As He Is (1929) 🇺🇸

A brilliant resume of the character and career of one of the most adroit and sure-fire stars.

June 12, 2023

David Rollins — Oh, Davie, Behave! (1929) 🇺🇸

David Rollins, at twenty, hasn't quite found himself and is undecided whether to be whimsical, or aloof and mysterious, but until he does decide he succeeds in being thoroughly engaging and rather touchingly adolescent.

June 08, 2023

Alice Joyce — She Acts When She Chooses (1929) 🇺🇸

Alice Joyce is the only player who retires for long periods, and finds the public waiting for her when she comes back for an occasional picture.

June 08, 2023

What's Become of Them? (1929) 🇺🇸

Kenneth Harlan, Charles Ray, Bert Lytell, and Cullen Landis were once cream in the fans' coffee, but why do they enrich the screen no longer? The writer of this article sought them out for an answer and here you have his report of them as they are to-day.

June 06, 2023

Nola Luxford, the only Cinema Player from New Zealand (1926) 🇺🇸

The Gal from New Zealand

June 02, 2023

May McAvoy — What the "Mc" in McAvoy Means (1927) 🇺🇸

May, of the McAvoy clan, has a strong whiff of Scotch in her ancestry and proves it by driving shrewd bargains for her professional services, to the amazement of those who believe her to be just a sweet little thing.

June 02, 2023

Dorothy Mackaill — Following the Blue Print (1927) 🇺🇸

Dorothy Mackaill planned her career with care, and she is following it according to specifications, even though her sudden marriage surprised her almost as much as it did the world at large. | Irene Rich uses Maybelline

June 02, 2023

Tim McCoy — Born to the West — and East, Too (1927) 🇺🇸

Though he is a new cowboy star of the films, Colonel Tim McCoy is a product of Eastern education, army training, and Western breeding — and on his ranch he dresses for dinner.