Vintage Movie Resources

Lillian Walker — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) | www.vintoz.com
November 05, 2024

Lillian Walker — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) 🇺🇸

My debut in motion pictures was the result of my seeking a way out of a dilemma.

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William Farnum — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) | www.vintoz.com
November 05, 2024

William Farnum — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) 🇺🇸

I have just completed my seventeenth film production. Allowing three “takes” to each scene, this would make approximately 225,000 feet of celluloid, or nearly forty-five miles, in the two years in which I have been in the photoplay.

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Pauline Frederick (1926) | www.vintoz.com
November 01, 2024

Pauline Frederick — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) 🇺🇸

It is not hard to understand that there are many kind friends who are astounded by my decision to permanently eschew the stage for the screen.

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Earle Williams — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) | www.vintoz.com
November 01, 2024

Earle Williams — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) 🇺🇸

My coming to the motion pictures was not filled with any great desires or high hopes

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Vivian Martin (1921) | www.vintoz.com
October 31, 2024

Vivian Martin — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) 🇺🇸

I have been asked by The Photo-Play Journal to write a short story on “How I Became a Photoplayer,” and accordingly will endeavor to present facts which, however, I am afraid will disclose nothing particularly startling.

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Henry B. Walthall — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) | www.vintoz.com
October 31, 2024

Henry B. Walthall — How I Became a Photoplayer (1916) 🇺🇸

In my early days I was literally hampered by dramatic instinct, human sympathy and emotional feeling. At first I overacted, rather, over-felt.

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