Vintage Movie Resources

The actual account of the filming of a grim drama in the Far North.

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.

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.

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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.