Vintage Movie Resources
Catherine Calvert — More Genuine Than Usual (1921) 🇺🇸
Catherine Calvert presents the unusual spectacle of a star who off-screen is as romantic as she is on.
Even the Athletes are Lured (1927) 🇺🇸
In this day when absolutely every one is flocking into the movies — society belles, stage stars, royalty and circus performers — even the manly athletes, though much averse to powder puffs and grease paint, have succumbed to the lure of the screen. Witness Gene Tunney, Charley Paddock and “Red” Grange.
Jacqueline Logan — “Jackie” Startles Hollywood (1927) 🇺🇸
The choice of Jacqueline Logan to play Mary Magdalene in “The King of Kings” astonished the film colony, but the complete change in her personality amid scenes of biblical magnificence has caused even greater wonderment.
Josie Sedgwick — All Together Again! (1926) 🇺🇸
Josie Sedgwick, the girl who has had more bones broken than any one else in pictures, tells how to fracture ankles, ribs or shoulders in one lesson.
How Alice Terry Lost Her Smile (1926) 🇺🇸
The secret leaks out while she is telling what she thinks of her husband, Rex Ingram, as a boss — but Rex wasn’t the one who drove her smile away — he was the man who brought it back.
Scotty del la Roche — The Friendly Gorilla (1969) 🇺🇸
If it hadn’t been for King Kong, Scotty del la Roche might be out of work today.
Glorian Swanson — Gloria with Reservations (1921) 🇺🇸
Because she believes that the public should know only her screen personality.
Allan Dwan — The Stung Visitor (1921) 🇺🇸
The famous humorist visits Alan Dwan and gets the real dope on what it means to be a motion-picture actor.
H. B. Warner — Unto the Sixth Generation (1929) 🇺🇸
In many respects H. B. Warner stands alone in Hollywood, one of his claims to distinction being his long line of ancestors who, without a break, have been leaders on the stage.
Constance Howard — A Flapper Who Watches Her Step (1927) 🇺🇸
Though technically a flapper, Constance Howard has the wisdom and poise of a veteran in life’s affairs. She even avoids ice water to safeguard her health for the long career ahead of her.
Vera Voronina — A Ray from Russia (1927) | www.vintoz.com 🇺🇸
Vera Voronina’s gay, vibrant personality is not at all what you’d expect from “darkest Russia,” but that is the land from which that charming young actress has come. This interview was had with her shortly after her arrival, while she was at work on her first American film.
“Shadows” of the Stars (1926) 🇺🇸
These humble persons are even more lowly than “doubles,” but many a girl gets her start in the movies by playing “shadow” to a star — that is, substituting for her on the set during the adjusting of cameras and lights.
Harrison Ford — Guilty of Comedy (1926) 🇺🇸
When Harrison Ford was cornered and accused of having suddenly changed from just an ordinary leading man into a remarkably good comedian, he insisted that he was the innocent victim of circumstances, but finally admitted that he did rather like being funny, for a change.
The Real Ruth Roland (1926) 🇺🇸
Success and wealth can so often change a person, but one who knows Ruth Roland perhaps better than any one else finds in her the same unspoiled girl who came to Hollywood penniless.
Jack Holt — En Famille (1927) 🇺🇸
Jack Holt had to resort to a most ingenious stratagem to win the lady who is his charming wife, but a glimpse into his contented and attractive little family makes you realize how well worth while it was.
A Pot of Gold for Billie Dove (1927) 🇺🇸
For five years she has followed a rainbow of dreams that, it seemed, would never be realized. At last she has won her reward.
Charles Ray — Bucking his Hoodoo (1927) 🇺🇸
Charles Ray, whose bad luck has amounted to a hoodoo and reduced him to bankruptcy, survives defeat because he has never acknowledged himself beaten — not even now, when he pays rent for the home he once owned.
Rod La Rocque — Rod Takes the Bitter with the Sweet (1927) 🇺🇸
Along with the tremendous success that has come to Rod La Rocque in the past four years, there has crept into his soul a trace of bitterness, but Rod takes bitter and sweet alike with a grin, and holds himself alone responsible for whatever happens to him.
Jacques Lerner — A Man Who Makes a Monkey of Himself (1927) 🇺🇸
Jacques Lerner, the French actor who portrays the title role of the “monkey” in “The Monkey Talks,” has for years been making a specialty of impersonating apes.
John Bowers — What a Man Should Not Wear (1927) 🇺🇸
John Bowers, one of the most correctly dressed men in Hollywood, tells exactly what a man should and should not wear on certain occasions, and points out many mistakes in dress made by men who may think they are being very fashionable.
Alec Francis — Gray Hairs and Stardom (1927) 🇺🇸
The starring of Alec Francis in The Music Master and “The Return of Peter Grimm” brought a belated reward to this skilled elderly actor, who had for years been quietly taking second place to more youthful players.
Conrad Nagel — Too Good to Be Romantic (1928) 🇺🇸
That’s what producers and the fans have been thinking about Conrad Nagel, but Conrad has some ideas on the subject
Gilbert Roland — Norma Talmadge’s New Leading Man (1927) 🇺🇸
But instead of being wildly excited over his big role in Norma’s “Camille,” young Gilbert Roland was much more interested in showing “Picture-Play’s” interviewer how to fight bulls.