Vintage Movie Resources
Barbara Stanwyck — She has Hollywood’s Number (1931) 🇺🇸
Here's a moody piece on Barbara Stanwyck from around the time she made the pre-code classics “Baby Face” and “The Bitter Tea of General Yen”
The Marx Brothers in "I'll Say She Is!" 🇺🇸
The Marx Brothers appeared in movie magazines even before they appeared in movies.
Alfred Hitchcock — ‘Rope’ Sets a Precedent (1948) 🇺🇸
The challenges of filming the all-in-one-take movie ‘Rope’ were huge for Alfred Hitchcock and his team and required plenty of rehearsing and planning.
Robert Ryan — I’m Gambling With My Career (1947) 🇺🇸
Robert Ryan's clear opinion piece on racism. Written in 1947, and still valid nowadays.
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin — Short on Messages But Long on Entertainment (1950) 🇺🇸
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were quite a sensation in the early days of their partnership. Both had successful careers after they ceased working together, but I think we, the audience, should have gotten more of Martin and Lewis.
Jacques Tourneur — The Story of Filming ‘Berlin Express’ 🇺🇸
Director of Photography Lucien Ballard reports about the challenges of filming in Paris and war-torn Berlin.
The Lady From Shanghai — Field Day for the Camera 🇺🇸
A contemporary look at Orson Welles' film The Lady From Shanghai, as seen from a photographer's perspective
Paul Newman — Somebody Up There Likes Him (1956) 🇺🇸
A sporting goods salesman, Paul Newman took a big gamble when he decided to become an actor. But luck is a lady who likes to gamble too!
Warren William — A New Favorite With The Women (1939) 🇺🇸
The very newest screen lover — Warren William — is keen for Hollywood girls, and Hollywood girls are keen for him. With a Barrymore profile, the roving eyes of Edmund Lowe and the easy manner of Ronald Colman — he should appeal to feminine fans everywhere.
William Powell Weds Carole Lombard (1931) 🇺🇸
Famous Man of The World Tires of Bachelor’s Freedom — Bill and Bride Plan Quiet Life — Happy Couple Honeymooning In Hawaii by Joan Standish So Bill Powell’s married...!”
Jean Harlow — Cool-Looking Platinum-Blonde 🇺🇸
There’s one thing about Jean Harlow — when you see her in a bathing-suit, she certainly takes your mind off the Hoover moratorium, John D. Rockefeller’s birthday and the fact that the Prince of Wales has new purple clothes.
Edward G. Robinson — His Middle Name is not “Gangster” (1931) 🇺🇸
By superb acting — by seeming to be each character he plays — he has made it difficult for most people to visualize the real Edward G. Robinson.
James Cagney — Mild-Mannered Public Enemy (1931) 🇺🇸
Tough? James Cagney looked it in The Public Enemy
Richard Widmark — How Phony Can You Get! 🇺🇸
There are two Richard Widmarks — both as genuine as a three-dollar-bill. But then, there is also another Richard Widmark...
Humphrey Bogart — Meeting up with a New Menacing Man (1937) 🇺🇸
When an actor steps into the movie spotlight as a gangster, a killer or a villain of darkest hue, it is customary for writers to assure the reading public that in real life he isn’t like that at all; that actually he is as gentle as a lamb, loves little kiddies and wouldn’t harm a flea.
Bogart’s On Television — But Not For Long (1955) 🇺🇸
Humphrey Bogart does Duke Mantee once again, the role that made him famous in 1935/1936.
For the First Time: The Truth About Groucho’s Ad Libs (1954) 🇺🇸
You Bet Your Life has all the spontaneity of a Swiss watch, it represents the finest manufactured spontaneity television has yet known.
Alan Mowbray — Con Man with a Conscience (1954) 🇺🇸
For me, Alan Mowbray will always be Tommy Gray, the friend of Old Bostonian Godfrey Park (aka Godfrey, The Forgotten Man) in Gregory La Cava's timeless comedy “My Man Godfrey”. Mowbray did, however, star in several hundred more movies and TV shows.
The Long Goodbye — Another Project for Dick Powell (1954) 🇺🇸
Dick Powell takes time out of his busy schedule to bring Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, back to life
Hollywood's Top Swimmers (1928) 🇺🇸
An overview of Hollywood's power players on the eve of the silent movie era. Illustrated by de Bru (a pseudonym by bandleader Xavier Cugat, who did not forget to include himself in this drawing).
Louise Brooks — A City Gone Wild (1927) 🇺🇸
...and here is the moral of the story: Great actresses need good shoes.
Louise Brooks — The Canary Murder Case (1929) 🇺🇸
Louise Brooks is so kind to entertain us with a canary dance.
Louise Brooks — Rolled Stockings (1927) 🇺🇸
Don’t think you’ll see a stocking show, or even a shocking show. There’s not a single shot of a pretty girl rolling her own, socks or ciggies. Instead, Rolled Stockings is a corking college story
Louise Brooks — Pandora's Box (G. W. Pabst, 1929) 🇺🇸
Photo Stills from Pandora's Box (1929)