Vintage Movie Resources
Alan Hale Sr. — He Takes Pictures Right Away From Stars (1935) 🇺🇸
Alan Hale is a sensation — the champion scene-stealer of them all.
Harpo Marx — How To Take Bad News (1938) 🇺🇸
Harpo Marx took time out from his work in "Room Service" to show how to behave at the Races.
Great Movie Villains — Hisssss (1938) 🇺🇸
If you want to make history, there are two routes open to you: become a great hero or a great villain.
Philip Ahn (안필립; 安必立) — Frustrated Success (1970) 🇺🇸
During World War II, Phillip Ahn was cast in dozens of propaganda films that stirred up hate for the Japanese. The pictures were so successful at building hate among audiences, he was personally attacked by people who took the movies seriously. His father helped to lay the foundations for the Republic of Korea.
Paulette Goddard — How Hollywood Came to the University (1934) 🇺🇸
Pretty? Yes! Young? Of course! But Charlie Chaplin’s leading lady, Paulette Goddard, is much more than merely pretty and young. Read this remarkable story, revealing a new side of the screen world.
Marlene Dietrich — Master or Slave? (1932) 🇺🇸
Is she the victim of an ambitious man or is she, rather, a clever woman who uses a very different method to get what she wants?
The Private Life of Fred Astaire — Part 1 (1935) 🇺🇸
Breaking news: Fred Astaire had a dachshund named after him. This and more real facts — from noodle soup to his great romance.
We Nominate for Stardom — George Raft (1932) 🇺🇸
George is the lad who is likely to bring Latin love back to the screen.
We Nominate for Stardom — Gloria Stuart (1932) 🇺🇸
Gloria gave up social position to become an actress — and it doesn’t look as if she’ll be sorry. Two studios fought to sign her.
We Nominate for Stardom — William Gargan (1932) 🇺🇸
He’s the newest he-man to have the girls excited. They’re all jealous of Joan Crawford — he was her lover in “Rain.”
We Nominate for Stardom — Aline MacMahon (1932) 🇺🇸
An unusual screen type, she has not yet played a heroine — but she is on the brink of stardom. You forget the heroine when Aline’s around!
We Nominate for Stardom — Dorothy Wilson (1932) 🇺🇸
For two years, she worked as a typist in a studio — and then one day she was “discovered.” Her story is almost a believe-it-or-not!
We Nominate for Stardom — Dick Powell (1932) 🇺🇸
He’s as red-headed as he is happy. Cagney has a rival!
We Nominate for Stardom — Lyle Talbot (1932) 🇺🇸
His parents died when he was in his teens and Lyle was adopted by his grandmother; his legal name became Lyle Hollywood. But Lyle knew that no one would believe it, so he changed it to “Talbot.”
We Nominate for Stardom — Katharine Hepburn (1932) 🇺🇸
She came to the screen from New York society and the stage — and made the biggest overnight sensation of anyone since Dietrich.
We Nominate for Stardom — John Warburton (1933) 🇺🇸
He has been in America so long (eight years) that he talks like an American and wants to be one.
We Nominate for Stardom — Miriam Jordan (1933) 🇺🇸
Miriam Jordan got her start in theatrical life by the familiar route of a beauty contest.
We Nominate for Stardom — Tom Brown (1933) 🇺🇸
Tom has been on the stage since he was eighteen months old. When he was ten, he appeared in “Is Zat So?”
We Nominate for Stardom — Ruby Keeler (1933) 🇺🇸
She doesn’t look as if she’d ever have camera-fright, does she?
We Nominate for Stardom — Glenda Farrell (1933) 🇺🇸
She can play any sort of part from cuddly young sweethearts to hardened ladies of the evening.
We Nominate for Stardom — Buster Crabbe (1933) 🇺🇸
Buster Crabbe, winner of two Olympic championships, holder of five world swimming records and star of King of the Jungle.
We Nominate for Stardom — George Brent (1932) 🇺🇸
George Brent is only about a half-inch away from screen stardom.
We Nominate for Stardom — Tala Birell (1932) 🇺🇸
Tala is a mystery girl. Universal has had her under contract for almost a year, and yet you have never seen her on the screen. But you soon will.
Walter Brennan — Up From the Bottom (1937) 🇺🇸
You can’t tell Walter Brennan how to become a star.
