Vintage Movie Resources

Curt Rehfeld — A New Director Appears (1925) | www.vintoz.com
May 08, 2025

Kurt Rehfeld — A New Director Appears (1925) 🇺🇸

Curt Rehfeld is like Erich von Stroheim inasmuch as they are both realists

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Del Lord (Delmer Lord) (1894–1970) | www.vintoz.com
April 30, 2025

Del Lord is Satire Shark (1923) 🇺🇸

Del Lord’s first job was as stunt man and chauffeur for the Keystone Cops

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Eleanor Caines (1870/1880–1913) | www.vintoz.com
April 26, 2025

Chats with the Players — Eleanor Caines, of the Lubin Company (1913) 🇺🇸

Two years ago Eleanor Caines climbed a sixty-foot cliff, while the camera buzzed; she and the man playing opposite were thrown from their horses. His nose was broken, and her arm. Looking at her pretty face, I was glad the accidents were not reversed

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Chats with the Players — Fred Mace, of the Keystone Company (1913) | www.vintoz.com
April 26, 2025

Chats with the Players — Fred Mace, of the Keystone Company (1913) 🇺🇸

“My career was an escalator of unbroken successes”

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Chats with the Players — Arthur Mackley, of the Essanay (1913) | www.vintoz.com
April 26, 2025

Chats with the Players — Arthur Mackley, of the Essanay (1913) 🇺🇸

Thousands of persons would find it difficult if Arthur Mackley failed to appear as the sheriff in a Western film

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Chats with the Players — Miss Muriel Ostriche, of the Éclair Company (1913) | www.vintoz.com
April 26, 2025

Chats with the Players — Miss Muriel Ostriche, of the Éclair Company (1913) 🇺🇸

“They call me the Turkey-Trot Girl at the studio”

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April 25, 2025

Eddie Albert — Very Good Eddie (1939) 🇺🇸

There’s a reason why Eddie Albert’s tops in his profession

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Jane Bryan — She Knows What She Wants (1939) | www.vintoz.com
April 25, 2025

Jane Bryan — She Knows What She Wants (1939) 🇺🇸

She knows what she wants — and when it comes along, Jane Bryan will gladly forfeit fame and fortune

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Mary Boland — Doing It Over Again (1939) | www.vintoz.com
April 24, 2025

Mary Boland — Doing It Over Again (1939) 🇺🇸

Mary Boland, seasoned trouper, reviews her past

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April 24, 2025

Creators of Lasky Photography (1916) 🇺🇸

Movie pioneers behind the camera: 3 cinematographers and 1 lab technician

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Penny Singleton — Penny Wise (1939) 🇺🇸
April 24, 2025

Penny Singleton — Penny Wise (1939) 🇺🇸

Penny wise but not a bit foolish, Penny Singleton, born a brunette, evolved a golden career

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Barbara Pepper — She Dares to be Herself (1939) | www.vintoz.com
April 23, 2025

Barbara Pepper — She Dares to be Herself (1939) 🇺🇸

Barbara Pepper’s act is being completely natural

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John McDermott (1893–1946) | www.vintoz.com
April 23, 2025

John McDermott, Director, Universal (1916) 🇺🇸

Tired of business life, John McDermott entered the dramatic field, using motion pictures as his medium

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April 22, 2025

The Expressions of Harold Lloyd (“Winkle”) (1920) 🇬🇧

When Harold Lloyd first hit upon the idea of wearing horn spectacles, it was no easy matter to persuade the producer to allow him to drop the popular Lonesome Luke for an untried idea

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Louise Fazenda (1895–1962) | www.vintoz.com
April 22, 2025

The Expressions of Louise Fazenda (1920) 🇬🇧

Louise Fazenda has won the title of “Queen of Grotesqueries”

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Larry Semon (Lawrence Semon) (1889–1928) | www.vintoz.com
April 22, 2025

The Expressions of Larry Semon (1920) 🇬🇧

Film comedian Larry Semon has risen to the front rank of film laughter-makers

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The Expressions of Priscilla Deane (1920) | www.vintoz.com
April 18, 2025

The Expressions of Priscilla Deane (1920) 🇬🇧

Priscilla Dean is one of the most vivacious girls appearing on the screen. She has been variously described as the magnetic star, the spitfire of the screen, and the essence of vivacity

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Tom Terriss — Director of Destinies (1925) | www.vintoz.com
April 17, 2025

Tom Terriss — Director of Destinies (1925) 🇺🇸

Famous as a director, Tom Terriss is almost equally as well known as a discoverer of talent

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John Roche (1927) | www.vintoz.com
April 17, 2025

John Roche (1926) 🇺🇸

There is no knowledge that is not useful to a screen player

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Isabelle Daintry (Isabel Daintry |  Isabel Peacock) | www.vintoz.com
April 17, 2025

Isabel Daintry (Royal) (1914) 🇺🇸

Isabelle Daintry abandons herself to comedy roles with remarkable success. She has mastered the secret of the comic art — playing the most ludicrous and fantastic parts with deadly seriousness

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Billie West (1891–1967) | www.vintoz.com
April 17, 2025

Billie West (Majestic) (1914) 🇺🇸

One of the younger stars, who has recently risen rapidly in pictures, is Billie West of the Majestic

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Leal Douglas (Lilly Elizabeth Annie Lamb) (1881–1970) | www.vintoz.com
April 17, 2025

The Expressions of Leal Douglas (1920) 🇬🇧

Leal Douglas is the vampire of the British screen

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The Expressions of Bernard Dudley (1920) | www.vintoz.com
April 17, 2025

The Expressions of Bernard Dudley (1920) 🇬🇧

Bernard Dudley, the all-British stage star, has made a hit on the screen

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The Expressions of Doris May (1920) | www.vintoz.com
April 16, 2025

The Expressions of Doris May (1920) 🇬🇧

One would naturally imagine that Doris May has reached the height of her ambition, but no, this little star has other heights which she wishes to scale

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