Vintage Movie Resources
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Willat? (1918) 🇺🇸
C. A. Willat came into the picture business in the days when you didn’t just rent film — you had to also rent the machine along with the film
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Patch? (1918) 🇺🇸
William Moore Patch recently broke into the Times Square section of “fillum sassiety”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Clarke? (1918) 🇺🇸
James B. Clarke is the greatest silent partner in motion pictures
Gordon Sackville (1911) 🇺🇸
Gordon Sackville is so phenomenal that ten able-bodied men completely exhausted themselves in a futile effort to tear him from a couch
E. Mandelbaum — President of the World Special (1913) 🇺🇸
The motion picture business has brought to the fore E. Mandelbaum, who has the capacity of playing a distinguished part in it
The Expressions of Thomas Meighan (1919) 🇬🇧
Thomas Meighan has been fortunate enough to play “hero” to quite a number of charming actresses
The Expressions of Ruth Roland (1920) 🇬🇧
Ruth Roland claims to have Scottish blood in her veins, and she is very fond of everything British
Charles Clary’s Villainous Ways (1919) 🇬🇧
If you judge Charles Clary by the parts he plays, you are likely to get quite a wrong impression of him
The Expressions of Will Rogers (1920) 🇬🇧
Will Rogers is known throughout the world for his inimitable humour, his contagious smile, his skilful rope and lasso throwing, and for his very likeable personality
The Expressions of Arthur Walcott (1920) 🇬🇧
Arthur Walcott is a pioneer amongst British screen artistes
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Sawyer? (1918) 🇺🇸
Glad we caught Arthur H. Sawyer and Herbert Lubin on a day they weren’t busy
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Edel? (1918) 🇺🇸
Harold Edel — along with Jesse L. Lasky and Harry Schwalbe, among others — is eligible to our Motion Picture Orchestra
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Selig? (1918) 🇺🇸
William Nicholas Selig is the least photographed film magnate in the business
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Garson? (1918) 🇺🇸
Harry Garson is handling the destinies of the Clara Kimball Young and Blanche Sweet productions
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Lichtman? (1918) 🇺🇸
Al Lichtman has been gathering contracts ever since there was a reel of film to contract for
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Earle? (1918) 🇺🇸
Edward Earle (Executive) is not Edward Earle, the Vitagraph actor
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Friend? (1918) 🇺🇸
“Any business is as big as its lawyer and no bigger”
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Christie? (1918) 🇺🇸
Al Christie might easily be termed a “pioneer” of the film industry, but that word is tabooed in this series
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Sherry? (1918) 🇺🇸
We think that William L. Sherill has something up his sleeve — or concealed behind that neatly trimmed mustache
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Blackton? (1918) 🇺🇸
J. Stuart Blackton has been making pictures almost since there was a picture
Aces of the Camera — Leon Shamroy (1941) 🇺🇸
Leon Shamroy is one of the industry’s outstanding masters of the camera
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Schwalbe? (1918) 🇺🇸
Our respect for Harry Schwalbe was born when we discovered that here was a film man who didn’t always agree with what the other fellow said
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Ince? (1918) 🇺🇸
Thomas H. Ince — aka “Thomas Handsome” — has probably wondered why he hasn’t appeared earlier in this series
What Kind of a Fellow Is — Quirk? (1918) 🇺🇸
James R. Quirk flitters and flutters in the flattering light of publicity
