Vintage Movie Resources
Clarence Muse — Singer of His People (1932) 🇺🇸
Clarence Muse, famed singer and actor, from the 1920s onwards.
In the 1930's, African Americans were not widely featured in the mainstream press, and we believe that this piece provides interesting insights.
Note: This text was published in 1932 and some readers might find some of the writing offensive.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy — The Seriousness of Being Funny in Four Languages (1930) 🇺🇸
Girls from the “Follies” Who’ve Made Good on the Screen (1932) 🇺🇸
Stories About the Notables of Films — Rise of Victor Schertzinger as Director Covers Ten Years Unmarred by Failure (1927) 🇺🇸
He has directed sixty-eight feature pictures without having ever been idle a month — started with Ince at $300 a week under contract.
Adventures in Interviewing (1930) 🇺🇸
Further stories about Hollywood and its Famous Folk — Mack Sennett, Monte Blue, von Sternberg and others.
Bit Players — You Know Their Faces But Not Their Names (1934) 🇬🇧
An overdue tribute to the unsung players who are the real backbone of the screen.
Nigel Bruce — The Actor’s Promised Land (1936) 🇬🇧
It’s fashionable to be superior about Hollywood, but here’s one screen player who likes the life in the film city and doesn’t care who knows it.
The Unfamous of Hollywood — George E. Stone — Out of Horror into Happiness (1934) 🇺🇸
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Gilmor Brown — The Star-Maker of Hollywood (1934) 🇺🇸
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Elmer Dyer — Lens On Wings (1934) 🇺🇸
Elmer Dyer is a cameraman. He shot Hell’s Angels and Dawn Patrol. From the air.
The Unfamous of Hollywood — George Hurrell — He Acts While You Pose (1934) 🇺🇸
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Billy Hill — He Wrote “The Last Roundup” (1934) 🇺🇸
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Sally Rand — A Fan Made Her Famous (1934) 🇺🇸
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Murray Spivack — The Noisiest Man Alive (1934) 🇺🇸
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Bebe Daniels and Pauline Gallagher — They Run a Red, White and Blue Shop (1934) 🇺🇸
Careers for women? Not one, but two or three — with a home and children on the side — is the latest Hollywood custom.
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Natalie Bucknell — From Secret Service to Studios (1934) 🇺🇸
The Unfamous of Hollywood — Howard Dietz — He Wanted a Two Weeks’ Job (1934) 🇺🇸
Howard Dietz — Supervisor of the advertising and publicity departments at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Paul Mantz — Flying the Honeymoon Express (1935) 🇺🇸
Stunt pilot Paul Mantz has piloted many stars to the altar, yet he rarely knows their names because he never sees a motion picture.
Hollywood Stunters — Selling Danger by the Day (1939) 🇺🇸
Dodge City could not be better named for it has the biggest budget for stunts in movie history.
Wallace Beery — Startling Discovery (1932) 🇺🇸
Joan Crawford — Dark Hair Restoration (1932) 🇺🇸
