Vintage Movie Resources

For over 2,000 years Cleopatra has had a reputation she doesn’t deserve. Movie director Cecil B. DeMille sets the record straight for her.

Rebellion against repeated roles won Maurice Chevalier a chance to portray Prince Danilo in The Merry Widow.

Ronald Colman will present a new series of adventures playing the part of his most famous screen character, Captain Hugh Drummond.

She’s the sort of girl who was the school tomboy, who at school shouted the loudest. She was the black-stockinged youngster, who, good or bad at them, played all the games with more vigor and energy than the rest of the team. She was the one who never bothered about dental braces or spinach.

Mae West's — blonde, bold, bad and buxom — first bit part in a movie set the theme for her future career:

The scene showed her checking in at a swanky night club. The check girl admired her jewels.

“Goodness,” she exclaimed, “what beautiful diamonds!”

“Goodness,” retorted Mae West, “had nothing to do with them, dearie.”

Here Comes Ida Lupino! Will Hollywood history repeat in the case of Ida Lupino? Will her performance of Bessie in “The Light That Failed” equal Bette Davis’ portrayal of Mildred in “Of Human Bondage”? You will be the judge!

At one time or another Ida Lupino has been described: 

1. as a dizzy blonde with an English accent;
2. a more than slightly mad dame;
3. a girl who likes to tell fortunes by tea leaves.

Hugh Herbert was a stalwart of 1930s movies, providing comic relief in hundreds of movies. Here is one of the rare articles that focused on him.

Note: The Joe Lim episode towards the end of the article is quite representative on how stereotypically Asians were portrayed in the media in the 1930s.