Vintage Movie Resources
Men Behind the Stars — Hal Mohr (1937) 🇺🇸
From amateur photographer to ace studio cameraman. That’s the record of Hal Mohr, winner of the Academy award last year for his cinematography of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Men Behind the Stars — John Ford (1936) 🇺🇸
A galloping horse hurled John Ford out of the acting end of the motion picture business and landed him in a director’s chair, where he came up from directing lowly westerns to winning International fame for his marvelous directorial talents and the Academy Award with “The Informer.”
Men Behind the Stars — Mervyn LeRoy (1936) 🇺🇸
Mervyn LeRoy, director of Warners’ coming big film, “Anthony Adverse,” started his motion picture career as an assistant cameraman at the FBO studios, which have since been absorbed by RKO.
Men Behind the Stars — King Vidor (1936) 🇺🇸
A second-hand Ford landed King Vidor and his wife, Florence, in San Francisco with twenty cents in their pockets.
Men Behind the Stars — Frank Capra (1936) 🇺🇸
The spectacular and award-winning production of 1934, “It Happened One Night,” was directed by a Hollywood genius — Frank Capra.
Men Behind the Stars — George Cukor (1936) 🇺🇸
A young man, filled with tremendous force and vitality, but still ranked as one of the most patient and considerate of Hollywood’s cinema-makers, this director makes no secret of his preference for the screen over the so-called “legitimate” stage.
Men Behind the Stars — W. S. Van Dyke (1936) 🇺🇸
W. S. Van Dyke has made a great name for himself as the creator of adventure romances.
Behind the Scenes of “Alice in Wonderland” (1934) 🇺🇸
Come backstage into fairyland! Get the surprise of your life when you see “big names” delighted with bits!
The Troupers (1935) 🇺🇸
The stars may take the bows, but the troupers take care of the picture.
Buster Keaton — Family Man (1931) 🇺🇸
How Buster Keaton got into pictures:
Joseph Schenck: “Ever play in a movie, Buster?”
Buster Keaton: “Nope.”
Joseph Schenck: “We’re making a comedy with Fatty Arbuckle. Go down to the studio and play a bit in it, just to see if you like it.”
Buster Keaton: “Nope.”
Joseph Schenck: “We’re making a comedy with Fatty Arbuckle. Go down to the studio and play a bit in it, just to see if you like it.”
Lewis Milestone — That Boy from Odessa (1932) 🇺🇸
Lewis Milestone was born in Russia and he has worked his way up from raincoat maker at $4 a week to the forefront of motion picture direction.
Behind the Scenes with Woody, Joan, Clark and Bob (1935) 🇺🇸
Three famous stars and an equally famous director worked together in “Forsaking All Others!” How did they get along, or did they?
Hollywood Teaches Hugh Walpole How to Write (1934) 🇺🇸
A great writer has come to Hollywood. For the screen, of course! The famous British novelist is shattering all studio precedents.
Ned Sparks — How to Act Without Moving a Muscle (1938) 🇺🇸
Emotional Ned Sparks gives aspiring actors some hints on how to be a successful actor and still save wear and tear. Today: The emotions Rage, Passion, Joy, Gratification, Defiance.
Ned Sparks — The Man from Dead Pan Alley (1935) 🇺🇸
Ned Sparks, professional grouch, tells on himself.
Franklin Pangborn — Singing Lesson (1939) 🇺🇸
Franklin Pangborn is a man of many talents. Besides being featured in “Topper Takes a Trip” he finds time for cultural pursuits.
Ray Milland — The Lost Weekend (1945) 🇺🇸
Ray Milland didn’t enjoy making “The Lost Weekend.” No one would have; no one with any sensitivity, that is.
Keystone Cops — Back On The Beat Again (1931) 🇺🇸
The Keystone Cops had a re-union in Hollywood the other day, making the two-reeler “Stout Hearts and Willing Hands.”
W. S. Van Dyke — Hollywood’s Most Versatile Director (1935) 🇺🇸
“Let Van Dyke do it!” is now more or less accepted as a slogan at the studio where he is under contract.
James Cagney and Allen Jenkins — Two “Toughs” from the Chorus (1934) 🇺🇸
They began — together — as chorus boys!
Eskimo — The Story of “Igloo” (1932) 🇺🇸
The actual account of the filming of a grim drama in the Far North.
Leon Errol — The Fatal Errol (1938) 🇺🇸
Even though he is the star of a series of RKO-Radio short comedies, Leon Errol has human weaknesses like the rest of us.
Lana Turner — She Won In A Walk (1938) 🇺🇸
All that pretty, seventeen-year-old Lana Turner had to do to convince Producer Mervyn LeRoy out at Warner Brothers Studios that she was top-notch movie star material was to “walk right in, turn around, and walk right out again.”
“Spankings Soothe The Soul” Says Bette Davis (1938) 🇺🇸
“Oh, go jump in the lake!’ shrieked Bette, “I probably had a childhood far more happy than the average, but I wouldn’t go through that again for anything on earth!”
