Vintage Movie Resources
Men Behind the Stars — W. S. Van Dyke (1936) 🇺🇸
W. S. Van Dyke has made a great name for himself as the creator of adventure romances.
Behind the Scenes of “Alice in Wonderland” (1934) 🇺🇸
Come backstage into fairyland! Get the surprise of your life when you see “big names” delighted with bits!
The Troupers (1935) 🇺🇸
The stars may take the bows, but the troupers take care of the picture.
Buster Keaton — Family Man (1931) 🇺🇸
How Buster Keaton got into pictures:
Joseph Schenck: “Ever play in a movie, Buster?”
Buster Keaton: “Nope.”
Joseph Schenck: “We’re making a comedy with Fatty Arbuckle. Go down to the studio and play a bit in it, just to see if you like it.”
Buster Keaton: “Nope.”
Joseph Schenck: “We’re making a comedy with Fatty Arbuckle. Go down to the studio and play a bit in it, just to see if you like it.”
Lewis Milestone — That Boy from Odessa (1932) 🇺🇸
Lewis Milestone was born in Russia and he has worked his way up from raincoat maker at $4 a week to the forefront of motion picture direction.
Behind the Scenes with Woody, Joan, Clark and Bob (1935) 🇺🇸
Three famous stars and an equally famous director worked together in “Forsaking All Others!” How did they get along, or did they?
Hollywood Teaches Hugh Walpole How to Write (1934) 🇺🇸
A great writer has come to Hollywood. For the screen, of course! The famous British novelist is shattering all studio precedents.
Ned Sparks — How to Act Without Moving a Muscle (1938) 🇺🇸
Emotional Ned Sparks gives aspiring actors some hints on how to be a successful actor and still save wear and tear. Today: The emotions Rage, Passion, Joy, Gratification, Defiance.
Ned Sparks — The Man from Dead Pan Alley (1935) 🇺🇸
Ned Sparks, professional grouch, tells on himself.
Franklin Pangborn — Singing Lesson (1939) 🇺🇸
Franklin Pangborn is a man of many talents. Besides being featured in “Topper Takes a Trip” he finds time for cultural pursuits.
Keystone Cops — Back On The Beat Again (1931) 🇺🇸
The Keystone Cops had a re-union in Hollywood the other day, making the two-reeler “Stout Hearts and Willing Hands.”
W. S. Van Dyke — Hollywood’s Most Versatile Director (1935) 🇺🇸
“Let Van Dyke do it!” is now more or less accepted as a slogan at the studio where he is under contract.
James Cagney and Allen Jenkins — Two “Toughs” from the Chorus (1934) 🇺🇸
They began — together — as chorus boys!
Eskimo — The Story of “Igloo” (1932) 🇺🇸
The actual account of the filming of a grim drama in the Far North.
Leon Errol — The Fatal Errol (1938) 🇺🇸
Even though he is the star of a series of RKO-Radio short comedies, Leon Errol has human weaknesses like the rest of us.
“Spankings Soothe The Soul” Says Bette Davis (1938) 🇺🇸
“Oh, go jump in the lake!’ shrieked Bette, “I probably had a childhood far more happy than the average, but I wouldn’t go through that again for anything on earth!”
How to Behave On Christmas (1938) 🇺🇸
Here are some helpful hints which, if carefully observed, will carry you safely through the social emergencies of the holiday season.
Edward Arnold’s 10 Rules for Romance (1936) 🇺🇸
The amazing difference between Edward Arnold’s marriage and most Hollywood marriages was shown to us by a little thing that happened the last time we visited Eddie’s white hilltop home in Beverly Hills.
Sir Guy Standing — “I’m Sixty — But What of It?” (1936) 🇺🇸
Sixty? If at sixty I can have half the joy and savour out of life that Sir Guy Standing culls each day I shall count myself the luckiest man he knows.
John Wayne, Richard Cromwell, Lewis Ayres — 3 Boys Who Won (1932) 🇺🇸
John Wayne, Richard Cromwell and Lewis Ayres all had a tough time getting their first screen opportunities.
Kay Francis — Working Girl (1932) 🇺🇸
Broadway knew Kay Francis as a girl who lived for a laugh but Hollywood has transformed her.
The Mystery of William Powell — Part II (1932) 🇺🇸
How the popular actor gained his dramatic training, how he won the help of Leo Dietrichstein and how he came to motion pictures.
The Mystery of William Powell — Part I (1932) 🇺🇸
How Bill Powell, Pittsburgh Boy, made good.
Life Begins at 50 (1935) 🇺🇸
Is it too late to attempt a career at 50? Of course not. These troupers prove it isn't: Mrs Patrick Campbell, Henrietta Crosman, W. C. Fields, Guy Kibbee, May Robson, Alison Skipworth, Sir Guy Standing, Helen Westley.