Vintage Movie Resources

Robert Ryan's clear opinion piece on racism. Written in 1947, and still valid nowadays.

Alan Ladd spills the beans on the leading ladies he has been working with.

Joan Fontaine muses about about how she became a better actress: “I was no good on the screen until I stopped being myself.”

Dick Powell on one of the most dramatic typecasting changes in Hollywood history: How a sweet Musical star became Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

Producer Mark Hellinger recounts how he signed a young Burt Lancaster for his break-out role as 'The Swede' in the film noir classic 'The Killers' (1946)