Vintage Movie Resources
The Old-Time Actor in Moving Picturedom (1915) 🇺🇸
While not a few men and women have acquired fame in picturedom without stage experience, the majority of them are time-tried players
Poverty Row (1926) 🇺🇸
There is a street of humble studios in Hollywood. In them movies are made on the proverbial shoe-string…
Jesse L. Lasky — The Pulse of the Photoplay Public (1920) 🇺🇸
An interview with studio head and producer Jesse L. Lasky
Fanchon Royer — Hidden Glamor (1938) 🇺🇸
Fanchon Royer, only woman film producer, proves there are other fields than acting for smart girls to conquer
Anders Randolf — Viking Rulers’ Descendant (1915) 🇺🇸
Besides playing leading characters in pictures, Anders Randolf was commissioned by the Vitagraph to paint the portraits of principal Vitagraph stars
The Roll-Call of the Old Guard (1926) 🇺🇸
The heroes of other days are now character men. Great beauties are playing “bits.” And former boy prodigies are vainly seeking work in the studios
Ellen Burford — Ellen From Tennessee (1920) 🇺🇸
The gods of luck must have taken a hand at Ellen Burford’s christening
William Holland — An Assistant Director Forgets Himself (1926) 🇺🇸
William Holland forgets himself and tells what happened on the set
William Holland — A Big Guy in the Movies (1926) 🇺🇸
William Holland: “I never worked for a director who didn’t expect me to do all the work.”
Pell Trenton — Pell of Pell Manor (1920) 🇺🇸
Pell Trenton was wearing a gorgeous black kimono with gold dots, and he was standing near a half-moon bridge in a perfect Japanese garden
Josephine Hill — The Joyous Pagan (1920) 🇺🇸
Josephine Hill has evolved a philosophy and a religion all her own
Kathleen Kirkham — The Divine Spark of Kathleen (1920) 🇺🇸
Kathleen Kirkham will discard the vampy décolleté gowns and fishtail creations in her new starring venture and play real American girl parts
Gladden James — Flivving With Gladden (1920) 🇺🇸
Gladden James is just a big boy today and except in those rare minutes when he grows serious he makes you think of your high school hero
Hunt Stromberg Productions (1923) 🇺🇸
Hunt Stromberg is said to be the youngest producer in motion pictures
The Three Stooges — Give’em a Bop on the Casaba (1965) 🇺🇸
“Give’em a Bop on the Casaba” has been The Three Stooges’ philosophy of comedy for 40 years
David Janssen — David’s Drooping… (1965) 🇺🇸
Success has left Fugitive David Janssen tired, tense and physically ailing
How They Do It — Selecting the Plays (1925) 🇬🇧
This is the first of a series covering every phase of the movie industry, from the selection of the story to the final scrapping of the film
How They Do It — The Scenario Writer (1925) 🇬🇧
This is the second of a series covering every phase of the movie industry, from the selection of the story to the final scrapping of the film
Mark M. Dintenfass from The Champion Film Company (1911) 🇺🇸
We have often wondered how Mark M. Dintenfass managed to save his neck and keep out of limbo
Dot Farley as Actress and Woman (1911) 🇺🇸
Dot Farley’s beautiful traits of character have been found to be equal in brilliancy to her talents
So I went to see Marion Leonard (1911) 🇺🇸
It is impossible for anyone to know Marion Leonard for five tricks of the clock without really loving her