Vintage Movie Resources
Alec Francis — Gray Hairs and Stardom (1927) 🇺🇸
The starring of Alec Francis in The Music Master and “The Return of Peter Grimm” brought a belated reward to this skilled elderly actor, who had for years been quietly taking second place to more youthful players.
Gilbert Roland — Norma Talmadge’s New Leading Man (1927) 🇺🇸
But instead of being wildly excited over his big role in Norma’s “Camille,” young Gilbert Roland was much more interested in showing “Picture-Play’s” interviewer how to fight bulls.
Clarence Thompson — An Actor by Request (1927) 🇺🇸
Clarence Thompson, who prefers to be called “Tommy,” wanted to write, but was forced to become an actor to get inside a studio.
Arthur Edmund Carew — Released from Villainy (1927) 🇺🇸
Arthur Edmund Carew, long established as one of the screen’s most menacing villains, is at last being given an opportunity to break away from wicked roles, and may even become a romantic hero.
Marian Nixon — From Pillar to Post (1927) 🇺🇸
Marian Nixon has been borrowed and lent so often in the course of her progress from extra to leading roles, that she doesn’t know where she belongs nor what she wants to do. Perhaps you can tell her.
Harry Langdon — Well, Sir, He’s a Scream (1927) 🇺🇸
Harry Langdon, a comparatively recent entrant in the ranks of the snicker snarers, receives his just due in this critical analysis of his technique.
Has Success Changed Ben Lyon? (1927) 🇺🇸
The writer who was the first to interview him in his early days pays him another visit after four years and finds him a little more mature, but still the same merry prankster.
Jean Hersholt — How “Dutch” Became Mr. Hersholt (1927) 🇺🇸
A cut-back to the day when the noted character actor, then an extra who could hardly speak English, first attracted attention to himself — and what followed.
Conrad Veidt — A Welcome Invader from Germany (1927) 🇺🇸
Hollywood not only makes possible the importation of one of Europe’s most accomplished actors, but unites a trio of famous friends.
If I Were a Man… (1927) 🇺🇸
Some of the girls of Hollywood tell what they would not do if they belonged to the opposite sex.
If I Were a Woman… (1927) 🇺🇸
And some of the men name the things that they would not do if they were women.
William K. Howard — You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down (1927) 🇺🇸
When William K. Howard, commonly known as Bill, came back from the war and found his job gone, he saw red at first — then he decided to show ‘em! Which he has — with a megaphone. If you saw “Gigolo,” you know it.
ZaSu Pitts — Loved at Last (1927) 🇺🇸
For nine years Zasu Pitts has been the neglected girl of the screen, the girl who has stood by and watched the more beautiful heroine walk off with the hero, but at last Zasu has got her man — in two successive pictures.
William Collier Jr. — Up and Down with Buster (1927) 🇺🇸
Whether Buster Collier’s spirits are high on the wing, or touching the depths of depression, he is thoughtful, casual, and finds ideals where they are least expected.
Phyllis Haver — A Credit to Kansas (1927) 🇺🇸
Phyllis Haver, once a bathing girl, now marches gayly in the front rank of comediennes, and there’s no telling where she’ll stop.
Patsy Ruth Miller — Patsy Ruth Flares Up (1927) 🇺🇸
Miss Miller launches a protest against the “blah” roles that have been her lot, and holds forth on the subject of hook rugs, her decision to become a director, and her eccentric cook.
Marceline Day — Marceline Keeps Cool (1927) 🇺🇸
It takes more than success in the movies to thrill Marceline Day. Though she is rapidly mounting the stairs to fame, she takes it all quite coolly and looks upon her film career as merely a very pleasant job.
Gertrude Astor — She Outgrew Stardom (1927) 🇺🇸
How would you like to have two or three inches of superfluous height stand between you and stardom?
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.
Universal Pictures Directors Featured in Lucky Strike Ads (1927)
Biggest Cigarette Advertising Campaign Ever Launched
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.
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
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.