Vintage Movie Resources

Frances Farmer (Frances Elena Farmer) (1913–1970) | www.vintoz.com
October 16, 2026

Frances Farmer — She Came and Got It (1937) 🇺🇸

Frances Farmer admits the importance of fate in her career

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Luis Alberni (1886–1962) | www.vintoz.com
October 16, 2026

Luis Alberni — Peppery Alberni (1937) 🇺🇸

Luis Alberni is another of those Hollywood paradoxes

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October 16, 2026

No Chums for Stars (1937) 🇺🇸

Few close friendships exist among the women stars, no matter what you may read to the contrary

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I. E. Chadwick (Isaac E. Chadwick) (1884-1952) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

I. E. Chadwick, Industry Vet, Urges Indie Exhibitors Unite for Self-Preservation (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the sixth of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

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Halperins Follow 'Scientific' Formula in Film Production (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

Halperins Follow 'Scientific' Formula in Film Production (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the eighth of a series of articles by our Hollywood correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

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Youthful Maurice Conn Started his First Film Production with $1000 (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

Youthful Maurice Conn Started his First Film Production with $1000 (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the fifth of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

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Indies Must Depend on Word-of-Mouth Advertising, or Fail, says Nat Levine (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 13, 2024

Indies Must Depend on Word-of-Mouth Advertising, or Fail, says Nat Levine (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the fourth of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

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E. B. Derr Headed Three Major Film Companies at One Time (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

E. B. Derr Headed Three Major Film Companies at One Time (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the third of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with personalities prominent in production.

 

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Casting Most Important Factor in Picture Making, says Zeidman | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

Casting Most Important Factor in Picture Making, says Zeidman 🇺🇸

This is the tenth of a series of articles by our Hollywood Correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

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B. F. Zeidman, Once Fairbanks’ Press Agent, Recounts Odd Tales (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

B. F. Zeidman, Once Fairbanks’ Press Agent, Recounts Odd Tales (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the ninth of a series of articles by our Hollywood correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

 

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More Care with Scripts would Cut Down Production Costs, Faults, says Dave Loew (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

More Care with Scripts would Cut Down Production Costs, Faults, says Dave Loew (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the eleventh of a series of articles by our Hollywood Correspondent on interviews with people prominent in production.

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Harry Sherman, ‘Hopalong Cassidy’ Producer, has Abiding Faith in Appeal of Westerns (1937) | www.vintoz.com
November 12, 2024

Harry Sherman, ‘Hopalong Cassidy’ Producer, has Abiding Faith in Appeal of Westerns (1937) 🇺🇸

This is the twelfth in a series of articles on interviews with people prominent in film production

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Kid Star Discoveries Sol Lesser’s Specialty (1936) | www.vintoz.com
November 11, 2024

Kid Star Discoveries Sol Lesser’s Specialty (1936) 🇺🇸

This is the first of a series of articles by our West Coast correspondent, author of “Hollywood Flickers,” on interviews with prominent personalities active in the production field in Hollywood.

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Linden Travers — Lovely Linden (1937) | www.vintoz.com
June 03, 2023

Linden Travers — Lovely Linden (1937) 🇬🇧

Lovely Linden — Who is on the road to stardom.

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Gertrude Michael — Star Who Breaks the Rules (1937) | www.vintoz.com
June 03, 2023

Gertrude Michael — Star Who Breaks the Rules (1937) 🇬🇧

That's Gertrude Michael, who has achieved success in defiance of all the Hollywood traditions. Gertrude is in England to star for Associated British pictures.

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Gregory Ratoff — Quadruple-Threat Man of the Movies (1937) | www.vintoz.com
June 03, 2023

Gregory Ratoff — Quadruple-Threat Man of the Movies (1937) 🇬🇧

Gregory Ratoff, who does such a magnificent job of distorting the English language, shows a mastery of many things.

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Gail Patrick — Small Town Girl Makes Good (1937) | www.vintoz.com
June 03, 2023

Gail Patrick — Small Town Girl Makes Good (1937) 🇬🇧

Patrick has been turning in good performances, mostly as the "other woman" or something similarly unsympathetic, in a number of pictures in the last year or two without getting a real break. Her luck is changing now, however, and, well, anyway, here's her story.

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Andrea Leeds — The Star with a Film-Story Life (1937) | www.vintoz.com
June 03, 2023

Andrea Leeds — The Star with a Film-Story Life (1937) 🇬🇧

Andrea Leeds who is playing the lead in Samuel Goldwyn's £400,000 production, The Goldwyn Follies, has had a meteoric career. Her life story, of which a film may shortly be made, reads like fiction in its colourful adventurousness.

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Gladys George — The Screen's Shady Lady (1937) | www.vintoz.com
June 03, 2023

Gladys George — The Screen's Shady Lady (1937) 🇬🇧

"Be good, sweet maid," they used to say, but Gladys George is scaling the screen heights by being bad.

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Lucky Don Ameche (1937) | www.vintoz.com
May 30, 2023

Lucky Don Ameche (1937) 🇬🇧

They call him "Lucky Don" in Hollywood, but it isn't all luck, as you can see in this illuminating article.

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Franciska Gaal | Continental Sex Appeal Comes Back (1937) | www.vintoz.com
May 30, 2023

Continental Sex Appeal Comes Back (1937) 🇬🇧

The European glamour girls are flocking to Hollywood again. Has Britain missed yet another opportunity?

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Ian Hunter — He Was Once Neglected (1937) | www.vintoz.com
May 29, 2023

Ian Hunter — He Was Once Neglected (1937) 🇬🇧

Ian Hunter, since he appeared as Thesus in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" has come rapidly to the fore. Hollywood has given him the chance which British studios failed to do.

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Derrick de Marney — Way for an Actor! (1937) | www.vintoz.com
May 29, 2023

Derrick de Marney — Way for an Actor! (1937) 🇬🇧

Derrick de Marney has been somewhat overlooked by film-producers, but that state of affairs will shortly be a thing of the past.

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