Vintage Movie Resources
Gloria Swanson — How I Choose My Costumes (1921) 🇺🇸
Meet two variants of Gloria Swanson — the tall, queenly person of the screen, and the petite, vivacious girl of real life
Betty Compson — Emotion to Order (1921) 🇺🇸
Screen actors have a much harder job to be natural than their stage brothers
Whitman Bennett — Advice to Would-Be Stars (1921) 🇺🇸
A would-be director should not be afraid to unfurl his sail and visit the various ports of human experience
Marie Morehouse — Fame at 16 Months (1921) 🇺🇸
According to Marie Morehouse, the way to keep young is to have plenty of naps and drink lots of milk
Wallace Reid — The Mash Note King (1921) 🇺🇸
Millions of young girls see Wallace Reid each week in pictures
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle — The Beauty of Being Homely (1921) 🇺🇸
As long as a man’s weight stays below 400 pounds, a chap, such as Roscoe Arbuckle, can be looked upon as a broth of a boy, who will grow up to be a help to his folks
Conrad Nagel — My Most Thrilling Experience in the Movies (1921) 🇺🇸
The crocodiles had been several days without food and were not pleasant playmates for Conrad Nagel
Lucien Littlefield — What’s Behind the Grease Paint (1921) 🇺🇸
Life for Lucien Littlefield is just one application of grease paint after another
Rhea Mitchell — “The Horror Lady” (1921) 🇬🇧
Rhea Mitchell says it is more difficult to look horrible than pretty
Vera Gordon — An Artiste Who Excels in Mother Parts (1921) 🇬🇧
A sympathetic expression of a mother role always makes a widespread appeal
Naomi Childers — Future Tense (1921) 🇺🇸
A player whose distinguished work has brought her renown, feels that her real success still lies ahead of her.
Romances of Famous Film Folk — King Vidor and Florence Vidor (1921) 🇺🇸
The love story of King Vidor and Florence Arto [Florence Vidor], which you’ll find was very romantic indeed.
Alice Calhoun — A Home-Made Star (1921) 🇺🇸
Long before she saw a studio Alice Calhoun was destined to be a star, because she couldn’t be anything else.
Marguerite Clark — You Can’t Tell Marguerite (1921) 🇺🇸
Friends have tried to warn and advise Marguerite Clark, but she never heeded until her public spoke.
Florence Reed — The Allure of the East (1921) 🇺🇸
Wherein a famous actress declares her belief that her career began thousands of years ago — “Somewhere East of Suez”
Helen Jerome Eddy — We’d Hate to Eat Her Biscuits! (1921) 🇺🇸
Helen Jerome Eddy, Ireland’s Mona Lisa, doesn’t like to cook. Bang goes another tradition!
Florence Vidor — Old Lives for New (1921) 🇺🇸
Florence Vidor demonstrates that the New Woman may do justice to both a home and a career.