Vintage Movie Resources
Douglas McPhail (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — When casting was being done for “May-Time,” he was given a bit part. This led to his big “break,” for, while working in the picture, he attracted the attention of Jeanette MacDonald.
Ilona Massey (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Hollywood is the end of the rainbow for Ilona Massey.
Anthony Marlow (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Former longshoreman on the Philadelphia waterfront, welterweight pugilist and newsboy, Anthony Marlow today is under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a singing actor.
Saundra Maazel (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios have brilliant plans for this tiny artist.
Eleanor Lynn (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Winsome Eleanor Lynn always dreamed of becoming a great actress.
Tilly Losch (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography —She was tested for the part of Lotus in “The Good Earth” and was cast. Her work in this picture won her a long-term contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Della Lind (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Della Lind, blonde Viennese singer, has the reputation of being truly cosmopolitan. She knows the Continental capitals as the average American girl knows the neighborhood in which she lives.
Mitchell Lewis (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — One of Lewis’ proudest boasts is that he appeared in “Burning Daylight” and other stories of Jack London. In silent days he and Hobart Bosworth were the screen’s principal exponents of London adventure stories.
Priscilla Lawson (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography —Her first screen appearance at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was in “Double Wedding.”
Suzanne Larson (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Suzanne Larson made her debut at the Palace Theatre at the age of 11, without having had any voice training.
Miliza Korjus (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Miliza Korjus is one of the many distinguished singers under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Guy Kibbee (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Guy Kibbee has been connected with the theatre for more than thirty years.
Allan Jones (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — In The Firefly, M-G-M’s adaptation of the famous operetta, he stands on the threshold of screen stardom, with probably the most spectacular role that ever fell to a film singer.
Rita Johnson (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — After making good on the New York stage, Rita decided to fill in time between plays by radio appearances. Soon she was playing in radio serials, on comedy broadcasts, and had roles in “The March of Time.”
Betty Jaynes (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Betty Jaynes, the child singer who astounded the musical world when she appeared with Martinelli in “La Boheme” at the Chicago City Opera, easily captured the hearts of Hollywood’s screen folk
Josephine Hutchinson (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — One of Josephine Hutchinson’s earliest memories is seeing her mother in a long black gown with an ostrich feather fan, dancing with a tall dark man in evening clothes.
William Henry (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — In 1927 he made his first trip to the Hawaiian Islands, where he attended Punaho College at Honolulu for a term. His foster-brother, Duke Kahanamoku, taught him the Hawaiian language, as well as how to ride out-rigger canoes and surf boards.
Ted Healy (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Healy was the originator of “stooges” in the theatre.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Sir Cedric Hardwicke's first stage appearance was at the Lyceum Theatre in 1912 when he played the role of Brother John through the run of “The Man and the Woman.”
Virginia Grey (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Virginia Grey is a Hollywood girl, second generation of picture makers, for her father was Ray Grey, comedy director.
Charley Grapewin (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Circus acrobat, actor, novelist, playwright and now character actor of the screen, Charley Grapewin’s career has been an active one. After thirty-seven years of vaudeville and the dramatic stage, he has found added fame in a new field.
Charles Igor Gorin (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Biography — Charles Igor Gorin has sung in the operas of Bucharest, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Warsaw, Paris, Milan and New York.