Vintage Movie Resources
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) 🇺🇸
Lana Turner — She Won In A Walk (1938) 🇺🇸
“Spankings Soothe The Soul” Says Bette Davis (1938) 🇺🇸
How to Behave On Christmas (1938) 🇺🇸
Edward Arnold’s 10 Rules for Romance (1936) 🇺🇸
Sir Guy Standing — “I’m Sixty — But What of It?” (1936) 🇺🇸
John Wayne, Richard Cromwell, Lewis Ayres — 3 Boys Who Won (1932) 🇺🇸
Kay Francis — Working Girl (1932) 🇺🇸
The Mystery of William Powell — Part II (1932) 🇺🇸
The Mystery of William Powell — Part I (1932) 🇺🇸
Life Begins at 50 (1935) 🇺🇸
George Zucco (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — He was brought to New York to play Disraeli in “Victoria Regina” with Helen Hayes, came to California for a vacation, got an opportunity to play in pictures, and has been in Hollywood ever since.
Robert Young (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Robert Young held a wide variety of jobs before settling down to a career of acting. He was a drug clerk, reporter, building and loan salesman, and bank clerk.
Dame May Whitty (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Cora Witherspoon (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Phyllis Welch (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Johnny Weissmuller (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Johnny Weissmuller was one of the greatest swimmers of all time. After he was brought to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and given a test for the role of “Tarzan,” he got the part and has played in “Tarzan, the Ape Man,” “Tarzan and His Mate” and “Tarzan Escapes.”
Sophie Tucker (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — She got a chance in vaudeville and, while doing her act in Holyoke, Mass., she was seen by Florenz Ziegfeld, who signed her for one of his early “Follies.”
Helen Troy (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Franchot Tone (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Upon leaving college, he studied several years with a theatrical stock company in Buffalo. The play Success Story led to a long-term contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Shepperd Strudwick (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — From the ages of twelve to seventeen, Shepperd planned on being a writer. With this idea in mind, he entered the University of North Carolina.
Lewis Stone (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
James Stewart (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — He was graduated and needed a job. Finding none, he accepted the offer of Princeton friends to join them at the Falmouth Stock Company, on Cape Cod. The stage hit, “Goodbye Again,” was tried out at Falmouth, and Jimmy was such a hit that he opened with it in New York.
