Vintage Movie Resources
Victor Milner — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Victor Milner learned the photographic business and its art from A to Z and when he shouldered his camera to shoot his first scene he knew how to do it
Eugene Joseff — Joe, the Bead-Stringer (1943) 🇺🇸
You don’t know Hollywood unless you’ve heard the story of one of its most colorful personalities — jeweler Eugene Joseff
Sol Polito — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Sol Polito is, like Eugene Gaudio and Tony Gaudio, a son of Italy, and like them, he is very popular among his fellows
Director James Colin Campbell — Ne’er Do Well in Panama (1915) 🇺🇸
Colin Campbell (1859–1928) is just as averse to having his engraved likeness appear in print as he is to a published biography
Harris Thorpe — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
The handsome young American who looks out at you here is Harris Thorpe
Alvin Wyckoff — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Alvin Wyckoff: “The camera must always come first. No matter what happens the motion picture photographer must keep on turning”
Charles J. Stumar — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
During his 11 years as a cinematographer Charles J. Stumar has been about as busy as the busiest of them
Phil Whitman — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Phil Whitman is called in when an extraordinary photographic effect is required
John W. Leezer — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Do you remember any of the early pictures of D. W. Griffith? John W. Leezer shot them all
Abe Scholtz — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Abe Scholtz looks upon motion photography as a vast and unexplored real
Ernest Palmer — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Ernest Palmer had a fine career open before him in England, but the American producers seemed to be going ahead along new lines so he came to America and cast his fortunes with the industry here
Friend Baker — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Friend Baker’s inventions promise to make photography in natural colors a matter of ordinary procedure in the making of the motion pictures of the future
David Abel — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
David Abel is accounted one of the cleverest of the many camera-masters of the A. S. C.
Allen G. Siegler — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Just how Allen G. Siegler ever chose the exciting job of a cameraman is hard to dope out
Ben F. Reynolds — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Ben F. Reynolds belongs to the ancient and honorable Society of Clams — the A. S. C.
Jack MacKenzie — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Jack MacKenzie is a deep student of photography in all its branches and nobody can tell him that the cinematographic profession is not the finest in the world
Robert Kurrle — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Robert Kurrle, after 7 years at the camera, still thinks it the greatest game in the world
Dal Clawson — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Some cameramen, like Dal Clawson, are so shy and skittish that they must be roped, hog-tied and branded before they will stand long enough to be communicated with
Faxon M. Dean — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Faxon M. Dean likes to let his cinematographic work do the talking for him
Joseph H. August — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
Joseph H. August’s reputation traveled along the ascending scale with that of his star, William S. Hart
René Guissart — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
René Guissart is another of the silent brothers — he will talk, but not about Guissart, and that makes it difficult for the patient biographer
Dark Cloud Rides Like the Wind (1915) 🇺🇸
Dark Cloud rides like the wind and in the battle and master scenes has the fury of the Sioux
William Conklin — Every Inch an Actor (1915) 🇺🇸
William Conklin has all the equipment necessary to make a successful actor